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The 2021 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana) was the eighteenth and final round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the
Circuit Ricardo Tormo Circuit Ricardo Tormo, also known as ''Circuit de Valencia'' and officially named ''Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo'', is a motorsport race track located in Cheste (Valencian Community, Spain) and built in 1999. The track is n ...
in
Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
on 14 November 2021. It was also the final Grand Prix for
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who retired after the season. In the MotoGP class, Ducati Lenovo Team secured the Teams' Championship, its first since by making possible the first podium lock-up for Ducati in the MotoGP history with
Francesco Bagnaia Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia (born 14 January 1997) is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He is the current MotoGP World Champion and a previous Moto2 World Champion. He is the first rider fro ...
winning the race ahead of fellow Ducati riders
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, who later became Rookie of the Year, and
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. In the Moto2 class,
Remy Gardner Remy Christopher Gardner (born 24 February 1998) is an Australian motorcycle racer, best known for winning the 2021 Moto2 World Championship with Red Bull KTM Ajo. He is the son of 1987 premier class world champion, Wayne Gardner. Career M ...
won the Riders' Championship. Remy and his father Wayne became the second father-son World Champions after
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and
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In the Moto3 class,
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secured its fifth Constructors' Championship and its first since .


Qualifying


MotoGP

* Pol Espargaró was declared unfit to compete after a crash in free practice.


Race


MotoGP

* Pol Espargaró was declared unfit to compete after a crash in free practice.


Moto2

The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was red-flagged due to a first-lap accident involving multiple riders and the resulting oil spill. The race was later restarted over 16 laps with the original starting grid. * Simone Corsi entered the pits at the end of the warm-up lap due to a mechanical problem.


Moto3

* Andi Farid Izdihar was declared unfit to compete after a crash in free practice.


Championship standings after the race

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


MotoGP

;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings


Moto2

;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings


Moto3

;Riders' Championship standings ;Constructors' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings


Notes


References


External links

* {{MotoGP 2020–29
Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
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