2021 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2021 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 18 races in the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 April 2021
Official name	Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal
Location	Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.592 km (2.853 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Time 1:38.862 Fastest lap Rider Álex Rins Suzuki Time 1:39.450 on lap 18 Podium First Fabio Quartararo Yamaha Second Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Third Joan Mir Suzuki
Moto2
Pole position Rider Sam Lowes Kalex Time 1:42.901 Fastest lap Rider Raúl Fernández Kalex Time 1:42.864 on lap 21 Podium First Raúl Fernández Kalex Second Arón Canet Boscoscuro Third Remy Gardner Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Andrea Migno Honda Time 1:47.423 Fastest lap Rider Gabriel Rodrigo Honda Time 1:47.610 on lap 13 Podium First Pedro Acosta KTM Second Dennis Foggia Honda Third Andrea Migno Honda

The 2021 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal) was the third round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimão on 18 April 2021.

Background

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

See also: 2021 MotoGP World Championship § Calendar changes as a reaction to COVID-19 pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal

On 22 January 2021 Dorna announced a significant update of the provisional calendar following the postponement of the Argentine and American Grands Prix, originally scheduled as the second and third rounds of the championship (on 11 and 18 April respectively) due to the COVID-19 situation in both countries, with potential rescheduling for the last quarter of 2021. The Portuguese Grand Prix at the Algarve was entered as a reserve Grand Prix, along with the Indonesian Grand Prix and the Russian Grand Prix (later removed from the list). On the same day Dorna announced an agreement with the organizers of the Portuguese Grand Prix to hold the race on the Algarve circuit as the third stage of the 2021 championship (the first of the season in Europe) on 18 April. Portugal had returned to the championship as a substitute race the previous year, when the last round of the 2020 championship was held.

MotoGP Championship standings before the race

After the Doha Grand Prix, Johann Zarco is the new leader of the rider standings at 40 points, followed by the Monster Energy Yamaha riders Fabio Quartararo and Maverick Viñales, winners of the first two races of the season, four points behind; followed by Francesco Bagnaia and Álex Rins, respectively fourteen and seventeen points behind Zarco.

In the constructors' classification, Yamaha leads with 50 points, 10 more than Ducati. Suzuki is third at 26 points, with Aprilia fourth at 15 points; KTM and Honda close at 11 points.

In the team championship standings, Monster Energy Yamaha is first with 72 points. Pramac Racing is second at 57 points, with Team Suzuki Ecstar and Ducati Lenovo Team following at 45 and 40 points respectively. Repsol Honda Team is fifth with 18 points.

Moto2 Championship riders' standings before the race

Sam Lowes leads the intermediate class with 50 points, followed by Remy Gardner at 40 points. Raúl Fernández is third with 26 points, one more than Marco Bezzecchi and five more than Fabio Di Giannantonio.

Moto3 Championship riders' standings before the race

After his victory in the Doha Grand Prix, Pedro Acosta moved up to the top of the standings with 45 points, followed by Darryn Binder on 36 points and Jaume Masiá on 32 points. Fourth and fifth Niccolò Antonelli and Izan Guevara respectively at 26 and 19 points.

MotoGP participants

Marc Márquez returns as Honda's starter rider after the incident in the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix, which is valid as the first race of the 2020 championship.

Moto2 participants

• Miquel Pons replace Simone Corsi because of an injury.
• Fraser Rogers replace Barry Baltus because of fractured left wrist injury.

Moto3 participants

The riders and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in riders for the race.

Free practice

MotoGP

Maverick Viñales was fastest in the first session, followed by Álex Rins and Marc Márquez. In the second session, Francesco Bagnaia preceded Fabio Quartararo and Joan Mir. In the third session, Quartararo finished at the top of the standings ahead of Franco Morbidelli and Bagnaia.

Combined Free Practice 1-2-3

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified in Q2.

Fastest session lap

The fastest personal time of the riders are written in bold type.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Free practice times
				FP1	FP2	FP3
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:42.528	1:40.206	1:39.044
2	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:43.243	1:41.216	1:39.095
3	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:42.464	1:39.866	1'39.117
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
				Q1	Q2
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:38.862	1	1
2	42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:38.951	2
3	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:38.991	3
4	43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:39.061	4	2
5	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:39.103	5
6	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:39.253	1:39.121	6
7	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:39.169	7	3
8	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:39.386	8
9	36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	1:39.302	1:39.398	9
10	88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:39.445	10	4
11	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:39.482	11
12	12	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:39.807	12
13	73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:39.530	N/A	13	5
14	44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	1:39.710	N/A	14
15	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:39.776	N/A	15
16	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:39.855	N/A	16	6
17	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1:39.943	N/A	17
18	9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	1:40.202	N/A	18
19	27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:40.408	N/A	19	7
20	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	1:40.444	N/A	20
21	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	N/A	N/A	21
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	41:46.412	1	25
2	63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	25	+4.809	11	20
3	36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	25	+4.948	9	16
4	21	Franco Morbidelli	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	25	+5.127	5	13
5	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+6.668	15	11
6	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	25	+8.885	7	10
7	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+13.208	6	9
8	73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	25	+17.992	13	8
9	23	Enea Bastianini	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	25	+22.369	16	7
10	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	25	+23.676	21	6
11	12	Maverick Viñales	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	25	+23.761	12	5
12	10	Luca Marini	Sky VR46 Avintia	Ducati	25	+29.660	8	4
13	9	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+29.836	18	3
14	32	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	25	+38.941	20	2
15	27	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	25	+50.642	19	1
16	88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	24	+1 lap	10
Ret	5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	19	Accident	3
Ret	42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	18	Accident	2
Ret	46	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	14	Accident	17
Ret	43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	5	Accident	4
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	4	Rear Brakes	14
DNS	89	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati		Did not start
Fastest lap: Álex Rins (Suzuki) – 1:39.450 (lap 18)
Sources:

• Jorge Martín suffered hand & foot fractures in a crash during practice and withdrew from the event.

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	25	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	23	39:47.377	10	25
2	44	Arón Canet	Boscoscuro	23	+1.600	9	20
3	87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	23	+1.968	2	16
4	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	23	+2.397	8	13
5	37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	23	+5.622	6	11
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	23	+6.344	5	10
7	97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	23	+7.360	3	9
8	40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	23	+12.540	12	8
9	6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	23	+14.989	13	7
10	23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	23	+15.240	19	6
11	21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	23	+15.521	16	5
12	19	Lorenzo Dalla Porta	Kalex	23	+15.667	21	4
13	75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	23	+19.513	7	3
14	7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	MV Agusta	23	+23.147	24	2
15	42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	23	+23.494	17	1
16	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	23	+23.639	25
17	12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	23	+27.470	22
18	55	Hafizh Syahrin	NTS	23	+56.999	27
19	77	Miquel Pons	MV Agusta	23	+1:00.417	28
20	89	Fraser Rogers	NTS	23	+1:21.966	29
21	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	23	+1:25.160	11
22	9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	20	+3 laps	30
Ret	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	14	Accident	14
Ret	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	11	Collision	23
Ret	11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	11	Collision	15
Ret	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	7	Accident	26
Ret	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	4	Collision	4
Ret	5	Yari Montella	Boscoscuro	3	Accident	18
Ret	62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	3	Collision	20
Ret	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	0	Accident	1
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	21	38:01.773	8	25
2	7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	21	+0.051	2	20
3	16	Andrea Migno	Honda	21	+0.584	1	16
4	71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	21	+0.615	6	13
5	2	Gabriel Rodrigo	Honda	21	+0.675	4	11
6	23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	21	+0.729	13	10
7	55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	21	+0.773	10	9
8	11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	21	+1.245	3	8
9	5	Jaume Masiá	KTM	21	+12.487	7	7
10	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	21	+12.508	18	6
11	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	21	+12.541	21	5
12	50	Jason Dupasquier	KTM	21	+12.593	23	4
13	12	Filip Salač	Honda	21	+12.833	14	3
14	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	21	+13.743	26	2
15	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	21	+13.788	27	1
16	92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	21	+15.234	16
17	99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	21	+18.032	20
18	19	Andi Farid Izdihar	Honda	21	+20.284	15
19	54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	21	+20.343	22
20	40	Darryn Binder	Honda	21	+33.374	25
21	73	Maximilian Kofler	KTM	21	+33.410	19
22	20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	21	+36.502	24
23	17	John McPhee	Honda	21	+37.540	28
24	28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	21	+1:08.552	11
NC	27	Kaito Toba	KTM	15	+6 laps	17
Ret	31	Adrián Fernández	Husqvarna	16	Collision Damage	12
Ret	24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	15	Accident	9
Ret	43	Xavier Artigas	Honda	4	Collision Damage	5
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
1	1	Fabio Quartararo	61
2	2	Francesco Bagnaia	46
	3	Maverick Viñales	41
3	4	Johann Zarco	40
1	5	Joan Mir	38

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Yamaha	75
	2	Ducati	60
	3	Suzuki	42
	4	Aprilia	25
	5	KTM	22

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	102
1	2	Team Suzuki Ecstar	61
1	3	Ducati Lenovo Team	60
2	4	Pramac Racing	57
1	5	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	27

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
1	1	Remy Gardner	56
1	2	Raúl Fernández	52
2	3	Sam Lowes	50
	4	Marco Bezzecchi	36
	5	Fabio Di Giannantonio	27

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Kalex	75
	2	Boscoscuro	29
	3	MV Agusta	2

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	108
	2	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	73
	3	Sky Racing Team VR46	49
3	4	Italtrans Racing Team	29
8	5	Solunion Aspar Team	27

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Pedro Acosta	70
1	2	Jaume Masiá	39
1	3	Darryn Binder	36
	4	Niccolò Antonelli	36
4	5	Andrea Migno	29

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	KTM	75
	2	Honda	56
	3	Gas Gas	31
	4	Husqvarna	20

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	109
2	2	Avintia Esponsorama Moto3	40
	3	GasGas Valresa Aspar	40
2	4	Petronas Sprinta Racing	36
2	5	Rivacold Snipers Team	35

External links

• "MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 31 March 2021.
• "2021 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes". Retrieved 22 April 2021.
• "Algarve International Circuit". Retrieved 22 April 2021.