The 2021 Styrian Grand Prix (officially known as the Michelin Grand Prix of Styria) was the tenth round of the
2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the
Red Bull Ring in
Spielberg on 8 August 2021.
Background
On 14 May 2021,
Dorna announced the cancellation of the
Finnish Grand Prix
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(originally scheduled as the tenth round of the championship on 11 July) for a second consecutive year due to the COVID-19 situation in the country. On the same day Dorna announced that a second race at the
Red Bull Ring, named the
Styrian Grand Prix, which was originally scheduled to be a one-off race in 2020, would replace it on the calendar on 8 August, one week before the
Austrian Grand Prix.
Qualifying
MotoGP
Race
MotoGP
The race, scheduled to be run for 28 laps, was red-flagged on lap 3 due to an accident involving
Dani Pedrosa
Daniel Pedrosa Ramal (born 29 September 1985) is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer who retired from regular competition after the season. He grew up in Castellar del Vallès, a village near Sabadell. He is a three-time World Champion be ...
and
Lorenzo Savadori
Lorenzo Savadori (born 4 April 1993) is a motorcycle racer from Italy, He was the 2015 FIM Superstock 1000 Cup winner and thItalia 2020 CIV Superbike Champion acting as test rider for Aprilia with occasional wild card race entries. For the 2021 ...
. The race was later restarted over 27 laps with the original starting grid. Savadori wasn't able to join the restart.
* Maverick Viñales started from pit lane as he stalled his bike at the start of the formation lap.
Moto2
Moto3
* Deniz Öncü started at the back of the grid as his mechanics were still working on his bike at the three minute board.
* Carlos Tatay was declared unfit to compete after Sunday warm-up session due to effects of the crash at the
Italian Grand Prix
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.
* Niccolò Antonelli suffered a broken hand in a crash during qualifying and withdrew from the event.
* Xavier Artigas tested positive for
COVID-19
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on Sunday morning 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
;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
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{{MotoGP 2020–29
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