The 2021 French motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Shark Grand Prix de France) was the fifth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season and the second round of the 2021 MotoE World Cup. It was held at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans on 16 May 2021.

Qualifying MotoGP Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2120 Fabio QuartararoYamaha Qualified in Q2 1:32.6001 1212 Maverick ViñalesYamaha Qualified in Q21:32.6812343 Jack MillerDucati Qualified in Q21:32.7043421 Franco MorbidelliYamaha Qualified in Q21:32.7664 255 Johann ZarcoDucati Qualified in Q21:32.8775693 Marc MárquezHonda Qualified in Q21:33.0376730 Takaaki NakagamiHonda Qualified in Q21:33.1207 3844 Pol EspargaróHonda Qualified in Q21:33.1508946 Valentino RossiYamaha Qualified in Q21:33.39191088 Miguel OliveiraKTM Qualified in Q21:33.86710 41132 Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia 1:42.5501:34.258111210 Luca MariniDucati1:43.3521:34.265121341 Aleix EspargaróAprilia1:43.418N/A13 51436 Joan MirSuzuki1:43.422N/A141542 Álex RinsSuzuki1:43.523N/A151663 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1:43.530N/A16 6179 Danilo PetrucciKTM1:43.857N/A171827 Iker LecuonaKTM1:44.324N/A181973 Álex MárquezHonda1:45.146N/A19 72053 Tito RabatDucati1:45.590N/A202133 Brad BinderKTM1:45.911N/A212223 Enea BastianiniDucati1:46.123N/A228 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Race MotoGP Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 43 Jack Miller Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 27 47:25.473 3 25 2 5 Johann Zarco Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +3.970 5 20 3 20 Fabio Quartararo Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +14.468 1 16 4 63 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 27 +16.172 16 13 5 9 Danilo Petrucci Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +21.430 17 11 6 73 Álex Márquez LCR Honda Castrol Honda 27 +23.509 19 10 7 30 Takaaki Nakagami LCR Honda Idemitsu Honda 27 +30.164 7 9 8 44 Pol Espargaró Repsol Honda Team Honda 27 +35.221 8 8 9 27 Iker Lecuona Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +40.432 18 7 10 12 Maverick Viñales Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 27 +40.577 2 6 11 46 Valentino Rossi Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 27 +42.198 9 5 12 10 Luca Marini Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati 27 +52.408 12 4 13 33 Brad Binder Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 27 +59.377 21 3 14 23 Enea Bastianini Avintia Esponsorama Ducati 27 +1:02.224 22 2 15 53 Tito Rabat Pramac Racing Ducati 27 +1:09.651 20 1 16 21 Franco Morbidelli Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 23 +4 laps 4 Ret 93 Marc Márquez Repsol Honda Team Honda 17 Accident 6 Ret 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 15 Engine 13 Ret 88 Miguel Oliveira Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 12 Accident 10 Ret 42 Álex Rins Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 12 Accident 15 Ret 32 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 11 Engine 11 Ret 36 Joan Mir Team Suzuki Ecstar Suzuki 4 Accident 14Fastest lap: Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 1:33.048 (lap 2) Sources:OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2 Yari Montella was replaced by Alonso López after the Friday practice sessions due to injury.

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 25 Raúl Fernández Kalex 25 40:46.101 1 25 2 87 Remy Gardner Kalex 25 +1.490 7 20 3 72 Marco Bezzecchi Kalex 25 +4.599 2 16 4 14 Tony Arbolino Kalex 25 +7.503 19 13 5 64 Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 25 +11.887 6 11 6 23 Marcel Schrötter Kalex 25 +27.829 14 10 7 79 Ai Ogura Kalex 25 +27.975 16 9 8 21 Fabio Di Giannantonio Kalex 25 +28.112 15 8 9 24 Simone Corsi MV Agusta 25 +28.204 17 7 10 9 Jorge Navarro Boscoscuro 25 +28.432 18 6 11 11 Nicolò Bulega Kalex 25 +29.316 11 5 12 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 25 +28.749 26 4 13 42 Marcos Ramírez Kalex 25 +31.605 21 3 14 75 Albert Arenas Boscoscuro 25 +32.080 24 2 15 55 Hafizh Syahrin NTS 25 +32.571 27 1 16 70 Barry Baltus NTS 25 +33.309 29 17 7 Lorenzo Baldassarri MV Agusta 25 +39.036 13 18 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 25 +41.069 25 19 13 Celestino Vietti Kalex 25 +45.599 28 20 10 Tommaso Marcon MV Agusta 25 +1:19.160 30 Ret 6 Cameron Beaubier Kalex 20 Accident 23 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi Kalex 14 Accident 22 Ret 40 Héctor Garzó Kalex 6 Accident 8 Ret 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 4 Accident 3 Ret 97 Xavi Vierge Kalex 3 Collision 12 Ret 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 3 Collision 10 Ret 62 Stefano Manzi Kalex 2 Accident 9 Ret 2 Alonso López Boscoscuro 2 Accident 31 Ret 37 Augusto Fernández Kalex 1 Accident 5 Ret 44 Arón Canet Boscoscuro 0 Accident 4 DSQ 19 Lorenzo Dalla Porta Kalex 25 (+28.989) 20 OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3 Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Sergio García Gas Gas 22 42:21.172 8 25 2 12 Filip Salač Honda 22 +2.349 7 20 3 54 Riccardo Rossi KTM 22 +5.589 2 16 4 17 John McPhee Honda 22 +7.158 4 13 5 71 Ayumu Sasaki KTM 22 +14.882 15 11 6 31 Adrián Fernández Husqvarna 22 +27.279 26 10 7 43 Xavier Artigas Honda 22 +27.408 27 9 8 37 Pedro Acosta KTM 22 +29.880 21 8 9 53 Deniz Öncü KTM 22 +35.098 13 7 10 55 Romano Fenati Husqvarna 22 +36.616 10 6 11 16 Andrea Migno Honda 22 +42.347 1 5 12 6 Ryusei Yamanaka KTM 22 +42.739 12 4 13 50 Jason Dupasquier KTM 22 +42.756 14 3 14 28 Izan Guevara Gas Gas 22 +50.891 24 2 15 19 Andi Farid Izdihar Honda 22 +52.753 28 1 16 73 Maximilian Kofler KTM 22 +53.054 22 17 82 Stefano Nepa KTM 22 +53.568 11 18 7 Dennis Foggia Honda 22 +1:18.995 18 19 20 Lorenzo Fellon Honda 22 +1:19.103 25 20 40 Darryn Binder Honda 22 +1:54.124 16 21 27 Kaito Toba KTM 21 +1 lap 19 22 52 Jeremy Alcoba Honda 18 +4 laps 17 Ret 99 Carlos Tatay KTM 14 Steering Damper 20 Ret 32 Takuma Matsuyama Honda 3 Accident 23 Ret 2 Gabriel Rodrigo Honda 2 Accident 5 Ret 5 Jaume Masiá KTM 1 Accident 3 Ret 24 Tatsuki Suzuki Honda 1 Accident 9 Ret 23 Niccolò Antonelli KTM 1 Accident Damage 6 DNS 92 Yuki Kunii Honda Did not start OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT Yuki Kunii suffered a broken collarbone in a crash during qualifying and withdrew from the event.

MotoE Pos. No. Rider Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 51 Eric Granado 7 12:23.012 1 25 2 27 Mattia Casadei 7 +0.306 15 20 3 61 Alessandro Zaccone 7 +0.253 5 16 4 77 Dominique Aegerter 7 +0.532 6 13 5 40 Jordi Torres 7 +0.640 11 11 6 68 Yonny Hernández 7 +0.900 9 10 7 3 Lukas Tulovic 7 +1.045 12 9 8 11 Matteo Ferrari 7 +1.751 3 8 9 19 Corentin Perolari 7 +4.727 16 7 10 6 María Herrera 7 +4.999 18 6 11 21 Kevin Zannoni 7 +15.509 17 5 12 14 André Pires 7 +29.350 14 4 13 18 Xavi Cardelús 7 +29.485 4 3 14 80 Jasper Iwema 7 +37.419 13 2 15 54 Fermín Aldeguer 7 +1:06.915 8 1 Ret 78 Hikari Okubo 2 Collision 10 DNS 71 Miquel Pons 0 Did not start 2 DNS 9 Andrea Mantovani 0 Did not start 7 OFFICIAL MOTOE RACE REPORT All bikes manufactured by Energica.

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 1 Fabio Quartararo 80 1 2 Francesco Bagnaia 79 2 3 Johann Zarco 68 2 4 Jack Miller 64 2 5 Maverick Viñales 56

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 1 Ducati 110 1 2 Yamaha 107 3 Suzuki 53 1 4 Honda 43 1 5 KTM 38

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 1 Ducati Lenovo Team 143 1 2 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 136 1 3 Pramac Racing 86 1 4 Team Suzuki Ecstar 72 5 Repsol Honda Team 48

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Remy Gardner 89 1 2 Raúl Fernández 88 1 3 Marco Bezzecchi 72 2 4 Sam Lowes 66 5 Fabio Di Giannantonio 60

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Kalex 125 2 Boscoscuro 42 3 MV Agusta 10 4 NTS 1

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 177 2 Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 89 3 Sky Racing Team VR46 85 4 Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 65 3 5 Liqui Moly Intact GP 48

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Pedro Acosta 103 7 2 Sergio García 49 3 Andrea Migno 47 4 Romano Fenati 46 3 5 Niccolò Antonelli 44

Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 KTM 116 2 Honda 92 1 3 Gas Gas 61 1 4 Husqvarna 50

Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Red Bull KTM Ajo 142 1 2 Rivacold Snipers Team 77 1 3 Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team 75 2 4 Avintia Esponsorama Moto3 58 2 5 Sterilgarda Max Racing Team 56

MotoE Rider Points 1 Alessandro Zaccone 41 2 2 Mattia Casadei 33 1 3 Dominique Aegerter 33 9 4 Eric Granado 28 2 5 Jordi Torres 27

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