Positives from the first in-season test of 2025 for Joan Mir and Luca Marini who target the future with upgrades and changes.
The work never truly ends in the MotoGP World Championship and Honda HRC Castrol were right back out on track on Monday after an action-packed Spanish GP. With the track opening at 10:00 Local Time and high winds predicted, Joan Mir and Luca Marini were quickly out on track to begin their respective work.
Joan Mir completed a total of 67 laps across Monday’s two sessions, a brief pause for practice starts halting action during the middle of the day. Ending Monday in 16th with a best time of 1’37.245, Mir was able to assess several parts used by Aleix Espargaro during the Spanish Grand Prix. Positives found, Honda HRC’s engineers now have more information to study.
Like his teammate, Luca Marini had a busy day aboard his Honda RC213V machine and completed 72 laps of the Jerez Circuit. Working mostly with a new swing arm, the Italian was 18th fastest thanks to a best lap of 1’37.447 – just two tenths back on Mir. Content with the work, Marini was not chasing lap times and succeeded in all the tasks set out for him by Honda HRC’s engineers.
