Francesco Bagnaia

The 2021 MotoGP World Championship season delivered eight different race winners and 15 riders on the podium... but what were the year's standout rides?

If the 2021 MotoGP World Championship was a fantastic night out for Ducati then it is now waking up to a hangover of what to do in 2022 and 2023...

Ducati gives under pressure Jack Miller a vote of confidence ahead of the 2022 MotoGP season, saying he can make the step needed to become a title contender

Jack Miller is impressed with and nervous of both Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini after their 2021 MotoGP rookie campaigns... but it does motivate him too

Pecco Bagnaia sets the pace on the final day of MotoGP track action in 2021, going half-a-second quicker than rivals on the Ducati GP22

Jack Miller warns rivals to head into the winter worried about Ducati following the Italian team's largely dominant end to the 2021 MotoGP season

Fabio Quartararo urges Yamaha to change its philosophy of the M1 for the 2022 MotoGP World Championship season amid fears of Ducati dominance

Pecco Bagnaia reels off his fourth win of a breakthrough 2021 MotoGP World Championship season as mentor Valentino Rossi bids 'ciao' to MotoGP in 10th

Jorge Martin snatches pole position for the 2021 Valencia MotoGP finale from under the nose of the factory Ducati riders after crashing their final flyers

MotoGP riders call for a Superlicence to be introduced to prevent potentially unqualified riders reaching the highest level amid criticism of Darryn Binder

Pecco Bagnaia edges Ducati team-mate Jack Miller in qualifying for the Algarve MotoGP to reel off his fifth consecutive pole position at Portimao

Fabio Quartararo is the 2021 MotoGP World Champion after Pecco Bagnaia throws his hopes away with a crash out of the Emilia Romagna MotoGP lead

Fabio Quartararo clinches the 2021 MotoGP World Championship after Pecco Bagnaia's crash out of Misano lead hands him crown and Marc Marquez the win

Pecco Bagnaia takes a spectacular and crucial pole position via Q1 as Fabio Quartararo fails to progress to Q2 in 15th; Jack Miller, Luca Marini front row

Fabio Quartararo may have been overachieving in MotoGP for three years now but it shouldn't disguise just how far he had to come from dark days of 2020 

Pecco Bagnaia holds off a charging Fabio Quartararo to secure back-to-back wins in the San Marino MotoGP as Enea Bastianini stars in third place

Joan Mir calls out Marc Marquez for his questionable towing tactics after the six-time MotoGP World Champion crashed out again during Q2 at Misano

Pecco Bagnaia scores his second successive pole position in the San Marino MotoGP at Misano, heading up Jack Miller for a Ducati 1-2 

Pecco Bagnaia resists Marc Marquez's sustained attack in a thrilling final few laps of the Aragon MotoGP to win a premier class race for the first time

Pecco Bagnaia destroys the Motorland Aragon lap record to claim his second career pole position and lead a Ducati 1-2 for the Aragon MotoGP

Fabio Quartararo stamps his claim to the 2021 MotoGP World Championship crown once again with a crushing fifth win of the year at Silverstone

Johann Zatrco and Jorge Martin will enter into a second season with the Pramac Ducati team for the 2022 MotoGP World Championship

Ducati rider Pecco Bagnaia smashes the Mugello lap record to bolster his status as the rider to beat in this weekend's Italian MotoGP