The three-week summer break has come and gone, Luca Marini and Joan Mir returning eager to attack the second half of the season. A unique challenge in the Red Bull Ring presents as a first chance to blow the cobwebs away. Spielberg will host the MotoGP's muc View this email in your browser   Preview Report Tuesday, Aug 12th 2025   Austrian GP MotoGP 2025   Round 13 Honda HRC Castrol are back – Austrian GP restarts the year The three-week summer break has come and gone, Luca Marini and Joan Mir returning eager to attack the second half of the season. A unique challenge in the Red Bull Ring presents as a first chance to blow the cobwebs away. Spielberg will host the MotoGP's much anticipated return and kickstart an intense end to the year with five sets of back-to-back races seeing out 2025. At just 4.35 kilometres long with 11 corners, the Austrian track is one of the simplest on paper, but the heavy braking and hard acceleration makes it a complicated circuit to master. The unique layout has produced some titanic clashes in the past and after three weeks without action, no doubt the MotoGP grid will be fired up. Luca Marini arrives looking to match his results from earlier in the year and close the distance to the top ten in the World Championship standings. The Italian remains the only rider on the grid to have scored points in every Grand Prix he has entered in the 2025 season. Plenty of speed for the #10 to show in Austria after more time to recover and rebuild his fitness during the break. For Joan Mir on the other side of the Honda HRC Castrol garage has the potential to show his top-ten speed once again. Able to consistently challenge the front two rows in Brno before misfortune hit, Mir and the Honda RC213V are due a solid result. Second in Spielberg in 2020 and 2021, the stop and go nature has suited the #36 well in the past. From Austria it will be a straight dash to the new Hungarian GP at Balaton Park, which appears to be a tight and technical track. Luca Marini  10 "I have had a good three weeks recovering more and more and I am feeling really good, we can approach the rest of the season without limitations. Austria is a really particular circuit, all about heavy braking and accelerating and it will be a good chance to see where everyone stands after the break with upgrades and everything. Looking forward to seeing the team again and continuing to push the Honda RC213V forward with the engineers." Joan Mir  36 "The break has been good to recharge, focus on training and reset a little bit after some tough moments in the start of the year. Now we start an intense push right through to the end of the season, it's important to be well prepared for it. In 2024 we made a good step in the second part of the season, so I hope that we can repeat that again as a team. We have a lot of information and now it's time to put everything on track and show our potential because aside from some unfortunate moments before the break, we were showing our potential." Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 381 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 261 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 213 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 4 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 156 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 5 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 142 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 6 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 139 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 7 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 124 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 8 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 109 LCR Honda Honda 9 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 102 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 10 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 97 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 11 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA 69 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 12 Binder Brad 33 RSA 68 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 13 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 66 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 14 Miller Jack 43 AUS 52 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 15 Marini Luca 10 ITA 52 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 16 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 51 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 17 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 49 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 18 Rins Alex 42 SPA 42 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 19 Mir Joan 36 SPA 32 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 20 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 10 LCR Honda Honda 21 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 9 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 8 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 23 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 8 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 24 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 6 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 25 Fernandez Augusto 7 SPA 6 Yamaha Test Team Yamaha 26 Chantra Somkiat 35 THA 1 LCR Honda Honda Location Information The Red Bull Ring in Spielberg is located beautifully in the Murtal-region of Styria, Austria. The circuit was originally built in 1969, then known as the Österreichring. In 1996 it was rebuilt with the track-layout it still had when, in 2011, it was reopened as the Red Bull Ring and… read more. Length 4.3 km / 2.68 miles Width 13 metres Left corners 3 Right corners 7 Longest straight 626 m / 2053.81 ft Constructed 1969 Modified 1996 Circuit Records Pole Position 1m27.748s (178.3 Km/h) Jorge Martin (Ducati, 2024) Race Lap 1m29.519s (174.8 Km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) Race Time 42'11.173 (173.1 Km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) 2024 Race Winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) 2024 Sprint Winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Steiermark, Austria –  View in Google Maps www.projekt-spielberg.com/en 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 .