2021 Algarve motorcycle Grand Prix

  2021 Algarve Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 18 races in the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	7 November 2021
Official name	Grande Prémio Brembo do Algarve
Location	Algarve International Circuit Portimão, Algarve, Portugal
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.592 km (2.853 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:38.725 Fastest lap Rider Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Time 1:39.467 on lap 5 Podium First Francesco Bagnaia Ducati Second Joan Mir Suzuki Third Jack Miller Ducati
Moto2
Pole position Rider Raúl Fernández Kalex Time 1:42.101 Fastest lap Rider Cameron Beaubier Kalex Time 1:42.671 on lap 12 Podium First Remy Gardner Kalex Second Raúl Fernández Kalex Third Sam Lowes Kalex
Moto3
Pole position Rider Sergio García Gas Gas Time 1:47.274 Fastest lap Rider Jaume Masià KTM Time 1:47.666 on lap 8 Podium First Pedro Acosta KTM Second Andrea Migno Honda Third Niccolò Antonelli Honda

The 2021 Algarve motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the Grande Prémio Brembo do Algarve) was the seventeenth round of the 2021 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was introduced as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic^[1] and was held at the Algarve International Circuit in Portimão on 7 November 2021.

In the MotoGP class, Ducati secured its second consecutive Constructors' Championship.^[2]

In the Moto3 class, Pedro Acosta won the Riders' Championship after main title rival Dennis Foggia crashed on the last lap after being hit by Darryn Binder.^[3] Acosta became the first rookie rider to win a World Championship since Loris Capirossi who won the 125cc championship in 1990. Acosta is also the second youngest rider ever to win a world championship, just one day older than Capirossi.^[4]