There was no giving in for Joan Mir as he extracted the maximum from the Spanish GP, battling back to 12th place. Repsol Honda Team teammate Luca Marini aims to look for answers during Monday’s test.
Record breaking weekend crowds of 300,000 were treated to another Spanish Grand Prix for the history books on Sunday. With blue skies and not a hint of Saturday’s rain, Joan Mir was determined to repeat his forward progress from the Sprint and end a complicated weekend on a high. Starting well, the #36 moved from 20th to 16th in the space of a single lap and maintained a steady pace further into the points.
Locked in a battle with Raul Fernandez for most of the race, Mir crossed the line in 12th and just under a tenth of a second from his best result of the season so far. The 2020 World Champion was full of praise for the Repsol Honda Team who worked diligently throughout. His attention immediately turns to continuing to find improvements in testing.
Luca Marini’s Sunday was complicated by the opening melee of the 25-lap Spanish Grand Prix. Initially launching well, the Italian found himself embroiled in contact down the field and did his best to recover from there. Unable to match his pace from earlier, the #10 and his team are aiming to use Monday’s test to help them find what was missing.
The entirety of the Repsol Honda Team will remain at the Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto for the in-season MotoGP Test. Both Joan Mir and Luca Marini are looking forward to another day of riding in order to continue developing the 2024 Honda RC213V.