MotoGP World Championship

2021 season

Championship

The title fight

After round 18

#	Rider	Points	Gap	Wins	Podiums
1	Fabio Quartararo	278	—	5	10
2	Francesco Bagnaia	252	−26	4	9
3	Joan Mir	208	−70	0	6
4	Jack Miller	181	−97	2	5
5	Johann Zarco	173	−105	0	4
6	Brad Binder	151	−127	1	1
7	Marc Marquez	142	−136	3	4
8	Aleix Espargaro	120	−158	0	1
9	Jorge Martin	111	−167	1	4
10	Maverick Viñales	106	−172	1	2
11	Enea Bastianini	102	−176	0	2
12	Pol Espargaro	100	−178	0	1
13	Alex Rins	99	−179	0	1
14	Miguel Oliveira	94	−184	1	3
15	Takaaki Nakagami	76	−202	0	0
16	Alex Marquez	70	−208	0	0
17	Franco Morbidelli	47	−231	0	1
18	Valentino Rossi	44	−234	0	0
19	Luca Marini	41	−237	0	0
20	Iker Lecuona	39	−239	0	0
21	Danilo Petrucci	37	−241	0	0
22	Stefan Bradl	14	−264	0	0
23	Andrea Dovizioso	12	−266	0	0
24	Michele Pirro	12	−266	0	0
25	Daniel Pedrosa	6	−272	0	0
26	Lorenzo Savadori	4	−274	0	0
27	Tito Rabat	1	−277	0	0
28	Garrett Gerloff	0	−278	0	0
29	Jake Dixon	0	−278	0	0
30	Cal Crutchlow	0	−278	0	0

Season

R	GP	Date	Race
1	Qatar Grand Prix	28.03	Maverick Viñales
2	Doha Grand Prix	04.04	Fabio Quartararo
3	Portuguese Grand Prix	18.04	Fabio Quartararo
4	Spanish Grand Prix	02.05	Jack Miller
5	French Grand Prix	16.05	Jack Miller
6	Italian Grand Prix	30.05	Fabio Quartararo
7	Catalan Grand Prix	06.06	Miguel Oliveira
8	German Grand Prix	20.06	Marc Marquez
9	Dutch TT	27.06	Fabio Quartararo
10	Styrian Grand Prix	08.08	Jorge Martin
11	Austrian Grand Prix	15.08	Brad Binder
12	British Grand Prix	29.08	Fabio Quartararo
13	Aragon Grand Prix	12.09	Francesco Bagnaia
14	San Marino Grand Prix	19.09	Francesco Bagnaia
15	Grand Prix of the Americas	03.10	Marc Marquez
16	Emilia Romagna Grand Prix	24.10	Marc Marquez
17	Algarve Grand Prix	07.11	Francesco Bagnaia
18	Valencia Grand Prix	14.11	Francesco Bagnaia

0.68

Grid ↔ result

historical avg. 0.79

33%

Pole wins

historical avg. 39%

Different winners

historical avg. 5.7

18%

Retirements

historical avg. 19%

Over 18 races this season. The higher the grid ↔ result correlation, the more predictable the year.

Grid

Team	Teammates	Race	Sprint	Grid	Points
Ducati Lenovo Team	Francesco Bagnaia – Jack Miller	12–5	0–0	12–6	252–181
Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Fabio Quartararo – Maverick Viñales	11–4	0–0	13–2	278–106
Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Joan Mir – Alex Rins	12–4	0–0	6–11	208–99
Pramac Racing	Johann Zarco – Jorge Martin	9–5	0–0	5–9	173–111
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	Brad Binder – Miguel Oliveira	12–6	0–0	7–11	151–94
Repsol Honda Team	Marc Marquez – Pol Espargaro	10–3	0–0	8–6	142–100
Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aleix Espargaro – Lorenzo Savadori	7–1	0–0	10–1	120–4
Petronas Yamaha SRT	Franco Morbidelli – Valentino Rossi	4–9	0–0	10–3	47–44
Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	Iker Lecuona – Danilo Petrucci	8–7	0–0	10–8	39–37

Who finishes ahead in the races both started; a retirement loses to a classified finish. With fewer than 8 races together it is only indicative.

Bike	Top speed max km/h	Top speed median km/h	Beats the grid
DUCATI	362.4	313.0	−0.26
KTM	362.4	310.6	+1.32
APRILIA	357.6	310.3	−0.83
HONDA	355.2	311.2	+0.00
SUZUKI	354.0	310.3	+1.92
YAMAHA	351.7	308.3	−1.54

Top speed: the bike separates the brands. Beats the grid: average positions gained versus what the grid says.