Delight and devastation for Honda HRC Castrol in equal measure at the German GP, Luca Marini returning to action with his season best while Joan Mir cemented himself as the unluckiest rider on the grid. A damp morning Warm Up quickly gave way to the best condi View this email in your browser   Race Report Sunday, Jul 13th 2025   German GP MotoGP 2025   Round 11 Honda best for returning Marini as Mir's luckless torment continues Delight and devastation for Honda HRC Castrol in equal measure at the German GP, Luca Marini returning to action with his season best while Joan Mir cemented himself as the unluckiest rider on the grid. A damp morning Warm Up quickly gave way to the best conditions of the weekend at the Sachsenring. With a record-breaking crowd of over 250,000 fans over the weekend, the German GP ended with a fascinating and dramatic 30-lap race. Luca Marini made perhaps his best start of the year, rocketing from 15th on the grid to end the first lap in ninth spot. It was an ominous first lap as the Italian fought through the pain barrier to stay with the top ten, holding just enough back for the final laps. With conditions and tyre wear catching out a number of riders, Marini was inch perfect as he blasted past Binder and Miller to go into sixth just a few laps from the end. With ten points in hand, Marini secures his best result as a Honda HRC rider to date and continues his perfect run of point-scoring finishes. The result sees Marini 15th in the World Championship standings, a single point behind Ogura. Honda sit just nine points behind KTM in the Constructor standings. Like his Honda HRC Castrol teammate, Joan Mir's race got off to a very positive start as he picked his way forward. Joining Marini in the top ten during the middle stages of the race, Mir was in prime position to fight for top Honda honours until the very end of the race. Unfortunately, Ogura's wayward bike hit Mir's Honda RC213V at Turn 1 and ended any hopes of delivering on his potential. Yet again, Mir and the team were left to rue a luckless race which at one point had shown so much potential. He escaped any serious injuries in the fall. It’s straight on to the next one as Honda HRC Castrol pack up and head for Czechia – the Brno Automotodrom making a welcome return to the calendar for the first time since 2020. Freshly resurfaced, it's sure to be another thrilling weekend of MotoGP action. Luca Marini  10 Sixth  "Really happy with my performance in the race. A lot of riders crashed when the front tyre dropped, so I was especially careful with this at Turn 1 where everyone was falling. I made a really good start and gained a lot before settling into a rhythm and trying to save myself a bit, from lap seven I had some pain. But this meant I had a lot of tyre left in the end of the race and I could overtake well. We've done a good job to improve the bike since Friday, we need to keep working on our one-lap speed and the first laps of a race. Now a few days to recover and we are straight back in Brno." Joan Mir  36 DNF  "Honestly, I don't really know what to say. We were having a good race, riding within the limit of the tricky conditions we were experiencing out there. I was doing my race, battling cleanly and was on course for a really good result. I was closing in on Binder and could see Miller dropping back. Then I was hit by another rider, again. It is really difficult to accept when these things happen, not once but again and again." German GP - Race Results Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 25 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 40'42.854 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 20 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 6.380 3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 16 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 7.080 4 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 13 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 18.738 5 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 11 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 18.916 6 Marini Luca 10 ITA 10 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 24.743 7 Binder Brad 33 RSA 9 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 24.820 8 Miller Jack 43 AUS 8 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 25.757 9 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 7 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 25.859 10 Rins Alex 42 SPA 6 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 39.419 11 Mir Joan 36 SPA DNF Honda HRC Castrol Honda DNF 12 Ogura Ai 79 JPN DNF Trackhouse Racing Aprilia DNF 13 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA DNF Aprilia Racing Aprilia DNF 14 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA DNF Aprilia Racing Aprilia DNF 15 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA DNF Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati DNF 16 Zarco Johann 5 FRA DNF LCR Honda Honda DNF 17 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA DNF Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM DNF 18 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR DNF Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha DNF Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 344 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 261 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 197 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 4 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 142 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 5 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 139 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 6 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 130 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 7 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 104 LCR Honda Honda 8 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 99 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 9 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 92 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 10 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 87 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 11 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA 69 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 12 Binder Brad 33 RSA 60 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 13 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 51 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 14 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 49 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 15 Marini Luca 10 ITA 48 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 16 Miller Jack 43 AUS 46 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 17 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 42 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 18 Rins Alex 42 SPA 41 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 19 Mir Joan 36 SPA 32 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 20 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 10 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 21 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 8 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 6 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 23 Fernandez Augusto 7 SPA 6 Yamaha Test Team Yamaha 24 Chantra Somkiat 35 THA 1 LCR Honda Honda Location Information Car and bike races have been held on closed public roads in the area around the town of Chemnitz, Germany since the 1920s and were still taking place until as recently as 1990. It was decided, however, that the five mile course through such a densely populated area was no… read more. Length 3.671 kilometres / 2.281 miles Width 12 metres Left corners 10 Right corners 3 Longest straight 0.700 kilometres / 0.435 miles Constructed 1996 Modified 2001 (resurfaced in 2017) Circuit Records Pole Position 1m 19.423s (166.3km/h) Jorge Martin (Ducati, 2024) Race Lap 1m 20.667s (163.8km/h) Jorge Martin (Ducati, 2024) Race Time 40m 40.087s (162.4km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati,2024) 2025 Race Winner Marc Marquez (Ducati) 2025 Sprint Winner Marc Marquez (Ducati) Lerchenstraße, 09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany –  View in Google Maps www.sachsenring-circuit.com You are receiving this email because you have registered your interest with Honda Racing Corporation If you no longer want to receive emails from Honda HRC Castrol, please click here to unsubscribe .