The Aspar Racing team entered all European and World Championships at once in cooperation with GasGas. This year, this is a symbolic (brand) collaboration, in fact, GasGas pilots ride prototypes of the KTM RC250RW, but with new plastic and logos. But already in 2022, this prototype will be truly unique.
Participants of the FIM / CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship Olgado started from the second line of the grid, while Ivan Ortola took pole position. Ortola, however, very quickly found himself behind Olgada.

Dani Olgado won the 1st stage of the FIM / CEV Moto3 of the 2021 season Only in the middle of the race David Salvador tried to impose a fight on TM. The group of leaders, according to the Moto3 tradition, walked quite tightly, not without this “jeep” – with the entrance to the turn, five motorcycles in a row!

Circuito do Estoril is a smooth, but technical and rather fast track, it requires good aerobatics and flawlessness. Olgado and El Salvador broke away from their pursuers and fought until the last lap.

The podium of the 1st stage of FIM / CEV Moto3 But Dani Olgado was in front every time – and at the finish line too. Olgado’s Aspar Junior Team partner – David Alonso closed the podium.
Results of the 1st race CEV Moto3, Circuito do Estoril (25/04/2021) Live FIM / CEV Moto3 from Estoril – Moto2 and HETC races now!

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Sachsenring has traditionally been a magnet for motorsport fans. Most of them are Germans, whose motor culture has been inoculated since the 30s of the 20th century, and they are drawn to speed and spectacular races. Sachsenring holds a number of MotoGP attendance records – up to 223,000 per weekend. Now the situation is, of course, completely different. Lockdowns and restrictions in European countries due to Covid-19 again threaten the economy of large public events – festivals, concerts, shows, motorcycle races. In 2020, Germany was unable to host MotoGP due to the fact that without spectators, Sachsenring and the local promoter cannot earn money, and they have to pay a fee for the annual rights to the Grand Prix. They decided to skip the season to return in 2021.
MotoGP boss Carmelo Espeleta MotoGP boss Carmelo Espeleta is confident that this year he will manage to hold 18 stages, despite the high risk of canceling at least four overseas events out of 20 planned earlier. “We still want to host 18 Grand Prix. If it does not work out according to plan, we are ready to carry out some stages in a double format, as in Qatar. But we assess the situation every week and make new plans. In fact, there are many fallbacks – Plan B and Plan C. But the first thing we are striving for is that MotoGP will stop running with empty stands, ”said Espeleta after the presentation of the Spanish Grand Prix and a new contract, according to which Circuito de Jerez will be guaranteed to host the main national MotoGP race until the end of 2026. At the same time, Espeleta had to agree with the arguments of the Governments of Spain and Andalusia: the Spanish Grand Prix on May 1-2, 2021 will again be held behind closed doors. At the same time, Germany continues to cancel the stages of the IDM Superbike national championship, which was supposed to start on May 1-2 in Lausitz and continue on May 7-8 at Sachsenring – due to a lockdown, at least until May 19, any events considered “massive “will be canceled. But then … Which track is guaranteed to be the first to receive spectators?
“I think we can count on Mugello, but the main thing is Sachenring: we have already reached an agreement whereby Germany can open the doors to the audience. I hope to sell at least 10,000 tickets. But maybe there will be even more, ”said Espeleta.

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From the race partner Marc Marquez was brought out by a technical problem with the rear brake – it just stopped working. Paul, who uses the rear brake a lot when cornering, decided to pull out. “We don’t yet know what happened to him and why, but after a couple of laps the rear brake just disappeared. Because of this, I drove to the safety zone a couple of times, lost several positions and no longer saw any reason to continue the fight, “said Espargaro after the race. Then, after the end of the stage, at a press briefing, Paul added: “If we had a leak, its appearance on the track could lead to dangerous consequences for others. Knowing this, I tried to return to the pit lane. Unfortunately, we were unable to understand the nature of this problem. This happens in races. We look forward to returning to Jerez and showing our best. In addition, Stefan [Bradl] managed to carry out a number of important tests and prepared a lot of important information for our engineers. “

Repsol Honda acknowledged that what happened to Paul Espargaro was an unfortunate coincidence that does sometimes happen in technical sports. The team has no complaints about the pilot. In the very first race of the season – the Qatar Grand Prix, Espargaro immediately entered the TOP-10 and finished his debut MotoGP stage 8th. Portuguese Grand Prix MotoGP Results MotoGP Championship Positions After Portuguese Grand Prix

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The contract was already in effect until 2024, but was extended yesterday. Given Dorna’s plans to rotate racetracks on the calendar and possibly reduce the number of Spanish circuits in favor of new players, the new contract is a guarantee that the tradition established in 1987 – to hold the Spanish Grand Prix in early May in Jerez de la Frontera will be saved no matter what.

Spanish Grand Prix – one of the key MotoGP events on the calendar Friday, April 23rd, Dorna Sports President Carmelo Espeleta arrived at the Circuito de Jerez, as well as the entire leadership of the regional government of Andalusia and the municipality of Jerez. During a small press conference, a new 5-year plan for the main Spanish motorcycle racing event was presented. MotoGP is back on track despite Europe’s controversial COVID-19 situation. Starting with the Portuguese Grand Prix, which took place right on schedule in Portimão on April 18, all the scheduled European Moto Grand Prix races are due to take place until September 19.

Circuito de Jerez was named Angela Nieto a few years ago. Unfortunately, the 2021 Spanish Grand Prix will again be held behind closed doors, without paddock guests and spectators. But local authorities hope this is the last such event in history.

The economy of the region, and in particular Jerez de la Frontera, is formed by only two sectors – winemaking and motor sports. Dorna Sports put together all the resources in the mid-80s to build a circuit in this place and make it the number 1 in all of Spain. Dorna found investors, secured the support of the Spanish government and the regional authorities. When the circuit was built in 1987 and the first Grand Prix races were held on it, no one thought it would be a turning point in the life of Jerez and all of Andalusia.

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