The 2021 Doha motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Tissot Grand Prix of Doha) was the second round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was added to the calendar as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held at the Losail International Circuit in Lusail on 4 April 2021.
Background Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
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 organizers of the Qatar Grand Prix have signed a contract with Dorna Sports, owner of the sport's commercial rights, to host a double stage at the Losail International Circuit, becoming the sixth circuit in the history to host two consecutive World Championship races, and is the first time to be held in Qatar. The race is named after the city of Doha, where the circuit is located just outside the city of Lusail, north of Doha.
MotoGP Championship standings before the race After winning the Qatar Grand Prix, Maverick Viñales leads the riders' ranking with 25 points, followed by Johann Zarco (20), Francesco Bagnaia (16), Joan Mir (13) and Fabio Quartararo (11).
In the constructors' classification, Yamaha is first at 25 points, followed by Ducati at 20 points. Suzuki is third at 13 points, with Aprilia and Honda following with 9 and 8 points respectively. KTM closes with 3 points.
In the team championship standings, Monster Energy Yamaha leads with 36 points, 13 more than Ducati Lenovo Team and Team Suzuki Ecstar and 15 more than Pramac Racing. Repsol Honda Team is fifth at 13 points.
Moto2 Championship riders' standings before the race After the first race of the season, Sam Lowes leads the intermediate class with 25 points, 5 more than Remy Gardner, 9 more than Fabio Di Giannantonio, 12 more than Marco Bezzecchi and 14 more than Raúl Fernández.
Moto3 Championship riders' standings before the race In the lightest class the top five places are occupied by Jaume Masiá, with 25 points, Pedro Acosta (20), Darryn Binder (16), Sergio García (13) and Gabriel Rodrigo (11).
MotoGP participants Stefan Bradl replaced Marc Márquez in the second leg of the season as well, as Márquez extended his recovery from the end-of-season 2020 injury.
Moto2 participants Tommaso Marcon replaced Simone Corsi for this round because of an injury.
Moto3 participants The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in riders for the race.
Free practice MotoGP In the first session, Aleix Espargaró finished at the top of the standings ahead of Álex Rins and Maverick Viñales. In the second session three Ducatis were the fastest, with Jack Miller the fastest, followed by Francesco Bagnaia and Johann Zarco. In the third session, Fabio Quartararo was the best ahead of Rins and Joan Mir's Suzuki
Combined Free Practice 1-2-3 The top ten bikers (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
Fastest session lap
The fastest personal time of the bikers are written in bold type.
BikersConstructorFP1FP2FP3143 Jack MillerDucati1:55.984 1:53.145No time263 Francesco BagnaiaDucati1:56.1191:53.4581:57.33535 Johann ZarcoDucati1:56.7431:53.537No time420 Fabio QuartararoYamaha1:55.3031:53.583 1:56.064589 Jorge MartínDucati1:55.0191:53.593No time641 Aleix EspargaróAprilia 1:54.7791:53.6461:58.633721 Franco MorbidelliYamaha1:55.1251:53.6991:56.660842 Álex RinsSuzuki1:54.8391:53.7131:56.347912 Maverick ViñalesYamaha1:54.8641:53.8721:56.647106 Stefan BradlHonda1:55.3931:53.9141:57.4501188 Miguel OliveiraKTM1:55.7701:53.9441:56.855129 Danilo PetrucciKTM1:55.2631:53.9691:56.6141336 Joan MirSuzuki1:55.3491:54.0121:56.4501446 Valentino RossiYamaha1:55.9251:54.1121:56.7181530 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:55.4481:54.1272:03.3481673 Álex MárquezHonda1:55.5971:54.1481:56.7011744 Pol EspargaróHonda1:55.5071:54.2051:56.7891833 Brad BinderKTM1:55.8461:54.2371:56.9331923 Enea BastianiniDucati1:55.6771:54.5161:56.6682010 Luca MariniDucati1:55.4541:54.680No time2132 Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia1:56.5611:54.9711:57.3782227 Iker LecuonaKTM1:56.0231:55.3691:56.981 OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Free Practice 4 Zarco was the fastest of the session, ahead of Viñales and Mir.
Moto2 In the first session, Fabio Di Giannantonio was the fastest, followed by Marco Bezzecchi and Joe Roberts. In the second session, Raúl Fernández preceded Di Giannantonio and Roberts. In the third session Sam Lowes finished at the top of the standings, ahead of Bezzecchi and Remy Gardner.
Combined Free Practice The top fourteen bikers (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
Fastest session lap
The fastest personal time of the bikers are written in bold type.
BikersConstructorFP1FP2FP3125 Raúl FernándezKalex2:00.439 1:58.5412:02.547221 Fabio Di GiannantonioKalex 1:59.9311:59.0582:01.384387 Remy GardnerKalex2:01.2691:59.1882:01.127472 Marco BezzecchiKalex1:59.9761:59.2082:01.021516 Joe RobertsKalex2:00.0941:59.2132:01.667679 Ai OguraKalex2:00.5391:59.2432:01.973722 Sam LowesKalex2:00.1321:59.265 2:00.878813 Celestino ViettiKalex2:00.8451:59.3152:02.102923 Marcel SchrötterKalex2:00.7371:59.3622:01.5281011 Nicolò BulegaKalex2:00.7241:59.6072:02.7991162 Stefano ManziKalex2:01.0061:59.6132:01.7241244 Arón CanetBoscoscuro2:00.5381:59.6642:01.1541337 Augusto FernándezKalex2:00.9701:59.7482:01.674146 Cameron BeaubierKalex2:01.1441:59.7772:01.2011597 Xavi ViergeKalex2:00.5821:59.7822:01.3491635 Somkiat ChantraKalex2:01.4531:59.7852:02.652179 Jorge NavarroBoscoscuro2:00.7661:59.7922:02.5771896 Jake DixonKalex2:01.1011:59.8612:01.4391912 Thomas LüthiKalex2:01.1591:59.8962:02.3632064 Bo BendsneyderKalex2:00.8971:59.9072:02.1952114 Tony ArbolinoKalex2:01.1231:59.9152:01.1862219 Lorenzo Dalla PortaKalex2:00.8661:59.9812:02.086235 Yari MontellaBoscoscuro2:01.4522:00.2442:01.9212475 Albert ArenasBoscoscuro2:00.9072:00.3772:01.6922540 Héctor GarzóKalex2:00.9412:00.3852:02.414267 Lorenzo BaldassarriMV Agusta2:01.4802:00.5862:02.0742755 Hafizh SyahrinNTS2:01.8262:00.8582:03.1972810 Tommaso MarconMV Agusta2:06.7752:02.7602:04.514 OFFICIAL MOTO2 COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Moto3 In the first session, Jaume Masiá was the fastest, followed by Dennis Foggia and Filip Salač. In the second session, Darryn Binder finished at the top, with Sergio García and Gabriel Rodrigo second and third respectively. Jason Dupasquier was fastest in the third session, ahead of Foggia and John McPhee.
Combined Free Practice The top fourteen bikers (written in bold) qualified in Q2.
Fastest session lap
The fastest personal time of the bikers are written in bold type.
BikersConstructorFP1FP2FP3140 Darryn BinderHonda2:06.821 2:04.7812:07.814211 Sergio GarcíaGas Gas2:06.9562:04.8212:08.87332 Gabriel RodrigoHonda2:07.1842:04.8932:08.447417 John McPheeHonda2:06.2152:04.9682:07.557524 Tatsuki SuzukiHonda2:07.3982:05.0232:08.42465 Jaume MasiáKTM 2:05.3602:05.0782:08.234728 Izan GuevaraGas Gas2:06.7782:05.1042:07.625852 Jeremy AlcobaHonda2:07.8452:05.1432:08.492937 Pedro AcostaKTM2:07.0292:05.1692:08.0551055 Romano FenatiHusqvarna2:06.7102:05.2712:08.7211182 Stefano NepaKTM2:07.0022:05.3292:08.235126 Ryusei YamanakaKTM2:06.9292:05.3922:08.3131327 Kaito TobaKTM2:06.6752:05.3972:08.4631423 Niccolò AntonelliKTM2:07.5182:05.4122:07.788157 Dennis FoggiaHonda2:05.9222:05.4212:07.4071631 Adrián FernándezHusqvarna2:06.8742:05.4382:09.0181750 Jason DupasquierKTM2:07.0812:05.507 2:07.2441892 Yuki KuniiHonda2:06.3972:05.5262:08.6931912 Filip SalačHonda2:06.1552:05.5372:08.2522016 Andrea MignoHonda2:06.9892:05.5492:07.9072199 Carlos TatayKTM2:07.3472:05.6552:08.5222273 Maximilian KoflerKTM2:06.7892:05.6552:09.2112343 Xavier ArtigasHonda2:06.5362:05.8812:07.7222454 Riccardo RossiKTM2:06.8102:05.9242:09.5392553 Deniz ÖncüKTM2:06.8602:06.1422:08.6892619 Andi Farid IzdiharHonda2:06.2792:06.2192:10.2662771 Ayumu SasakiKTM2:07.7082:06.2532:08.5472820 Lorenzo FellonHonda2:07.0862:06.8162:08.635 OFFICIAL MOTO3 COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT
Qualifying MotoGP Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2189 Jorge MartínDucati Qualified in Q2 1:53.1061 125 Johann ZarcoDucati Qualified in Q21:53.2632312 Maverick ViñalesYamaha Qualified in Q21:53.2673443 Jack MillerDucati Qualified in Q21:53.3034 2520 Fabio QuartararoYamaha Qualified in Q21:53.4695663 Francesco BagnaiaDucati Qualified in Q21:53.6546741 Aleix EspargaróAprilia Qualified in Q21:53.7057 3842 Álex RinsSuzuki Qualified in Q21:53.7458936 Joan MirSuzuki 1:53.9311:53.78591021 Franco MorbidelliYamaha Qualified in Q21:53.79410 4116 Stefan BradlHonda Qualified in Q21:54.224111288 Miguel OliveiraKTM1:54.2201:55.096121310 Luca MariniDucati1:54.228N/A13 51473 Álex MárquezHonda1:54.261N/A141544 Pol EspargaróHonda1:54.402N/A151630 Takaaki NakagamiHonda1:54.481N/A16 6179 Danilo PetrucciKTM1:54.528N/A171833 Brad BinderKTM1:54.555N/A181923 Enea BastianiniDucati1:54.632N/A19 72027 Iker LecuonaKTM1:54.731N/A202146 Valentino RossiYamaha1:54.881N/A212232 Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia1:55.823N/A228 OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS
Moto2 Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q2122 Sam LowesKalex Qualified in Q2 1:59.0551 1287 Remy GardnerKalex Qualified in Q21:59.1922372 Marco BezzecchiKalex Qualified in Q21:59.3273425 Raúl FernándezKalex Qualified in Q21:59.4414 2596 Jake DixonKalex1:59.9871:59.4435679 Ai OguraKalex Qualified in Q21:59.6926721 Fabio Di GiannantonioKalex Qualified in Q21:59.6967 3816 Joe RobertsKalex Qualified in Q21:59.7278944 Arón CanetBoscoscuro Qualified in Q21:59.78591037 Augusto FernándezKalex Qualified in Q21:59.80910 41162 Stefano ManziKalex Qualified in Q21:59.870111275 Albert ArenasBoscoscuro1:59.9131:59.885121311 Nicolò BulegaKalex Qualified in Q22:00.01213 5146 Cameron BeaubierKalex Qualified in Q22:00.040141564 Bo BendsneyderKalex1:59.8272:00.077151623 Marcel SchrotterKalex Qualified in Q22:00.10816 6179 Jorge NavarroBoscoscuro 1:59.5922:00.142171813 Celestino ViettiKalex Qualified in Q22:00.532181997 Xavi ViergeKalex2:00.091N/A19 72014 Tony ArbolinoKalex2:00.092N/A202112 Thomas LüthiKalex2:00.131N/A21225 Yari MontellaBoscoscuro2:00.232N/A22 82335 Somkiat ChantraKalex2:00.448N/A232419 Lorenzo Dalla PortaKalex2:00.581N/A24257 Lorenzo BaldassarriMV Agusta2:00.738N/A25 92640 Héctor GarzóKalex2:00.929N/A262755 Hafizh SyahrinNTS2:01.466N/A2728 10 Tommaso MarconMV Agusta2:03.113N/A2810 OFFICIAL MOTO2 QUALIFYING RESULTS
Moto3 Fastest session lap BikerConstructorRowQ1Q215 Jaume MasiáKTM Qualified in Q2 2:05.91311211 Sergio GarcíaGas Gas Qualified in Q22:06.012Pit lane352 Jeremy AlcobaHonda Qualified in Q22:06.1582 142 Gabriel RodrigoHonda Qualified in Q22:06.3463524 Tatsuki SuzukiHonda Qualified in Q22:06.4074 2616 Andrea MignoHonda 2:06.9252:06.6195740 Darryn BinderHonda Qualified in Q22:06.6436817 John McPheeHonda Qualified in Q22:06.64673937 Pedro AcostaKTM Qualified in Q22:06.829Pitlane1028 Izan GuevaraGas Gas Qualified in Q22:06.8338 31150 Jason DupasquierKTM2:07.3542:06.96791223 Niccolò AntonelliKTM Qualified in Q22:07.02510 41327 Kaito TobaKTM Qualified in Q22:07.108111455 Romano FenatiHusqvarna Qualified in Q22:07.145Pit lane1582 Stefano NepaKTM Qualified in Q22:07.197Pit lane1643 Xavier ArtigasHonda2:07.0432:07.252124176 Ryusei YamanakaKTM Qualified in Q22:07.429135187 Dennis FoggiaHonda2:07.0342:07.498Pitlane1931 Adrián FernándezHusqvarna2:07.541N/A14 52012 Filip SalačHonda2:07.661N/A152120 Lorenzo FellonHonda2:07.749N/A16 62271 Ayumu SasakiKTM2:07.948N/A172354 Riccardo RossiKTM2:07.994N/APit lane2499 Carlos TatayKTM2:08.011N/A1862592 Yuki KuniiHonda2:08.011N/A19 72673 Maximilian KoflerKTM2:08.233N/A202719 Andi Farid IzdiharHonda2:08.469N/A2128 53 Deniz ÖncüKTMNo timeN/APit lane OFFICIAL MOTO3 QUALIFYING RESULTS
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