Honda HRC Castrol began Saturday in Germany with clear targets to achieve, Joan Mir and Luca Marini both making it through a treacherous Sprint race in 14th and 16th. Hopeful of delivering on his untapped potential from Friday, Joan Mir was quick to get out on View this email in your browser   Sprint Race Report Saturday, Jul 12th 2025   German GP MotoGP 2025   Round 11 Weather dampens Honda HRC Castrol performance Honda HRC Castrol began Saturday in Germany with clear targets to achieve, Joan Mir and Luca Marini both making it through a treacherous Sprint race in 14th and 16th. Hopeful of delivering on his untapped potential from Friday, Joan Mir was quick to get out on track to understand the wet conditions in Free Practice 2. Experimenting with a different setup option, the #36 collected significant data but was unable to replicate his feeling around the 3.67-kilometre track he had in the dry. Qualifying down in 17th, Mir was able to make some progress in the Sprint and ended in 14th after spending much of the race chasing down Raul Fernandez. The 2020 MotoGP World Champion is hoping for better weather come Sunday as he gears up to do battle around the tightest track on the calendar. Luca Marini was able to get the best of his Honda HRC Castrol teammate in Q1, the Italian earning 15th in the wet conditions. Starting from 14th on the grid due to the withdrawal of Viñales, Marini played it safe throughout the entire 15-lap dash and brought his Honda RC213V home in 16th. Able to understand more about his physical condition over the longer run, Marini continued to prepare for Sunday's longer 30-lap Grand Prix. No matter the weather tomorrow, Marini still has a few items to check off his list from the weekend. Wet or dry, it is crucial that Honda HRC Castrol make another step forward and leave Germany with positive momentum before traveling to Brno for the next round. At 30 laps long, the MotoGP riders will turn left 300 times in less than an hour of track action after the lights go out at 14:00 Local Time. Joan Mir  36 14th  "This morning we went the wrong direction with the base setup, so we took some time to find our speed in the wet. For the race we went the direction that we were feeling stronger with in the past, but we had similar problems to in the dry. We didn't have the grip or the turning. Luca and Johann went with the medium front but after our morning I stayed with the soft to see how it was. So like this it was all about surviving the race, at least we were able to learn and confirm a lot of things. Now let's hope for dry conditions on Sunday and see how far forward we can fight." Luca Marini  10 16th  "I am happy to have completed the full Sprint; I was able to understand my condition well. Still I am compensating for my lack of strength with other areas and the wet certainly made it more manageable. Our performance was not linked to my fitness honestly. In the morning the medium tyre was very strong, and this is why Zarco, and I went with it but the feeling wasn't the same. We need to check tonight and try again tomorrow. If it's still wet in the morning we'll try the soft, but let's see how the weather behaves overnight." German GP - Sprint Race Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 12 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 22'25.747 2 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 9 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0.938 3 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 7 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 4.361 4 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 6 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 4.683 5 Miller Jack 43 AUS 5 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 9.405 6 Binder Brad 33 RSA 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11.720 7 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 3 LCR Honda Honda 12.090 8 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 2 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 12.347 9 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 17.236 10 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 0 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 18.728 11 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 0 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 19.486 12 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 0 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 20.339 13 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 0 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 21.978 14 Mir Joan 36 SPA 0 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 23.077 15 Rins Alex 42 SPA 0 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 23.575 16 Marini Luca 10 ITA 0 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 29.220 17 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 0 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 31.433 18 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 0 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 50.698 19 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA DNF Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati DNF Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 319 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 241 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 181 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 81 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 10 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 74 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 11 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA 69 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 12 Binder Brad 33 RSA 51 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 13 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 49 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 14 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 44 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 15 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 42 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 16 Miller Jack 43 AUS 38 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 17 Marini Luca 10 ITA 38 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 18 Rins Alex 42 SPA 35 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 Team Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati Lenovo Team 500 2 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP 322 3 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team 281 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 150 5 Aprilia Racing 138 6 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 111 7 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 109 8 LCR Honda 105 9 Trackhouse Racing 93 10 Honda HRC Castrol 80 11 Prima Pramac Yamaha 44 12 Yamaha Test Team 6 Constructor Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati 368 2 Aprilia 154 3 KTM 141 4 Honda 131 5 Yamaha 105 Copyright Free Images For editorial use only, click here to download images. 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) 2024 Race Winner Francesco Bagnaia (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 .