After a positive morning, Joan Mir and Luca Marini were optimistic about their Friday performance at the Sachsenring but faced unexpected challenges on their way to 15th and 18th respectively. The tightest and shortest track on the MotoGP World Championship ca View this email in your browser   Practice Report Friday, Jul 11th 2025   German GP MotoGP 2025   Round 11 Work to do for Honda HRC Castrol as German GP begins After a positive morning, Joan Mir and Luca Marini were optimistic about their Friday performance at the Sachsenring but faced unexpected challenges on their way to 15th and 18th respectively. The tightest and shortest track on the MotoGP World Championship calendar began its moment in the sun as round 11 began. After a brief attempted appearance by some rain early in the day, the sky remained crystal clear as teams and riders got about their work. Starting Friday comfortably inside the top ten, Joan Mir approached Friday with a clear ambition of progressing directly to Q2. Setting a best lap of 1'20.099, saw the 2020 World Champion go almost two seconds faster than his Friday best of 1'21.847 from 2024 at the German GP, a significant improvement but still not enough to finish in the top ten as the envelope is continually pushed in MotoGP. 0.3s from tenth, Mir was unable to find the same feeling with his second front tyre when on his time attack run. After missing three Grands Prix with injury, Luca Marini was warmly welcome back into the Honda HRC Castrol garage as he began the next step of his journey to return to full fitness. Starting the weekend feeling at around 80% of his maximum, the #10's primary focus was to get laps under his belt and understand his physical condition. A quickest lap of 1'20.309 had Marini within three tenths of his teammate and 18th overall. There is still some work to do to get back in ‘race mode’ and adjust from testing alone in Brno to the intensity of racing MotoGP with 20 other riders. Saturday forecasts call for more mixed conditions with rain clouds on the horizon. Overnight work and a little bit of luck should have Mir primed to fight for the two transfer slots in Q1 as Marini continues to focus extracting the maximum from his performance. Joan Mir  36 15th  1'20.099 "Overall today we had some good potential, but we missed the final piece of the puzzle. I expected to go to Q2 honestly, we were working through a solid day. In the first time attack I felt good but on the second exit, the front did not feel the same and I couldn't turn like before – which is important at a track like Sachsenring! Disappointing as we had a good plan and our feeling was improving. Tomorrow we can hopefully make another step and fight in Q1." Luca Marini  10 18th  1'20.309 "Today we kept the length of the runs quite short, we wanted to understand the situation without stressing my body ahead of Saturday and Sunday. I am missing strength in my left arm, so with all the left corners it's a bit tricky to keep the position consistent. Even when you are 100%, Sachsenring is a very physical track. With this time off, I am also missing a little bit that feeling you need when you put in a new tyre to really attack. We just need more time; I am satisfied with how we have started." German GP - Friday Combined Times Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 01'19.071 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 0.337 3 Marquez Marc 93 SPA Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 0.390 4 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.453 5 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0.489 6 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 0.521 7 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia 0.524 8 Miller Jack 43 AUS Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 0.566 9 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 0.627 10 Binder Brad 33 RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0.662 11 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 0.709 12 Zarco Johann 5 FRA LCR Honda Honda 0.893 13 Ogura Ai 79 JPN Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 0.933 14 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 0.934 15 Mir Joan 36 SPA Honda HRC Castrol Honda 1.028 16 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 1.120 17 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 1.131 18 Marini Luca 10 ITA Honda HRC Castrol Honda 1.238 19 Rins Alex 42 SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1.597 20 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia 1.651 21 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM DNS 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) 2024 Sprint Winner Jorge Martin (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 .