Joan Mir

MotoGP 2021: Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo wins Dutch MotoGP to extend lead atop driver's standings

Quartararo, 22, in just his third term at the top table of racing extended his advantage to 34 points ahead of second-placed Johann Zarco, who had to contend with a fourth place in the Netherlands.

MotoGP 2021: Fabio Quartararo dominates Italian GP at gloomy Mugello circuit as sport mourns death of Jason Dupasquier

Yamaha's French world championship leader held up a Swiss flag on the podium in honour of a "friend" whose promising young career was cut short in brutal fashion.

MotoGP: Fabio Quartararo registers second successive win after topping Portuguese GP

Italian Francesco Bagnaia on a Ducati was second with Spanish world champion Joan Mir of Suzuki third.

MotoGP 2021: Maverick Vinales wins season-opening Qatar in windy, sandy conditions

Francesco Bagnaia on another Ducati came third on his first ride in the factory team after starting on pole, beating reigning champion Joan Mir of Suzuki back into fourth in the final moments of the race

MotoGP 2021: Ducati's Francesco Bagnaia takes first pole of season in Qatar pipping Fabio Quartararo

Another Yamaha rider, Spaniard Maverick Vinales completed the front row after nudging out Italian veteran Valentino Rossi of Yamaha satellite team SRT, late in the session.

MotoGP 2021: Six-time champion Marc Marquez out of Qatar Grand Prix after surgery

Marquez fractured his right arm on 19 July when he fell in the first Grand Prix of last season, an injury that required three bouts of surgery, the last in December.

MotoGP 2020: Portuguese Miguel Oliveira grabs maiden pole position in home race

Sunday's race, held in front of empty stands due to the pandemic, provides Morbidelli with a chance to clinch second place in the world championship behind Mir.

MotoGP 2020: Joan Mir wins first championship with seventh-place finish at Valencia

Pole-sitter Franco Morbidelli won the race for this third victory of the season, but it was not enough to keep Mir from securing the title with one race to go

MotoGP 2020: Australian Jack Miller tops Valencia MotoGP practice, championship leader Joan Mir crashes

Mir suffered a late blip at the Ricardo Tormo circuit when he came off at Turn 4 with 11 minutes to go, an error that saw him drop to 11th in the standings.

MotoGP 2020: Joan Mir wins European MotoGP, increases lead in world championship to 37 points

Mir took advantage of title rival Fabio Quartararo's first-lap crash while compatriot Alex Rins ensured a one-two finish for Suzuki, the first for the Japanese manufacturer since 1982.