[Auto / Moto] Moto GP Guide 2021: calendar, standings, drivers, teams, TV program

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From March to November, the motorcycle speed world championship involves 22 riders in 20 races. Find all the information in our guide.
[Updated 03/29/2021 at 10:40 am] After a 2020 season exclusively contested in Europe, due to a health crisis, MotoGP aims to restore its status as a world championship. Thus, at the start of spring 2021, the Losail circuit in Qatar regains its role of opener, through a double round organized on March 28 and April 4 .
In 2020, in addition to the absence of an extra-European event, MotoGP had been forced to resort to many double heats to reach a total of 14 races, from July to November, half of which in Spain. A year later, the health crisis is still relevant, but the calendar returns to a more traditional aspect, starting in March with the Grand Prix of Qatar, to end in November in Valencia . Moreover, no less than 20 meetings are on the program for this season, which would constitute a new record for the discipline. For its part, the French Grand Prix is back to its spring date, the next edition on the Bugatti circuit in Le Mans being scheduled for May 14 to 16, 2021 .
=> All the info on the calendar

2021 drivers ranking
Maverick Viñales (Yamaha) - 25 pts
Johann Zarco (Ducati) - 20 pts
Pecco Bagnaia (Ducati) - 16 pts
Joan Mir (Suzuki) - 13 pts
Fabio Quartararo (Yamaha) - 11 pts
Alex Rins (Suzuki) - 10 pts
Aleix Espargaró (Aprilia) - 9 pts
Pol Espargaró (Honda) - 8 pts
Jack Miller (Ducati) - 7 pts
Enea Bastianini (Ducati) - 6 pts
Stefan Bradl (Honda) - 5 pts
Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) - 4 pts
Miguel Oliveira (KTM) - 3 pts
Brad Binder (KTM) - 2 pts
Jorge Martin (Ducati) - 1 pt
2021 team standings
Yamaha - 36 pts
Ducati - 23 pts
Suzuki - 23 pts
Pramac Ducati - 21 pts
Honda - 13 pts
Aprilia - 9 pts
Avintia Ducati - 6 pts
KTM - 5 pts
Petronas Yamaha - 4 pts
Drivers and teams
The MotoGP grid is made up of 22 riders divided into 11 teams . Like last year, Fabio Quartararo and Johann Zarco defend the French colors in the premier category, except that they have changed teams. As part of an exchange with Valentino Rossi , the Niçois moved from the Petronas satellite team to the official Yamaha structure. For his part, the Cannois joined Pramac while retaining the handlebars of a private Ducati. The big absentee from the start of the season is Marc Marquez , injured in the right shoulder last July. Still recovering, the Spanish champion remains replaced at Honda by Stefan Bradl.

=> All the information on the pilots and teams

TV program
Holder of the rights to the world motorcycle speed championship, the Canal + group is broadcasting all 20 rounds on the program for the 2021 season. The first Grand Prix run in Qatar is credited with a free-to-air broadcast . Another will be awarded at the French Grand Prix on May 16. Each race weekend, the group's various channels, including Canal + Sport and Canal + Décalé, are mobilized to broadcast all the Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP driving sessions , namely free practice, qualifying and the race. each of the three categories.

=> All the information on the TV program

2020 drivers ranking
Joan Mir - 171 pts
Franco Morbidelli - 158 pts
Alex Rins - 139 pts
Andrea Dovizioso - 135 pts
Pol Espargaró - 135 pts
Maverick Vinales - 132 pts
Jack Miller - 132 pts
Fabio Quartararo - 127 pts
Miguel Oliveira - 125 pts
Takaaki Nakagami - 116 pts
2020 team ranking
Suzuki - 310 pts
Petronas Yamaha - 248 pts
KTM - 222 pts
Ducati - 213 pts
Pramac Ducati - 183 pts