2021 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas

The 2021 Motorcycle Grand Prix of the Americas (officially known as the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas) was the fifteenth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin on October 3, 2021.

The race weekend was notable for its Moto3 race, with the race being red-flagged twice due to two separate incidents, involving Filip Salač, Deniz Öncü, Andrea Migno, Jeremy Alcoba and Pedro Acosta. The final results have been taken into account after seven completed laps. Unlike Salač, the other riders were classified, despite the red flag.

As a consequence, Öncü was banned from the next two rounds as he was deemed responsible for causing the second red flag from race direction. However, Izan Guevara took his first victory on Grand Prix motorcycling level.

Background The event returned after a one-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was originally scheduled for 18 April, but was postponed on 22 January along with the Argentine Grand Prix due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was replaced by the Portuguese Grand Prix. On 23 June, the event was rescheduled for 3 October following the cancellation of the Japanese Grand Prix.

Qualifying MotoGP Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2163 Francesco BagnaiaDucati Qualified in Q2 2:02.7811 1220 Fabio QuartararoYamaha Qualified in Q22:03.1292393 Marc MárquezHonda Qualified in Q22:03.2093489 Jorge MartínDucati Qualified in Q22:03.2784 2530 Takaaki NakagamiHonda Qualified in Q22:03.292565 Johann ZarcoDucati Qualified in Q22:03.3796742 Álex RinsSuzuki Qualified in Q22:03.4537 3836 Joan MirSuzuki2:03.5402:03.5288910 Luca MariniDucati 2:03.4102:03.54691043 Jack MillerDucati Qualified in Q22:03.72010 41133 Brad BinderKTM Qualified in Q22:03.781111244 Pol EspargaróHonda Qualified in Q22:03.875121321 Franco MorbidelliYamaha2:03.872N/A13 5144 Andrea DoviziosoYamaha2:04.044N/A141573 Álex MárquezHonda2:04.100N/A151623 Enea BastianiniDucati2:04.118N/A16 61727 Iker LecuonaKTM2:04.324N/A171888 Miguel OliveiraKTM2:04.392N/A181941 Aleix EspargaróAprilia2:04.419N/A19 72046 Valentino RossiYamaha2:04.699N/A20219 Danilo PetrucciKTM2:04.829N/A21 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 41:41.435 3 25 2 20 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 +4.679 2 20 3 63 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 20 +8.547 1 16 4 42 Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 20 +11.098 7 13 5 89 Jorge Martín Pramac Racing Ducati 20 +11.752 4 11 6 23 Enea Bastianini Avintia Esponsorama Ducati 20 +13.269 16 10 7 43 Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 20 +14.722 10 9 8 36 Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 20 +13.406 8 8 9 33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +15.832 11 7 10 44 Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda Team Honda 20 +20.265 12 6 11 88 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +23.055 18 5 12 73 Álex Márquez LCR Honda Castrol Honda 20 +24.743 15 4 13 04 Andrea Dovizioso Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 20 +25.307 14 3 14 10 Luca Marini Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati 20 +26.853 9 2 15 46 Valentino Rossi Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 20 +28.055 20 1 16 27 Iker Lecuona Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +30.989 17 17 30 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 20 +35.251 5 18 9 Danilo Petrucci Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 20 +42.239 21 19 21 Franco Morbidelli Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 +49.854 13 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 8 Accident 19 Ret 5 Johann Zarco Pramac Racing Ducati 5 Accident Damage 6Fastest lap: Marc Márquez (Honda) – 2:04.368 (lap 7) Sources:Red Bull Grand Prix of The AmericasOFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 25 Raúl Fernández Kalex 18 39:10.521 1 25 2 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio Kalex 18 +1.734 3 20 3 72 Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 18 +3.100 4 16 4 37 Augusto Fernández Kalex 18 +4.061 6 13 5 6 Cameron Beaubier Kalex 18 +5.381 5 11 6 14 Tony Arbolino Kalex 18 +7.577 7 10 7 79 Ai Ogura Kalex 18 +11.087 8 9 8 97 Xavi Vierge Kalex 18 +14.949 12 8 9 42 Marcos Ramírez Kalex 18 +16.051 11 7 10 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 18 +18.278 13 6 11 44 Arón Canet Boscoscuro 18 +20.679 14 5 12 9 Jorge Navarro Boscoscuro 18 +22.738 17 4 13 24 Simone Corsi MV Agusta 18 +22.913 18 3 14 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 18 +23.247 15 2 15 64 Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 18 +23.108 23 1 16 45 Tetsuta Nagashima Kalex 18 +27.006 21 17 70 Barry Baltus NTS 18 +28.086 24 18 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 18 +32.719 26 19 62 Stefano Manzi Kalex 18 +37.542 22 20 55 Hafizh Syahrin NTS 18 +39.658 27 21 54 Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro 18 +40.685 25 22 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri MV Agusta 18 +47.168 29 Ret 13 Celestino Vietti Kalex 14 Accident 10 Ret 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 13 Electronics 19 Ret 75 Albert Arenas Boscoscuro 11 Accident 9 Ret 40 Héctor Garzó Kalex 10 Handling 20 Ret 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 9 Misfire 16 Ret 87 Remy Gardner Kalex 5 Accident 2 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 2 Accident 28 DNS 11 Nicolò Bulega Kalex Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT Nicolò Bulega was declared unfit to compete due to a leg bruise suffered in crash during free practice.

Moto3 The race, scheduled to be run for 17 laps, was red-flagged after 7 full laps due to an accident involving Filip Salač. The race was later restarted over 5 laps but red-flagged again due to an accident involving multiple riders two laps after the restart. The race was not restarted, final results were determined by the first part and full points were awarded as the second part had been short of the required three completed laps. Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 28 Izan Guevara Gas Gas 7 15:57.747 4 25 2 7 Dennis Foggia Honda 7 +0.385 2 20 3 17 John McPhee Honda 7 +0.499 10 16 4 5 Jaume Masià KTM 7 +0.706 1 13 5 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 7 +1.266 9 11 6 52 Jeremy Alcoba Honda 7 +1.271 3 10 7 40 Darryn Binder Honda 7 +1.391 17 9 8 37 Pedro Acosta KTM 7 +1.543 15 8 9 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 7 +1.820 6 7 10 16 Andrea Migno Honda 7 +2.480 8 6 11 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 7 +2.683 12 5 12 55 Romano Fenati Husqvarna 7 +3.257 11 4 13 71 Ayumu Sasaki KTM 7 +3.492 14 3 14 43 Xavier Artigas Honda 7 +3.652 5 2 15 23 Niccolò Antonelli KTM 7 +6.086 13 1 16 20 Lorenzo Fellon Honda 7 +8.944 16 17 73 Maximilian Kofler KTM 7 +9.529 21 18 99 Carlos Tatay KTM 7 +9.977 19 19 67 Alberto Surra Honda 7 +10.130 18 20 54 Riccardo Rossi KTM 7 +10.536 20 21 31 Adrián Fernández Husqvarna 7 +14.107 22 22 6 Ryusei Yamanaka KTM 7 +14.228 23 23 27 Kaito Toba KTM 7 +14.637 26 24 19 Andi Farid Izdihar Honda 7 +14.794 25 25 92 Yuki Kunii Honda 7 +14.968 24 Ret 12 Filip Salač KTM 6 Accident 7 DNS 11 Sergio García Gas Gas Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT Sergio García suffered from kidney hematoma following a crash during free practice and withdrew from the event.

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

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Fabio Quartararo 254 2 Francesco Bagnaia 202 3 Joan Mir 175 1 4 Jack Miller 149 1 5 Johann Zarco 141

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Ducati 291 2 Yamaha 282 3 Suzuki 197 4 KTM 185 5 Honda 173

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 1 Ducati Lenovo Team 351 1 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 349 3 Team Suzuki Ecstar 256 4 Pramac Racing 227 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 223

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Remy Gardner 271 2 Raúl Fernández 262 3 Marco Bezzecchi 206 4 Sam Lowes 140 1 5 Augusto Fernández 131

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Kalex 375 2 Boscoscuro 159 3 MV Agusta 19 4 NTS 10

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 533 2 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 271 3 Sky Racing Team VR46 259 1 4 Idemitsu Honda Team Asia 150 1 5 Inde Aspar Team 147

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 218 2 Dennis Foggia 188 3 Sergio García 168 4 Romano Fenati 138 5 Jaume Masiá 135

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 KTM 308 2 Honda 290 3 Gas Gas 231 4 Husqvarna 144

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 353 2 Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team 269 3 Leopard Racing 220 4 Petronas Sprinta Racing 198 5 Red Bull KTM Tech3 180

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