The never-ending pursuit of speed and improvement takes the Honda HRC Castrol team to Rimini for the next round of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship as momentum continues to build behind Honda HRC.
Since returning from the summer break, the Honda RC213V has authored an impressive trajectory of improvements as both Luca Marini and Joan Mir have able to consistently battle closer and closer to the front. On the edge of the Adriatic Sea, the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli is one of the jewels in the MotoGP crown – producing exciting racing and treating fans to an unforgettable experience year after year.
Arriving in his strongest form as a Honda HRC rider to date, Luca Marini is aiming to make another step-in front of his home fans and at one of his favourite tracks with. The constant drive of progress has seen Marini enter Q2 directly from Friday in back-to-back races and feature as a protagonist of the battle for the top five in both races. In 2024 Marini achieved his best result of the year in Misano with 12th place, a result which just a year later would leave him and the team wanting more and again demonstrating the progress made with the Honda RC213V.
Joan Mir has reinforced these global Honda gains when he put on a strong comeback from 20th to 12th last time out in Barcelona. Like his Honda HRC Castrol teammate, taking advantage of a position in Q2 will be key to unlocking Mir’s potential on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Misano has also always been a weekend associated with success for the #36 and the pieces continue to build towards that being the case once again. There will be plenty more of the Honda HRC Castrol team to see on TV this weekend…
The event will be followed by a one-day test, the final in season test of the 2025 World Championship season.