2021 Rio Palito Grand Prix

2021 Rio Palito Grand Prix
Race details
Date	24 June 2021 (2021-06-24)
Official name	Formula Grand Prix de Rio Palito 2021
Location	Circuit de Beausoleil, San Beausoleil, Rio Palito
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.337 km (2.074 miles)
Distance	32 laps, 260.286 km (161.734 miles)
Scheduled distance	78 laps, 307.440 km (191.784 miles)
Weather	Rainy
Podium
First	Bjoren Djurna	Cavitale
Second	Arnaud Crozier	Forrester
Third	Alex Spalding	Forebel Bleu

The 2021 Rio Palito Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula Grand Prix de Rio Palito 2021) was a Formula motor race held on 24 June 2021 at the Circuit de Beausoleil, a street circuit that runs through San Beausoleil, Rio Palito. It was the 65th time the Rio Palito Grand Prix was held. The race, which was affected by rain during the middle stages, was won by Caspiaan Bjoren Djurna for his first win for the Grand Prix, just shortly ahead of Arnaud Crozier and Alex Spalding, who were passed in the final seconds.

Drivers

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Country	Sponsor	Final grid
						1	2	Raymundo Ribeiro	Versenia	Petrovas	1
2	51	Arnaud Crozier	Zamastan	ZSuites & Foresster	2
3	12	Micael Dantas	Quetana	Quetana Airways	3
4	46	Albino Teixeira	Rio Palito	Penniete	4
5	57	Chris Pernickel	Besmenia	AroCola	5
6	34	Boris Morozov	Kossmil	Volga Beer	6
7	3	Shakeel Ozer	Emmiria	Iozzby	7
8	4	Timothee Snowden	Zamastan	Pegassi	8
9	24	Xavier Westin	Alecburgh	Turner Casino's and Resorts	9
10	87	Avelina Peterka	Durnstaal	NeoDyn	10
11	7	Bjoren Djurna	Caspiaa	Cavitale	11
12	5	Fraiser Mounsur	Lutharia	Diekirich	12
13	9	Emann Belmontue	Shoassau	ShoassauAir	13
14	11	Willem Brihma	Lutharia	Bola Cola	14
15	66	Dmitry Manturov	Kossmil	Volga Beer	15
16	37	Morgan Williams Jr	Alecburgh	Chelsea Arms	16
17	78	File:Beatavic Flag 2.png Thies Frielink	Beatavic	Jan Mooijers River Beer	17
18	35	Ana Rivera	Timeria	Tiger	18
19	14	Alex Spalding	Jyau	Forebel Bleu	19
20	88	Parker Beste	Elbresia	Wrentley	20

Race

Race report

The race began with Raymundo Ribeiro in a lead in front of the entire 20-car pack, passed halfway through the first lap by Arnaud Crozier. On lap 5, Alex Spalding took a lead passing both Ribeiro and Crozier, but that lead dropped back to third when the two passed Spalding in lap 7. On lap 21, Micael Dantas and Shakeel Ozer crashed in positions 10 and 11 respectively, and their cars were damaged beyond repair to continue the race. The crash delayed many of the drivers who were behind it at the time, and the race had to slow to allow crews to remove debris. For the remainder of the race, it was essentially a four-way head by Ribeiro, Crozier, Spalding, and Djurna. However, in lap 76, Rebeiro was maneuvered out of third position and down to eighth after being passed in the tunnel by Timothee Snowden, Albino Teixeira, and Chris Pernickel. At the close of lap 78, Djurna passed Crozier and narrowly crossed the line, winning the race by -1.2 seconds.

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Country	Laps	Final grid
						8	2	Raymundo Ribeiro	Versenia	77	8
2	51	Arnaud Crozier	Zamastan	78	2
19 (DNF)	12	Micael Dantas	Quetana	21	19
6	46	Albino Teixeira	Rio Palito	78	6
7	57	Chris Pernickel	Besmenia	78	7
9	34	Boris Morozov	Kossmil	77	9
20 (DNF)	3	Shakeel Ozer	Emmiria	21	20
5	4	Timothee Snowden	Zamastan	78	5
4	24	Xavier Westin	Alecburgh	78	4
10	87	Avelina Peterka	Durnstaal	77	10
1	7	Bjoren Djurna	Caspiaa	78	1
12	5	Fraiser Mounsur	Lutharia	76	12
11	9	Emann Belmontue	Shoassau	77	11
18	11	Willem Brihma	Lutharia	75	18
13	66	Dmitry Manturov	Kossmil	76	13
14	37	Morgan Williams Jr	Alecburgh	75	14
15	78	File:Beatavic Flag 2.png Thies Frielink	Beatavic	75	15
17	35	Ana Rivera	Timeria	75	17
3	14	Alex Spalding	Jyau	78	3
16	88	Parker Beste	Elbresia	75	16