This weekend in motorsport – 01-02 May 2021

MotoGP

History was made at the Spanish GP as Ducati’s Jack Miller got his first win with the Ducati Lenovo Team.

Disaster struck mid-way through the race as race leader at the time, Fabio Quartararo, had some major issues that saw him drop from a comfortable 1.5 second lead over Miller to finish in 13^th.

Francesco Bagnaia came in second position giving the Ducati Lenovo Team a 1-2 finish. Bagnaia now sits top spot in the points race after Quartararo and Maverick Viñales.

Franco Morbidelli came in 3^rd position on his Yamaha.

Our very own Brad Binder will want to quickly forget this race weekend, as a crash on lap 2 of the race saw the South African forced to sit out the remainder of the GP.

Marc Marquez managed a very respectable 9^th position, in his second race of the season after not being on the saddle for the past 9 months.

Fabio Di Giannantonio took the win in the Moto2 class, with Marco Bezzecchi and Sam Lowes behind to complete the top 3. Fabio had the race lead for most of the race after starting in P2.

Local boy Pedro Acosta managed a Moto3 win in Spain followed by Italy’s Romano Fenati and another local rider Jeremy Alcoba.

Darryn Binder (South Africa) managed to finish in 22^nd in the Spanish GP making it an unpleasant weekend for the Binder Brothers.

Here are the full results:

MotoGP:

Pos: Rider: Team: Time:

Jack MILLER Ducati Lenovo Team 41’05.602
Francesco BAGNAIA Ducati Lenovo Team +1.912
Franco MORBIDELLI Petronas Yamaha SRT +2.516
Takaaki NAKAGAMI LCR Honda IDEMITSU +3.20
Joan MIR Team SUZUKI ECSTAR +4.256
Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +5.164
Maverick VIÑALES Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP +5.651
Johann ZARCO Pramac Racing +7.161
Marc MARQUEZ Repsol Honda Team +10.494
Pol ESPARGARO Repsol Honda Team +11.776
Miguel OLIVEIRA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing +14.766
Stefan BRADL Honda HRC +17.243
Fabio QUARTARARO Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP +18.907
Danilo PETRUCCI Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing +20.095
Iker LECUONA Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing +20.277
Luca MARINI ITASKY VR46 Avintia +20.922
Valentino ROSSI Petronas Yamaha SRT +22.731
Tito RABAT Pramac Racing +30.314
Lorenzo SAVADORI Aprilia Racing Team Gresini +37.912
Alex RINS Team SUZUKI ECSTAR +38.234

Not Classified

DNF. Brad BINDER Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 14 Laps

DNF. Enea BASTIANINI Avintia Esponsorama 14 Laps

DNF. Alex MARQUEZ CR Honda CASTROL 0 Lap

Moto2:

Pos: Rider: Team: Time:

Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 39’07.396
Marco BEZZECCHI SKY Racing Team VR46 +1.722
Sam LOWES Elf Marc VDS Racing Team +2.229
Remy GARDNER Red Bull KTM Ajo +3.019
Raul FERNANDEZ Red Bull KTM Ajo +8.571
1Xavi VIERGE Petronas Sprinta Racing +12.181
Ai OGURA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia +12.313
Joe ROBERTS Italtrans Racing Team +12.523
Aron CANET Inde Aspar Team +14.407
Marcel SCHROTTER Liqui Moly Intact GP +17.152
Marcos RAMIREZ American Racing +18.071
Jorge NAVARRO Lightech Speed Up +18.720
Stefano MANZI Flexbox HP40 +25.775
Lorenzo BALDASSARRI MV Agusta Forward Racing +25.896
Bo BENDSNEYDER Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team +27.326
Lorenzo DALLA PORTA Italtrans Racing Team +31.359
Hafizh SYAHRIN NTS RW Racing GP +35.845
Celestino VIETTI SKY Racing Team VR46 +36.433
Thomas LUTHI Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team +38.197
Yari MONTELLA Lightech Speed Up +39.789
Tony ARBOLINO Liqui Moly Intact GP +40.083
Taiga HADA NTS RW Racing GP +1’02.980

23 Tommaso MARCON MV Agusta Forward Racing +1’20.544

Not Classified

DNF. Cameron BEAUBIER American Racing 1 Lap

DNF. Simone CORSI MV Agusta Forward Racing 10 Laps

DNF. Albert ARENAS Inde Aspar Team 12 Laps

DNF. Hector GARZO Flexbox HP40 18 Laps

DNF. Somkiat CHANTRA IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia 20 Laps

DNF. Augusto FERNANDEZ Elf Marc VDS Racing Team 21 Laps

DNF. Nicolò BULEGA Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 21 Laps

Moto3:

Pos: Rider: Team: Time:

1 Pedro ACOSTA Red Bull KTM Ajo 39’22.266

2 Romano FENATI Sterilgarda Max Racing Team +0.417

3 Jeremy ALCOBA Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 +0.527

4 Andrea MIGNO Rivacold Snipers Team +0.548

5 Ayumu SASAKI Red Bull KTM Tech 3 +0.971

6 Carlos TATAY Avintia Esponsorama Moto3 +0.997

7 Jason DUPASQUIER CarXpert PruestelGP +1.043

8 Niccolò ANTONELLI Avintia Esponsorama Moto3 +1.144

9 Xavier ARTIGAS Leopard Racing +1.383

10 Ryusei YAMANAKA CarXpert PruestelGP +1.596

11 Izan GUEVARA Solunion GASGAS Aspar Team +3.986

12 Filip SALAC Rivacold Snipers Team +4.389

13 Sergio GARCIA Solunion GASGAS Aspar Team +5.191

14 Yuki KUNII Honda Team Asia +7.204

15 Stefano NEPA BOE Owlride +8.194

16 Kaito TOBA CIP Green Power +12.822

17 Riccardo ROSSI BOE Owlride +12.869

18 Andi Farid IZDIHAR Honda Team Asia +12.990

19 Maximilian KOFLER CIP Green Power +17.318

20 Deniz ÖNCÜ Red Bull KTM Tech 3 +18.162

21 Jaume MASIA Red Bull KTM Ajo +19.439

22 Darryn BINDER Petronas Sprinta Racing +25.337

23 Lorenzo FELLON SIC58 Squadra Corse +32.323

24 Adrian FERNANDEZ Sterilgarda Max Racing Team +46.228

Not Classified

DNF. Dennis FOGGIA Leopard Racing 3 Laps

DNF. Tatsuki SUZUKI SIC58 Squadra Corse 10 Laps

DNF. Gabriel RODRIGO Indonesian Racing Gresini Moto3 18 Laps

DNF. John MCPHEE Petronas Sprinta Racing 0 Lap

Formula1

Yet another spectacle to behold as Lewis Hamilton was victorious at the Portuguese GP.

Hamilton began the race in P2 behind team-mate, Valtteri Bottas, Hamilton managed to squeeze his way to the top spot after being pushed back to 3^rd position behind Max Verstappen.

The Dutchman managed to edge past Bottas to take 2^nd position.

Like Hamilton, Verstappen maintained his record of finishing all three races of 2021 so far in either P1 or P2.

The points table sees Hamilton leading with 69 points, with Verstappen close behind on 61 points. The next closest competitor is Lando Norris with 37 points.

Looks like it’s going to be a two horse race between Hamilton vs Verstappen this 2021 season!

Here are the results:

Pos: Driver: Team: Time:

L. Hamilton Mercedes 1:34:31.421
M. Verstappen Red Bull +29.148s
V. Bottas Mercedes +33.530s
S. Pérez Red Bull +39.735s
L. Norris McLaren +51.369s
C. Leclerc Ferrari +55.781s
E. Ocon Alpine +63.749s
F. Alonso Alpine +64.808s
D. Ricciardo McLaren +75.369s
P. Gasly AlphaTauri +76.463s
C. Sainz Jr. Ferrari +78.955s
A. Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo +1 Lap
S. Vettel Aston Martin +1 Lap
L. Stroll Aston Martin +1 Lap
Y. Tsunoda AlphaTauri +1 Lap
G. Russell Williams +1 Lap
M. Schumacher Haas +2 Laps
N. Latifi Williams +2 Laps
N. Mazepin Haas +2 Laps

DNF. K. Räikkönen Alfa Romeo DNF

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