MotoGP – Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) claims emotional Italian GP victory.

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Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo claimed a commanding and emotional Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley victory to extend his World Championship lead to 24 points, as Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) crashed out on Lap 2. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and reigning World Champion Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) completed the Mugello podium.

Quartararo’s new front start device worked wonders off the line as the polesitter managed to keep Bagnaia at bay until the braking zone, when the Italian dived up the inside of the Frenchman to lead. Pecco then led the way as the riders settled into the race, but the Ducati rider tucked the front at Turn 9 on Lap 2, Bagnaia’s race was over. Quartararo was handed the lead, as compatriot Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) frustrated El Diablo in the early laps by utilising his Ducati grunt on the front straight.

Eventually, Quartararo broke the slipstream of Zarco heading onto Lap 5 after making good progress on the twisty part of the circuit, and from there, the Yamaha star was able to edge clear of Zarco in second place. By Lap 11 his lead was up to 2.7s over second place Zarco, who had Oliveira clinging onto his tailpipes. Comfortably lapping in the 1:47s, Quartararo was in a league of his own at Mugello and took a third win of the season by 2.5s, a victory dedicated to the late Jason Dupasquier.

After battling with Quartararo in the early laps, Zarco was forced to watch his countryman ride away into the distance and focus on keeping Oliveira behind him. The two Team Suzuki Ecstar riders – Mir and Alex Rins – had troubles making passes stick on Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team), that Ducati power enabling the Australian to overtake Mir and Rins on the straight. Eventually though, Rins and Mir got through and the latter was able to drag himself and Rins up to the Zarco and Oliveira podium fight.

With eight laps remaining, Oliveira skipped past Zarco for the first time at Turn 11 to take P2. Exactly the same manoeuvre was produced by Mir a lap later as the reigning World Champion picked up P3, and he crucially held Zarco at bay into Turn 1. Rins then pounced with six laps to go as Zarco now sat P5, with Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), Miller and Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) lurking.

With five to go, Rins then crashed out at the final corner from fourth place – the fourth DNF in a row for the Spaniard. Oliveira was able to fend off Mir, but after exceeding track limits by millimetres on the final lap at Turn 5, the Portuguese rider was demoted one position. Mir was initially promoted to P2 before it was deemed he too exceeded track limits, which saw the results stay as they were: Oliveira P2, Mir P3. Zarco missed out by just under a second in fourth, the latter does move up to P2 in the standings though, 24 points behind Quartararo.

Binder handed KTM a double top five at the Italian GP and claims his equal best finish of the season, Miller comes home P6 in a quiet outing. Aleix Espargaro impressed again to pick up a P7, with Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) taking the chequered flag in P8 after his P13 in qualifying. 2019 Mugello winner Danilo Petrucci (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing) was ninth to earn his second top 10 in a row, Valentino Rossi (Petronas Yamaha SRT) completed the top 10 on home soil.

Iker Lecuona (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing), Pol Espargaro (Repsol Honda Team), Michele Pirro (Pramac Racing), Alex Marquez (LCR Honda Castrol) and Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) were the final points scorers.

Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) crashed at Turn 3 on Lap 2 unhurt, this forced Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) into the gravel, with Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) also crashing out of the race late on at Turn 13. Enea Bastianini (Avintia Esponsorama) crashed on the way to the grid after hitting the rear of Zarco’s bike, thankfully all riders were ok.

“That one was for Jason.” Everyone echoes the sentiments made by Quartararo in parc ferme, who proudly sported the Swiss flag on the Mugello podium top step. Ride in peace, Jason.

Top 10:
1. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP)
2. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 2.592
3. Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 3.000
4. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) + 3.535
5. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 4.903
6. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 6.233
7. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) + 8.030
8. Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) + 17.239
9. Danilo Petrucci (Tech3 KTM Factory Racing) + 23.296
10. Valentino Rossi (Petronas Yamaha SRT) + 25.146.

GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA OAKLEY

MotoGP Race Classification 2021

Mugello, Sunday, May 30, 2021

Pos.	Points	Num.	Rider	Nation	Team	Bike	Km/h	Time/Gap
1	25	20	Fabio QUARTARARO	FRA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	175.3	41’16.344
2	20	88	Miguel OLIVEIRA	POR	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	175.1	+2.592
3	16	36	Joan MIR	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	175.1	+3.000
4	13	5	Johann ZARCO	FRA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	175.1	+3.535
5	11	33	Brad BINDER	RSA	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	175.0	+4.903
6	10	43	Jack MILLER	AUS	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	174.9	+6.233
7	9	41	Aleix ESPARGARO	SPA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	174.8	+8.030
8	8	12	Maverick VIÑALES	SPA	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	174.1	+17.239
9	7	9	Danilo PETRUCCI	ITA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	173.7	+23.296
10	6	46	Valentino ROSSI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	173.6	+25.146
11	5	27	Iker LECUONA	SPA	Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	173.6	+25.152
12	4	44	Pol ESPARGARO	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	173.5	+26.059
13	3	51	Michele PIRRO	ITA	Pramac Racing	Ducati	173.5	+26.182
14	2	73	Alex MARQUEZ	SPA	LCR Honda CASTROL	Honda	173.3	+29.400
15	1	32	Lorenzo SAVADORI	ITA	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	173.1	+32.378
16		21	Franco MORBIDELLI	ITA	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	172.7	+37.906
17		10	Luca MARINI	ITA	SKY VR46 Avintia	Ducati	171.8	+50.306
Not Classified
		30	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	JPN	LCR Honda IDEMITSU	Honda	174.7	4 Laps
		42	Alex RINS	SPA	Team SUZUKI ECSTAR	Suzuki	175.0	5 Laps
		63	Francesco BAGNAIA	ITA	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	167.5	22 Laps
		93	Marc MARQUEZ	SPA	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	165.1	22 Laps
Not Finished 1st Lap
		23	Enea BASTIANINI	ITA	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati		0 Lap

MotoGP World Standing 2021

Pos.	Rider	Bike	Nation	Points
1	Fabio QUARTARARO	Yamaha	FRA	105
2	Johann ZARCO	Ducati	FRA	81
3	Francesco BAGNAIA	Ducati	ITA	79
4	Jack MILLER	Ducati	AUS	74
5	Joan MIR	Suzuki	SPA	65
6	Maverick VIÑALES	Yamaha	SPA	64
7	Aleix ESPARGARO	Aprilia	SPA	44
8	Brad BINDER	KTM	RSA	35
9	Franco MORBIDELLI	Yamaha	ITA	33
10	Miguel OLIVEIRA	KTM	POR	29
11	Pol ESPARGARO	Honda	SPA	29
12	Takaaki NAKAGAMI	Honda	JPN	28
13	Alex RINS	Suzuki	SPA	23
14	Danilo PETRUCCI	KTM	ITA	23
15	Alex MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	20
16	Enea BASTIANINI	Ducati	ITA	20
17	Jorge MARTIN	Ducati	SPA	17
18	Marc MARQUEZ	Honda	SPA	16
19	Valentino ROSSI	Yamaha	ITA	15
20	Iker LECUONA	KTM	SPA	13
21	Stefan BRADL	Honda	GER	11
22	Luca MARINI	Ducati	ITA	9
23	Michele PIRRO	Ducati	ITA	3
24	Lorenzo SAVADORI	Aprilia	ITA	3
25	Tito RABAT	Ducati	SPA	1

Credits : Photos and content courtesy of motogp.com

MotoGP – Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha) claims emotional Italian GP victory.

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