Valencia MotoGP, Circuit Ricardo Tormo - Warm-up Results
Suzuki's Joan Mir leads morning warm-up for the 2021 Valencia MotoGP season finale ahead of Takaaki Nakagami and team-mate Alex Rins.
Valentino Rossi's legendary MotoGP career reaches its conclusion 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 and 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
— CRASH.NET/MotoGP (@crash_motogp) November 14, 2021
All of them are wearing iconic VR46 helmet designs for today's race #MotoGP #GrazieVale #ValenciaGP pic.twitter.com/FeLH0FuszG
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 a training accident. The Repsol Honda star won't be back on a MotoGP 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 constructors' (Ducati) world 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 |
* Rookie
Official Valencia MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Marc Marquez SPA Honda 1m 31.116s (2019)
Fastest race lap:
Jorge Lorenzo SPA Yamaha 1m 29.401s (2016)
