2021 Valencia MotoGP, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Warm-up Results
Suzuki's Joan Mir leads morning warm-up for the 2021 Valencia MotoGP season ඣfinale ahead of ♐Takaaki Nakagami and team-mate Alex Rins.
Valentino Rossi's legendary MotoGP career reaches its co🅷nclusion today as the nine-time🥀 world champion bows out of the sport after 26 years in grand prix racing. The Italian, who will start tenth, was 16th in warm-up.
The nine VR46 Academy riders - including Francesco Bagnaia, Franco Morbidelli a🍌nd Luca Marini - are each using one of Rossi's title-winning helmet designs today.
Such a lovely tribute from all of Valentino Rossi's academy riders
— mahbx.com/MotoGP (@crash_motogp)
All of them are ♏wearing iconic VR46 helmet designs for today's race
It's also the last grand prix for Danilo Petrucci (switching to the Dakar) and Iker Lecuona (moving to WorldSBK).
Marc Marquez will finish the season where he started it, on the sidelines, missing his second event in a row due to vision problems triggered by a𝕴 training accident. The Repsol Honda star won't be back on a MotoGPꦜ bike until 2022.
Team-mate Pol Espargaro, who missed qualifying after a massive practice highside, was declared unfit for today's race, meaning there will be no Repsol Honda riders taking part.
While the riders' (Fabio Quartararo) and constructorsཧ' (Ducati) w🍸orld championship have already been decided, Ducati Lenovo holds a 28-point lead (maximum of 45 points still available) over Monster Yamaha for the teams' title…
| Valencia MotoGP, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Warm-up Results | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max (km/h) |
| 1 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | 1'31.082s | 6/13 | 327k |
| 2 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.148s | 13/13 | 331k |
| 3 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.238s | 12/12 | 326k |
| 4 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.271s | 10/10 | 329k |
| 5 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP21) | +0.351s | 8/13 | 332k |
| 6 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | +0.390s | 13/13 | 332k |
| 7 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.441s | 9/12 | 326k |
| 8 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.551s | 13/13 | 327k |
| 9 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP21)* | +0.614s | 4/6 | 329k |
| 10 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +0.619s | 8/12 | 324k |
| 11 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) | +0.626s | 9/13 | 326k |
| 12 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Team (GP21) | +0.646s | 12/13 | 332k |
| 13 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.665s | 9/12 | 320k |
| 14 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.845s | 6/13 | 320k |
| 15 | Iker Lecuona | SPA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.899s | 12/13 | 329k |
| 16 | Valentino Rossi | ITA | Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.905s | 8/13 | 324k |
| 17 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | KTM Tech3 (RC16) | +0.978s | 9/12 | 320k |
| 18 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.214s | 7/10 | 324k |
| 19 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.245s | 9/12 | 329k |
| 20 | Luca Marini | ITA | Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* | +1.310s | 9/12 | 326k |
Peter has been in the paddock for 20⛦ years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is a🥃t the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.