Fabio Quartararo leads the motorcycle speed world championship with 14 points ahead of Johann Zarco after the GP of Catalonia. All the info.
[Mis à jour le 07/06/2021 à 12h10] After a 2020 season exclusively contested in Europe, due to a health crisis, the MotoGP aims to revive its status as a world championship. Thus, at the beginning of spring 2021, the Losail circuit in Qatar has regained its role of opener, through a double round organized on March 28 and April 4, the Doha GP having resulted in a French double. historical. After the Catalan Grand Prix, the championship is dominated by the two French from the field. The Nice Fabio Quartararo occupies first place overall with 14 points ahead of Cannes Johann Zarco.
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Calendar
In 2020, in addition to the absence of an extra-European event, MotoGP was forced to resort to numerous double heats to reach a total of 14 races, from July to November, half of which in Spain. A year later, the health crisis is still relevant, but the calendar regains a more traditional aspect starting in March by the Grand Prix of Qatar, to conclude in November in Valence. Moreover, no less than 20 meetings are on the program for this season, which would constitute a new record for the discipline. For its part, the Grand Prix of France finds its spring date, the next edition on the Bugatti circuit of Le Mans is planned from 14 to 16 May 2021.
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2021 drivers ranking
- Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) – 115 pts
- Johann Zarco (Ducati) – 101 pts
- Jack Miller (Ducati) – 90 pts
- Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 88 pts
- Joan Mir (Suzuki) – 78 pts
- Maverick Viñales (Yamaha) – 75 pts
- Miguel Oliveira (KTM) – 54 pts
- Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) – 44 pts
- Brad Binder (KTM) – 43 pts
- Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha) – 40 pts
- Takaaki Nakagami (Honda) – 31 pts
- Pol Espargaró (Honda) – 29 pts
- Enea Bastianini (Ducati) – 26 pts
- Alex Marquez (Honda) – 25 pts
- Alex Rins (Suzuki) – 23 pts
- Danilo Petrucci (KTM) – 23 pts
- Jorge Martin (Ducati) – 19 pts
- Marc Marquez (Honda) – 16 pts
- Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) – 15 pts
- Iker Lecuona (KTM) – 13 pts
- Luca Marini (Ducati) – 13 pts
- Stefan Bradl (Honda) – 11 pts
- Lorenzo Salvadori (Aprilia) – 4 pts
- Michele Pirro (Ducati) – 3 pts
- Tito Rabat (Ducati) – 1 pt
2021 team standings
- Yamaha – 190 pts
- Ducati – 178 pts
- Pramac Ducati – 124 pts
- Suzuki – 101 pts
- KTM – 97 pts
- LCR Honda – 56 pts
- Petronas Yamaha – 55 pts
- Honda – 52 pts
- Aprilia – 48 pts
- Avintia Ducati – 39 pts
- Tech 3 KTM – 36 pts
Drivers and teams
The MotoGP grid is made up of 22 pilots divided into 11 teams. Like last year, Fabio Quartararo et Johann Zarco defend them french colors within the premier category, except that they changed teams. As part of an exchange with Valentino Rossi, the Niçois moved from the Petronas satellite team to the official Yamaha structure. For his part, the Cannois joined Pramac while retaining the handlebars of a private Ducati. The big absent from the start of the season was Marc Marquez, injured in the right shoulder last July. Substituted at Honda by Stefan Bradl, the Spanish champion returned to competition during the third meeting of 2021, the Portuguese GP.
=> All the information on the drivers and teams
TV programs
Holder of the rights to the motorcycle speed world championship, the Canal + group broadcasts all 20 rounds on the program for the 2021 season. First Grand Prix run in Qatar is credited with free-to-air broadcast. Another was awarded at the French Grand Prix on May 16. Each race weekend, the various channels of the group, in particular Canal + Sport and Canal + Décalé, are mobilized to broadcast all the driving sessions in Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP, namely free practice, qualifying and the race of each of the three categories.
=> All the information on the TV program
2020 drivers ranking
- Joan Mir – 171 pts
- Franco Morbidelli – 158 pts
- Alex Rins – 139 pts
- Andrea Dovizioso – 135 pts
- Pol Espargaró – 135 pts
- Maverick Viñales – 132 pts
- Jack Miller – 132 pts
- Fabio Quartararo – 127 pts
- Miguel Oliveira – 125 pts
- Takaaki Nakagami – 116 pts
2020 team ranking
- Suzuki – 310 pts
- Petronas Yamaha – 248 pts
- KTM – 222 pts
- Ducati – 213 pts
- Pramac Ducati – 183 pts
More MotoGP info:
Moto GP 2021 calendar: dates and times of the Grand Prix
MotoGP 2021: the complete entry list – riders and motorcycles
Moto GP 2021 TV program: live, unencrypted, channel, schedule, streaming …
