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2021 MotoGP World Championship Season
Valencian MotoGP
Round 18
Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Valencia, Spain
Sunday, 14 November 2021
Suzuki rider Joan Mir will be hoping to win the Valencian
MotoGP for the first time in his career on November 14.
The Italian star finished seven at the Valencian MotoGP, but he went on to clinch the 2020 MotoGP world championship.
Mir clinched the runner-up spot for the second in the current 2021 MotoGP World Championship season at the recent Algarve MotoGP on November 7.
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The Algarve MotoGP was won by Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia and his teammate Jack Miller finished third at the Algarve International Circuit in Portugal.
Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo is placed at the top of the Riders' standings having clinched the 2021 MotoGP world championship at the Emilia Romagna MotoGP on October 24..
While Bagnaia is sitting on the second spot on the Riders' standings having secured the runner-up spot after winning the Algarve MotoGP.
Mir secured the third spot by finishing second in Portugal and he will be now be looking to end the current season on a winning note.
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“Well, honestly I’m so happy about this podium, and not for the result,” said Mir after the Algarve MotoGP.
“It’s more for the weekend we did. It was unbelievable, I felt so good from the first moment and I was able to be competitive from FP1. Then, when you feel good with the bike and the base is good, everything comes easily.
"It’s what I needed, it was a weekend like this one, with the weather conditions more normal, trying to do more lap with my bike in good conditions."
Ducati are placed at the top of Constructors' Championship standings and they are followed by Yamaha and Suzuki respectively.
2020 Valencian MotoGP results
Winner: Franco Morbidelli - Yamaha
Runner-Up: Jack Miller - Ducati
Third-Place: Pol Espargaro - KTM
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