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MOTOGP FIM MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 6 / MAY 28-30, 2021 AUTODROMO DEL MUGELLO / TUSCANY, ITALY P86 teammate and closest title rival Raul Fernandez by 0.014 sec- onds in the Moto2 race. Home hero Marco Bezzecchi (SKY Rac- ing Team VR46) inherited the final podium spot after American Joe Roberts (Italtrans Racing Team) was demoted one position on the last lap for exceeding track limits. Cameron Beaubier picked up a season-best eighth for the Ameri- can Racing Team. Enea Bastianini (Ducati) didn't start after crashing into the back of Johann Zarco on the run to the start line. In the championship, Quartararo is sitting pretty with 105 points from Zarco at 81 and Bagnaia at 79. Moto2 Remy Gardner (Red Bull KTM Ajo) picked up a memorable first win of the season after beating MYOWNRACE 46 VALENTINO ROSSI 10TH MOTOGP "I lost a bit of me in the first corner because of contact, but a er that my pace was decent," said Valen no Rossi who cracked the top 10. "I was able to recover, do some overtakes and I could stay inside the top-10. It is not fantas c, but we have taken some points today." 12 MAVERICK VINALES 8TH MOTOGP "Well, actually I didn't have enough feeling with the front," said Yamaha's Maverick Vinales. "I struggled a lot. Somehow, I was so good during FP1, but at that me I was riding with the so front. So we need to check what makes such a big difference in the front feeling between compounds for us. We need to find out why I struggled with the medium front re this en re week- end. I couldn't turn and couldn't make a big improvement in my lap mes. Basically, during this race I struggled a lot. It wasn't a good weekend for us, unfortunately, and overall today was a sad day. It was very emo onal to stand on the star ng grid before the race for the one-minute silence in remem- brance of Jason Dupasquier. I send my condolences to his family and friends as well as his team." KTM RESURGENT After a tricky start to 2021, KTM's factory riders began the Italian Grand Prix with intent, both factory riders ending Friday inside the top six. The reason was a switch to a new chassis, first brought to the post-race test at Jerez. Brad Binder talked up the chassis upgrade. "The goal for the frame was to help us line the bike up a bit better to get out of the corners better and at Mugello it seems to be working well." The factory RC16s were a match for the Ducati through the speed traps, too, Miguel Oliveira setting the second quickest speed in FP2, Binder the third. "The chassis does help us slightly because it allows us to line up the exit of the corners a bit better. But more so than that we got some new fuel and that has given us a bit of extra speed," explained the South African. Briefly... Danilo Petrucci leads teammate Iker Lecuona, Pol Espargaro and Alex Marquez.