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2021 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2021 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana) was the eighteenth and final round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia on 14 November 2021. It was also the final Grand Prix for Valentino Rossi who retired after the season.

In the MotoGP class, Ducati Lenovo Team secured the Teams' Championship, its first since 2007 by making possible the first podium lock-up for Ducati in the MotoGP history with Francesco Bagnaia winning the race ahead of fellow Ducati riders Jorge Martín, who later became Rookie of the Year, and Jack Miller.

In the Moto2 class, Remy Gardner won the Riders' Championship. Remy and his father Wayne became the second father-son World Champions after Kenny Roberts and Kenny Roberts Jr.

In the Moto3 class, KTM secured its fifth Constructors' Championship and its first since 2016.

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Fastest session lap

.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times	Finalgrid	Row
89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.936	1	1
63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:30.000	2
43	Jack Miller	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:30.325	3
36	Joan Mir	Suzuki	Qualified in Q2	1:30.395	4	2
5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:30.418	5
42	Álex Rins	Suzuki	1:30.673	1:30.475	6
33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:30.788	1:30.509	7	3
20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:30.620	8
30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	Qualified in Q2	1:30.644	9
46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:30.746	10	4
21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:30.781	11
41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:31.024	12
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	1:30.859	N/A	13	5
12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:30.991	N/A	14
27	Iker Lecuona	KTM	1:30.994	N/A	15
9	Danilo Petrucci	KTM	1:31.045	N/A	16	6
10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:31.073	N/A	17
23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:31.185	N/A	18
73	Álex Márquez	Honda	1:31.251	N/A	19	7
88	Miguel Oliveira	KTM	1:31.319	N/A	20
44	Pol Espargaró	Honda	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Pol Espargaró was declared unfit to compete after a crash in free practice.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	27	41:15.481	2	25
89	Jorge Martín	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+0.489	1	20
43	Jack Miller	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	27	+0.823	3	16
36	Joan Mir	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	27	+5.214	4	13
20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+5.439	8	11
5	Johann Zarco	Pramac Racing	Ducati	27	+6.993	5	10
33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+8.437	7	9
23	Enea Bastianini	Avintia Esponsorama	Ducati	27	+10.933	18	8
41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+12.651	12	7
46	Valentino Rossi	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	27	+13.468	10	6
21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	27	+14.085	11	5
4	Andrea Dovizioso	Petronas Yamaha SRT	Yamaha	27	+16.534	13	4
73	Álex Márquez	LCR Honda Castrol	Honda	27	+17.059	19	3
88	Miguel Oliveira	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+18.221	20	2
27	Iker Lecuona	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+19.233	15	1
12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing Team Gresini	Aprilia	27	+19.815	14
10	Luca Marini	Sky VR46 Avintia	Ducati	27	+28.860	17
9	Danilo Petrucci	Tech3 KTM Factory Racing	KTM	27	+32.169	16
42	Álex Rins	Team Suzuki Ecstar	Suzuki	10	Accident	6
30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	4	Accident	9
44	Pol Espargaró	Repsol Honda Team	Honda		Did not start
Fastest lap: Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) – 1:31.042 (lap 16)

Pol Espargaró was declared unfit to compete after a crash in free practice.

The race, scheduled to be run for 25 laps, was red-flagged due to a first-lap accident involving multiple riders and the resulting oil spill. The race was later restarted over 16 laps with the original starting grid.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
25	Raúl Fernández	Kalex	16	25:38.612	5	25
21	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Kalex	16	+0.517	4	20
37	Augusto Fernández	Kalex	16	+0.786	3	16
13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	16	+2.393	2	13
44	Arón Canet	Boscoscuro	16	+4.978	7	11
97	Xavi Vierge	Kalex	16	+5.091	12	10
22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	16	+5.415	10	9
9	Jorge Navarro	Boscoscuro	16	+5.808	9	8
23	Marcel Schrötter	Kalex	16	+7.941	13	7
87	Remy Gardner	Kalex	16	+9.112	8	6
45	Tetsuta Nagashima	Kalex	16	+9.420	15	5
12	Thomas Lüthi	Kalex	16	+10.355	6	4
62	Stefano Manzi	Kalex	16	+11.898	19	3
42	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	16	+12.088	16	2
55	Hafizh Syahrin	NTS	16	+12.361	14	1
96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	16	+13.982	22
54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	16	+14.022	20
70	Barry Baltus	NTS	16	+14.145	29
35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	16	+17.111	24
72	Marco Bezzecchi	Kalex	16	+19.273	11
6	Cameron Beaubier	Kalex	16	+19.426	17
75	Albert Arenas	Boscoscuro	16	+19.608	25
14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	16	+19.986	26
11	Nicolò Bulega	Kalex	16	+23.805	23
64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	16	+31.559	21
40	Héctor Garzó	Kalex	11	Accident	18
20	Dimas Ekky Pratama	Kalex	2	Accident	28
24	Simone Corsi	MV Agusta	0	Did not restart	1
7	Lorenzo Baldassarri	MV Agusta	0	Did not restart	27
16	Joe Roberts	Kalex		Did not start

Simone Corsi entered the pits at the end of the warm-up lap due to a mechanical problem.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
43	Xavier Artigas	Honda	23	38:30.302	17	25
11	Sergio García	Gas Gas	23	+0.043	10	20
5	Jaume Masià	KTM	23	+0.232	23	16
12	Filip Salač	KTM	23	+0.443	5	13
53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	23	+0.540	13	11
82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	23	+1.156	14	10
28	Izan Guevara	Gas Gas	23	+1.209	3	9
99	Carlos Tatay	KTM	23	+2.109	11	8
23	Niccolò Antonelli	KTM	23	+2.185	9	7
71	Ayumu Sasaki	KTM	23	+2.322	26	6
17	John McPhee	Honda	23	+2.791	15	5
55	Romano Fenati	Husqvarna	23	+2.461	8	4
7	Dennis Foggia	Honda	23	+3.819	7	3
31	Adrián Fernández	Husqvarna	23	+13.298	19	2
52	Jeremy Alcoba	Honda	23	+13.348	12	1
54	Riccardo Rossi	KTM	23	+13.369	27
27	Kaito Toba	KTM	23	+17.249	24
16	Andrea Migno	Honda	23	+45.581	4
6	Ryusei Yamanaka	KTM	18	+5 laps	22
37	Pedro Acosta	KTM	22	Accident	1
67	Alberto Surra	Honda	20	Accident	25
24	Tatsuki Suzuki	Honda	17	Accident	2
92	Yuki Kunii	Honda	12	Accident Damage	20
66	Joel Kelso	KTM	4	Accident	18
95	José Antonio Rueda	Honda	4	Accident	21
20	Lorenzo Fellon	Honda	0	Accident	6
40	Darryn Binder	Honda	0	Accident	16
19	Andi Farid Izdihar	Honda		Did not start

Andi Farid Izdihar was declared unfit to compete after a crash in free practice.

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.

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