Times moves fast, especially when you're Grand Prix motorcycle racing, and there was no time to rest as less than 48 hours after the end of 2024, a new season has begun with Joan Mir and Luca Marini straight to work. The whirlwind continued as the seasons ch View this email in your browser   Testing Report Tuesday, Nov 19th 2024   Barcelona Test MotoGP 2025 First day of 2025 completed in Barcelona Times moves fast, especially when you're Grand Prix motorcycle racing, and there was no time to rest as less than 48 hours after the end of 2024, a new season has begun with Joan Mir and Luca Marini straight to work. The whirlwind continued as the seasons change from 2024 to 2025 and the Repsol Honda Team returned to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the first day of the new year. A cool morning gave way to almost perfect conditions, the sun just beginning to set at 16:30 Local Time and allowing the likes of Joan Mir and Luca Marini to run through their full testing programs. Together they completed more than 100 laps, more vital data for the engineering staff to decipher during the coming months. Setting a best time of 1'40.070 on his 60th of 67 laps, Joan Mir ended the day in 15th overall. Focusing on a handful of key items in the one-day test, Mir was able to assess crucial changes ahead of a winter full of development for Honda HRC's engineers back in Japan. The season is not yet over as Mir and Marini will head to Jerez for a private test in the coming days, the #36 hopeful of even more developments to try. It was a busy day for Luca Marini who officially starts his second year as a factory Honda HRC rider. Marini suffered a rare fall early in the day, coming off at Turn 5. He was unharmed and quickly returned to the Repsol Honda Team garage before heading back out on track. Finishing the day in 18th thanks to a best time of 1'40.232, the Italian completed a total of 57 laps aboard the Honda RC213V. Joan Mir  36 15th  1'40.070 "As a rider, always you want to try more things and go faster. We did what we had to do today and confirmed a few things that we had tried before, I hope it clears up the direction for Honda HRC engineers over the winter. There is still more speed to find and I hope that we can work well over the winter to be able to start next year very well. The important thing is to work as much as possible as early as possible to continue the progress we made during this year." Luca Marini  10 18th  1'40.232 "We had a good test today with quite a few things to try, a busy day. Some positive things, but still some weaknesses to keep on improving during the winter. There are still a lot of settings we have to try on the bike because some of the changes are really big that we have been making. Future tests will help us to confirm exactly what we have tried here. Now we must work hard to be prepared for the start of the new season." Barcelona Test Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marquez Alex 73 SPA Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 1'38.803 2 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.396 3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 0.595 4 Marquez Marc 93 SPA Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 0.651 5 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 0.668 6 Binder Brad 33 RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0.705 7 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 0.762 8 Rins Alex 42 SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 0.765 9 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0.768 10 Zarco Johann 5 FRA LCR Honda Honda 0.813 11 Martin Jorge 89 SPA Aprilia Racing Aprilia 1.056 12 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 1.084 13 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA Aprilia Racing Aprilia 1.192 14 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA HRC Test Team Honda 1.204 15 Mir Joan 36 SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1.267 16 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 1.279 17 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 1.335 18 Marini Luca 10 ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1.429 19 Pirro Michele 51 ITA Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 1.683 20 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 1.761 21 Ogura Ai 79 JPN Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 2.143 22 Miller Jack 43 AUS Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 2.222 23 Chantra Somkiat 35 THA LCR Honda Honda 2.492 24 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA Aprilia Racing Test Team Aprilia 8.793 Copyright Free Images For editorial use only, click here to download images. Location Information In 1989, through the joint collaboration of the Catalan Autonomous Government, the Montmeló Town Council and the Royal Automobile Club of Catalunya (RACC), work began on giving one of Europe's most beautiful cities a state of the art race track to match. The Circuit de Catalunya opened on the doorstep… read more. Length 4.627 kilometres / 2.875 miles Width 12 metres Left corners 5 Right corners 8 Longest straight 1.047 kilometres / 0.651 miles Constructed 1991 Modified 2018 Circuit Records Pole Position 1m38.190s (170.7km/h) Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia, 2024) Race Lap 1m39.664 (168.2km/h) Pedro Acosta (KTM, 2024) Race Time 40'11.726 (166.8km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati,2024) 2024 Sprint Winners Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) / Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) 2024 Race Winners Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) / Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalunya, Spain –  View in Google Maps www.circuitcat.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 Repsol Honda Team - MotoGP, please click here to unsubscribe .