The resolve of the Honda HRC Castrol team was tested again in Assen, Aleix Espargaro taking the chequered flag in the Sprint while Joan Mir endured double disappointment but both remained focused on the positives from steady improvements. Having found their ba View this email in your browser   Sprint Race Report Saturday, Jun 28th 2025   Dutch TT MotoGP 2025   Round 10 Espargaro and Mir take learnings from difficult Dutch Sprint The resolve of the Honda HRC Castrol team was tested again in Assen, Aleix Espargaro taking the chequered flag in the Sprint while Joan Mir endured double disappointment but both remained focused on the positives from steady improvements. Having found their base on Friday, Aleix Espargaro and Joan Mir were determined to make improvements along with the warming ambient conditions. The Honda HRC Castrol team would be tested throughout a day of close calls and narrow margins, remaining focused on the ultimate goal of development for the future. Feeling little lasting impact from his Friday fall, Aleix Espargaro continued to make the most of his weekend with the factory team. Improving his Friday time by over half a second, the most experienced rider on the MotoGP grid was able to put himselfin the mix with a variety of other bikes on the grid – a great chance to observe and learn. Lining up in 21st position, Espargaro put his head down and worked to overcome his feeling with the softer tyres. Vibrations in the closing laps saw the #41 ease his pace before crossing the line in 18th. Luck deserted Joan Mir on Saturday, missing out on a spot in Q2 by just 0.004s after making significant steps forward with his Honda RC213V. Clearly with the speed to go alongside the top ten, Mir made an aggressive start to the 13-lap Sprint and took a wide line around Turn 1 to gain position. Unfortunately, luck would again leave him as he fell just a few corners later after running wide and onto the dirty part of the track. Unharmed, Mir remained focused on the positives of the day – namely the progress made and the speed shown in Qualifying. A final chance to sign off the weekend on a high comes tomorrow, Sunday June 29, with the 26-lap Dutch Grand Prix, scheduled to start at 14:00 Local Time. Mir showed in Mugello that a focused approach to the long race can produce even more positives. Aleix Espargaro  41 18th  "I want to first say Luca has a great team around him, really competitive and I would have liked to have been faster for them. It's not an easy weekend with the conditions, I'm not able to use the hard front with the temperature and on the soft I can't make the fast corners like I need to here. Working with the team, we decided to try some changes for tomorrow to see if we can improve our feeling. Here the fast corners are the most critical and it's where we are struggling more." Joan Mir  36 DNF  "Like always, a bit of chaos at the start. I opened my line at Turn 3 to try and avoid it, went onto the dirty line and I fell. Nothing more to say on the Sprint. We were able to make good progress in Qualifying, and this is what we have to focus on. Our lap time was good and to miss Q2 by such a small margin, there's not a lot to do as everything in MotoGP is so close. I think we have to focus on these positives and keep working for the future, working to arrive at a point where we can be stronger at tracks like Assen and Mugello that don't suit us." Dutch GP - Sprint Race Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 12 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 20'02.150 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 9 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 0.351 3 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 7 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 1.247 4 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 6 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 2.269 5 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 5 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2.686 6 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA 4 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 4.074 7 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 3 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 9.064 8 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 2 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 9.159 9 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 1 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11.069 10 Binder Brad 33 RSA 0 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 11.143 11 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 0 LCR Honda Honda 11.327 12 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 0 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 12.147 13 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 0 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 15.290 14 Miller Jack 43 AUS 0 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 15.899 15 Rins Alex 42 SPA 0 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 15.990 16 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 0 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 17.554 17 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 0 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24.707 18 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 0 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 27.287 19 Chantra Somkiat 35 THA 0 LCR Honda Honda 32.441 20 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA DNF Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha DNF 21 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA DNF Trackhouse Racing Aprilia DNF 22 Mir Joan 36 SPA DNF Honda HRC Castrol Honda DNF Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 282 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 239 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 165 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 4 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 130 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 5 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 126 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 6 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 101 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 7 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 97 LCR Honda Honda 8 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 85 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 9 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 81 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 10 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 61 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 11 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA 58 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 12 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 49 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 13 Binder Brad 33 RSA 42 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 14 Marini Luca 10 ITA 38 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 15 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 36 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 16 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 35 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 17 Mir Joan 36 SPA 32 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 18 Rins Alex 42 SPA 32 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 19 Miller Jack 43 AUS 31 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 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 Team Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati Lenovo Team 447 2 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP 320 3 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team 256 4 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 127 5 Aprilia Racing 109 6 LCR Honda 97 7 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP 93 8 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 93 9 Trackhouse Racing 85 10 Honda HRC Castrol 80 11 Prima Pramac Yamaha 37 12 Yamaha Test Team 6 Constructor Standings Pos. Team Points 1 Ducati 331 2 Aprilia 125 3 Honda 124 4 KTM 124 5 Yamaha 92 Copyright Free Images For editorial use only, click here to download images. Location Information Assen is the only venue to have held a round of the Motorcycle World Championship every year since its creation in 1949. The circuit was purpose built for the Dutch TT in 1955, with previous events having been held on public roads. The track is narrow, with rapid changes in… read more. Length 4.542 kilometres / 2.822 miles Width 14 metres Left corners 6 Right corners 12 Longest straight 0.487 kilometres / 0.303 miles Constructed 1955 Modified 2012 Circuit Records Pole Position 1m 30.540s (180.5km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) Race Lap 1m 31.866s (177.9km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) Race Time 40m 07.214s (176.6km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) 2024 Race Winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) 2025 Sprint Winner Marc Marquez (Ducati) TT Circuit Assen, De Haar, Assen, The Netherlands –  View in Google Maps www.ttcircuit.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 .