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Portugal's Miguel Oliveira delivers his first win of the season for Red Bull KTM.

Miguel Oliveira won his first race of the season for Red Bull KTM Factory Racing in Barcelona as Ducati riders Johann Zarco and Jack Miller finished in second and third. Here is all you need to know:

- Oliveira battled standings-leader Fabio Quartararo for leadership at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as each driver took turns to overtake. Quartararo was ahead halfway, but Oliveira was in the lead with five laps to go. Then France’s Johann Zarco overtook Quartararo, pushing his fellow countryman into third place. Portugal's Oliveira crossed the finish line first, followed closely by Zarco and Quartararo.

- French rider Zarco, who finished second 0.175 seconds behind Oliveira, ran the fastest lap of the race: 1:39.939 at 167.7kph in lap 8.

- Australian rider Jack Miller started the race with an early lead, ahead of Oliveira, but a mistake enabled Oliveira to get past the Ducati rider. Miller crossed the finish line in fourth place behind Quartararo, but Quartararo was penalised three points for taking a shortcut to overtake Miller early on in the race, which gave Miller third place and relegated Oliveira to fourth.

- Red Bull KTM Factory Brad Binder finished eighth, while Honda Castrol riders Álex Márquez and Takaaki Nakagami came in 11th and 13th respectively.

- Jorge Martin had crashed on the sighting lap and was unable to take up his P15 grid slot. He joined the warm-up lap from the pit-lane, and started the race from the back. The Pramac rider finished the race in 14th place.

- There was disappointment for Pol Espargaró as the Spanish rider was the first of six to crash out of the race. His Respol Honda team-mate Marc Márquez also crashed out at his home GP, making this the third DNF in a row for the Spanish rider. Red Bull KTM Tech 3 riders Danilo Petrucci and Iker Lecuona also suffered crashes that took them out of the race.

Catalunya Grand Prix result

1. Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM 40:21.749

2. Johann Zarco FRA Ducati +0.175

3. Jack Miller AUS Ducati +1.99

4. Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha +4.815

5. Joan Mir SPA Suzuki +5.325

2021 MotoGP standings after round 7 of 19

1. Fabio Quartararo FRA Yamaha 118 points

2. Johann Zarco FRA Ducati 101

3. Jack Miller AUS Ducati 90

3. Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati 88

5. Joan Mir SPA Suzuki 76