A handful of points for stalwart Luca Marini after a weekend of damage limitation in Portugal, Joan Mir again forced to retire and unable to show his full potential on the Honda RC213V. Progress is rarely completely linear, the Honda HRC Castrol team taking po View this email in your browser   Race Report Sunday, Nov 9th 2025   Portuguese GP MotoGP 2025   Round 21 Marini signs off trying Portuguese GP with 11th A handful of points for stalwart Luca Marini after a weekend of damage limitation in Portugal, Joan Mir again forced to retire and unable to show his full potential on the Honda RC213V. Progress is rarely completely linear, the Honda HRC Castrol team taking positives from a complicated weekend in Portugal while working to replicate their form from recent rounds. With both riders showing solid pace throughout the Grand Prix, there were hopes of another strong challenge when the lights went out on Sunday for the 25 lap Portuguese Grand Prix. Starting well from 13th, Luca Marini was able to quickly catch his Honda HRC Castrol teammate on the run down to Turn 1. Riding at his own pace to avoid any unnecessary risk in the first half of the race, Marini’s speed would increase as the race went on. Powering past Miller on the straight with just a few laps left, 11th would be Marini's finish when the flag came out, taking away some important learnings about the demanding Portimao Circuit. The battle for top Honda honours and a top ten championship finish is still well and truly alive, Marini 11 points off Zarco and only 13 points from Fernandez in tenth. A crucial final weekend awaits in Spain. Expectations were high for Round 21 of the MotoGP World Championship and two technical DNFs were not what Mir and Honda HRC Castrol had envisioned after a solid seventh in Qualifying. Starting the race, Mir was well within the top ten on the opening lap until another technical issue arose. Initially dropping back, the #36 retired a lap later. Honda HRC engineers continue to analyse all the weekend’s data. A single weekend now awaits before the longest season in motorcycle Grand Prix racing history comes to an end, Valencia returning to its rightful spot as the final destination of the year. The tight and technical layout should allow both Marini and Mir to return to the speed and form they had become accustomed to in recent rounds. Luca Marini  10 11th  "This weekend we missed a little something. In the morning, we tried a setting in Warm Up but it wasn't enough for what we were targeting. I made a really good start to the race and made up a lot of ground, but then I was not riding well in the first half of the race. We are still trying a lot of things, sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. We need to analyse everything well and check the data in the wider context because this is a very unique track. On paper Valencia should be more positive for us to end the year correctly." Joan Mir  36 DNF  "Our start today was good, and I made up some places, but I saw some warnings with the bike. A technical issue unfortunately again put us out of the race, not the same as on Saturday but the engineers are checking everything very deeply. It's painful because we had some potential in the race, but this is what can happen. The positive is that we had good speed all sessions and we were able to improve and keep the pace of the other riders. One more chance to try in Valencia, the motivation is still high to end the season in the way that we know we can." Portuguese GP - Race Results Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 25 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 41'13.616 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 20 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 2.583 3 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 16 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 3.188 4 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 13 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 12.860 5 Binder Brad 33 RSA 11 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 16.327 6 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 10 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 18.442 7 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 9 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 19.255 8 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 8 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 20.612 9 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 7 LCR Honda Honda 21.040 10 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 6 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 26.517 11 Marini Luca 10 ITA 5 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 28.226 12 Miller Jack 43 AUS 4 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 29.717 13 Rins Alex 42 SPA 3 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 30.372 14 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 2 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 31.621 15 Bulega Nicolo 11 ITA 1 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 32.070 16 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 0 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 39.869 17 Chantra Somkiat 35 THA 0 LCR Honda Honda 1'01.999 18 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 0 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM +2 Laps 19 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA DNF Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati DNF 20 Mir Joan 36 SPA DNF Honda HRC Castrol Honda DNF 21 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA DNF Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati DNF Rider Standings Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor 1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 545 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 445 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 3 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 323 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 4 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 288 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 5 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 285 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 6 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 232 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 7 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 227 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati 8 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 203 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati 9 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 198 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 10 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 146 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 11 Binder Brad 33 RSA 145 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 12 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 144 LCR Honda Honda 13 Marini Luca 10 ITA 133 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 14 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 106 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 15 Mir Joan 36 SPA 93 Honda HRC Castrol Honda 16 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 88 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia 17 Miller Jack 43 AUS 72 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 18 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA 72 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 19 Rins Alex 42 SPA 66 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 20 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 38 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha 21 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 34 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 22 Espargaro Pol 44 SPA 29 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 23 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 10 HRC Test Team Honda 24 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 8 Aprilia Racing Aprilia 25 Fernandez Augusto 7 SPA 8 Yamaha Test Team Yamaha 26 Chantra Somkiat 35 THA 7 LCR Honda Honda 27 Bulega Nicolo 11 ITA 1 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Copyright Free Images For editorial use only, click here to download images. Location Information The Autodromo Internacional do Algarve has 15 corners – nine right, six left. The undulation in Portimao is incredible and the front straight will allow the MotoGP™ riders to really stretch the legs of their machines, before a unique downhill descend into Turn 1. There’s a reason it gets called… read more. Length 4.592 km Width 14m Left Corners 6 Right Corners 9 Longest Straight 969 m Constructed 2008 Circuit Records Pole Position 1'37.226 (170.0Km/h) Marc Marquez (Honda, 2023) Race Lap 1'38.237 (168.2Km/h) Pedro Acosta (KTM, 2025) Race Time 41'13.616(167.0km/h) Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia, 2025) 2025 Winner Marco Bezzecchi (Aprilia) 2025 Sprint Winner Alex Marquez (Ducati) 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 .