Ranking the top 10 riders of the 2021 season is the mission in the latest episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast.
But with panel Toby Moody, Simon Patterson, Valentin Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer having all put forward their own individual top 10s to create our definitive rating, there’s plenty of passionate debate over who ended up where once everyone’s scores were factored in.
And the end result is a top 10 with a very different look to the final championship standings, after a year in which very little ran according to the form book amid the shock breakthroughs, surprise underperformers and even mid-season splits.
The Race MotoGP Podcast will continue through the off-season with regular episodes tackling the latest news in what’s already proving to be an eventful winter, assessing 2021 in depth and looking ahead to a tantalising 2022 season.
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The panel’s selections
| Rider | MB | SP | TM | VK | |
| 1 | Francesco Bagnaia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Fabio Quartararo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Jorge Martin | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Marc Marquez | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Joan Mir | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Enea Bastianini | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Aleix Espargaro | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 |
| 8 | Brad Binder | 9 | 6 | 8 | |
| 9 | Jack Miller | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
| 10 | Johann Zarco | 7 | 9 | 9 | |
| Miguel Oliveira | 7 | 10 |
