The positives kept coming for the Honda HRC Castrol team as Joan Mir converted a tenth place start to eighth in the Sprint, Luca Marini working to find the final tenths to join his teammate ahead. Saturday started with an already significant achievement for Jo View this email in your browser   Sprint Race Report Saturday, Mar 15th 2025   Argentine GP MotoGP 2025   Round 2 Mir battles to best Sprint result in solid Argentina Saturday The positives kept coming for the Honda HRC Castrol team as Joan Mir converted a tenth place start to eighth in the Sprint, Luca Marini working to find the final tenths to join his teammate ahead. Saturday started with an already significant achievement for Joan Mir who passed from Q1 to Q2, making it two Q2 appearances in a row to start 2025. His appetite only temporarily satiated, the #36 would improve to qualify in tenth place – one better than at the Thai GP last time out. Mir would continue to extract more positives as a spirited ride, battling hard with the likes of Quartararo, Morbidelli and Acosta, saw him end the Sprint in eighth place. This is the 2020 MotoGP World Championship's best finish since the Sprint Races were introduced in 2023. Progress comes from a steady march, Saturday in Argentina proving to be the next step in that journey for Mir and Honda HRC with more still to come. Earning sixth in Q1, Luca Marini lined up for the MotoGP Sprint with work to do. Battling hard in the opening laps, the #10 was able to advance up the field and close in on the group of riders just ahead. But the Italian was left wanting more after taking 13th at the flag, unable to achieve his own targets set for Saturday in Argentina. Like his teammate, Sunday's Warm Up presents a final chance to try setup options ahead of the Grand Prix. A strong weekend for fellow Honda rider Johann Zarco who put the Honda RC213V on the front row of the grid, demonstrating the technical improvements made over the winter. He converted this into a fourth-place finish . Now all attentions turn to the main event, Sunday's 25-lap Gran Premio de Argentina. Scheduled to start at 15:00 Local Time, both Mir and Marini have shown the pace on longer runs to again battle further up the field. Rain threatened throughout Saturday, could it play a part come race day? Joan Mir  36 8th  "Solid. Solid race. I think this was the best result we could have achieved today. I only had one tyre when we arrived in Q2, so we have to be happy with what we did there to get tenth. In the Sprint I was able to be competitive and overtake a lot of riders. I knew I had some more pace than them coming into the Sprint. There are still some points, especially on exit, that we can improve more. Already we have made progress inside this weekend but always you want more as a rider! I think that we can take even more from the longer race." Luca Marini  10 13th  "I made a good start to the race and was able to gain a little bit. It's very tight in MotoGP so when you are further back, you need to do everything well from the first moment. Today was a bit less than we were expecting speaking honestly. Both in Qualifying and the race, I was hoping for more, but we are looking for grip in the rear. We need to check it overnight and find a solution for the Warm Up. The results of Mir and Zarco show the progress we are making." Argentina GP - Sprint Race Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 12 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 19'37.331 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 9 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 0.903 3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 7 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 3.859 4 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 6 LCR Honda Honda 5.026 5 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 5 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 6.451 6 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 4 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 7.333 7 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 3 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 8.368 8 Mir Joan 36 SPA 2 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 10.858 9 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11.229 10 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 0 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 12.356 11 Miller Jack 43 AUS 0 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 15.201 12 Rins Alex 42 SPA 0 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 15.298 13 Marini Luca 10 ITA 0 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 16.653 14 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 0 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 18.442 15 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 0 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 18.618 16 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 0 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 19.560 17 Chantra Somkiat 35 THA 0 LCR Honda Honda 20.925 18 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA 0 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 21.287 19 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 0 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 45.325 20 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA DNF Aprilia Racing Aprilia DNF 21 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR DNF Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha DNF 22 Binder Brad 33 RSA DNF Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM DNF Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 49 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 38 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 30 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 4 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 21 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 5 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 17 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 6 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 15 LCR Honda Honda 7 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 14 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 8 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 11 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 9 Binder Brad 33 RSA 10 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 10 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 7 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 11 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 5 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 12 Miller Jack 43 AUS 5 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 13 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 4 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 14 Marini Luca 10 ITA 4 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 15 Mir Joan 36 SPA 3 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 16 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 3 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 17 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 2 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha Team Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati Lenovo Team 79 2 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP 41 3 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team 32 4 Trackhouse Racing 17 5 LCR Honda 15 6 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 15 7 Aprilia Racing 14 8 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 7 9 Prima Pramac Yamaha 7 10 Honda HRC Castrol 7 11 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 4 Constructor Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati 49 2 Aprilia 21 3 Honda 16 4 KTM 13 5 Yamaha 8 Copyright Free Images For editorial use only, click here to download images. Location Information The Termas de Río Hondo Circuit is located 6km from the city which gives the venue its name, in the Province of Santiago del Estero. It was built in a 150 hectare area and officially inaugurated on May 11, 2008, during the visit of Argentina´s Touring Car Racing championship. In… read more. Length 4.806 kilometres / 2.986 miles Width 16 metres Left corners 5 Right corners 9 Longest straight 1.076 kilometres / 0.669 miles Constructed 2008 Modified 2013 Resurfacing Partly resurfaced before 2018 GP Circuit Records Pole Position 1m 36.917s (178.5km/h) Marc Marquez (Ducati, 2025) Race Lap 1m 39.019s (174.7 km/h) Valentino Rossi (Yamaha, 2015) 2022 Race Winner Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) 2024 Sprint Winner Marc Marquez (Ducati) Autódromo Provincial Termas de Río Hondo, Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina –  View in Google Maps www.autodromotermas.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 .