MotoGP 2021. The Algarve GP in Portimao. Triumph of Francesco Bagnaia - MotoGP

PORTIMAO – It was the GP of pride and gods regrets.

He won, he triumphed, he dominated Francesco Bagnaia, good at his pride reaction after what happened in Misano 15 days ago.

And what pride in the new manufacturers’ title won by Ducati with a race to spare. “But a bit of regret remains, because the drivers’ title was within Pecco’s reach: we have a great driver” underlines the engineer Gigi Dall’Igna, giving voice to regrets: actually this Ducati and this Bagnaia they could win the title.

The second place obtained by is also proud Joan Mir, who after having struggled like never before at Misano, came back fast, eager to prove his worth. But how many regrets for him too, for a Suzuki not up to the occasion which has somewhat demotivated the 2020 champion.

And pride also served to Jack Miller to take back a third place, after Alex Marquez had passed him, a bit unexpectedly. But the double face rule also applies to him: how many regrets for a season that could have gone differently.

Honda regrets

The Red flag two laps from the end, caused by a double fall Lecuona-Olive for Iker’s loss of control of the bike after a somewhat risky overtaking (riders ok), prevented Alex Marquez to fight for the podium up to the checkered flag.

A good performance for him, but how many regrets for Honda: with Marc on the track, another victory could be played.

Bastianini always ahead

In the rookie ranking, Enea Bastianini, ninth, maintains a three-point lead over Jorge Martin, seventh at the finish.

The two will play the title of rookies in Valencia in a week.

quarter the earth

The first race as a world champion of Fabio Quartararo unfortunately it ended with a crash on lap 21, while it was sixth.

Fabio wasted time at the beginning, but was unable to keep up with the pace he had shown he had in practice, perhaps also because being behind the two Ducati Pramacs for a long time was raised the temperature of the front tire, as often happens in these cases.

Fabio got a little nervous in this unequal challenge against Ducati, with a Yamaha that shows worrying limits, as confirmed by the performances of Rossi, Dovizioso and Morbidelli: the riders’ title is in their pocket, but at Iwata they have a lot of work to do on the 2022 bike.

Algarve GP 2021 – The MotoGP classification

Pos.	Points	On one.	The ball	Country	Team	Motorcycle	Km/h	Date and time / Distance
1	25	63	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	165.4	38’17.720
2	20	36	Joan MIR	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	165.2	+2.478
3	16	43	Jack MILLER	THE END	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	165.0	+6.402
4	13	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	165.0	+6.453
5	11	5	Johann ZARCO	FROM	Pramac Racing	Ducati	164.9	+7.882
6	10	44	In ESPARGARO	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	164.7	+9.573
7	9	89	Jorge MARTIN	SPA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	164.7	+10.144
8	8	42	Alex Kidneys	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	164.7	+10.742
9	7	23	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	164.4	+13.840
10	6	33	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	164.4	+14.487
11	5	30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	163.9	+20.912
12	4	10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY VR46 Avintia	Ducati	163.8	+22.450
13	3	46	Valentino Rossi	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	163.8	+22.752
14	2	4	Andrea DOVIZIOSO	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	163.6	+26.207
15	1	6	Stefan BRADL	GER	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	163.6	+26.284
16		12	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	163.5	+26.828
17		21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	163.4	+27.863
Not classified
		88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	BY	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	164.4	1 Lap
		27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	164.3	1 Lap
		20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FROM	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	164.8	3 laps
		41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	162.9	16 laps
First lap not finished
		9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM		0 Lap