A weekend of work from Honda HRC Castrol was rewarded with an eighth place finish by Luca Marini who continued his perfect run of points on Sunday while Joan Mir suffered his seventh Grand Prix DNF of 2026.
German Grand Prix |
MotoGP 2026 |
Round 11 |
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Sunday, 12th July 2026
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German Grand Prix, Sachsenring
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Positive end to Sachsenring weekend as Marini captures eighth
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A weekend of work from Honda HRC Castrol was rewarded with an eighth place finish by Luca Marini who continued his perfect run of points on Sunday while Joan Mir suffered his seventh Grand Prix DNF of 2026.
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Having remained steadfastly focused on maximising their performance for Sunday, the Honda HRC Castrol team lined up on the new-look MotoGP grid ready to deliver. Conditions remaining as perfect as when the weekend began, a record-breaking German GP crowd were on the edge of their seats.
Starting the 30-lap Grand Prix with his usual speed off the line, Luca Marini was immediately able to capture ground as he and his Honda HRC Castrol teammate tussled through the opening corner. Gaining an early advantage, the #10 led the hunt for Jack Miller and Fabio Quartararo just ahead of the factory Honda HRC duo. Keeping Miller within a few tenths for the majority of the race, Marini moved ahead with just a handful of laps to go and worked to catch Quartararo before the chequered flag. Crossing the line in eighth sees the Italian continue his run of point-scoring finishes on Sunday and move to within just eight points of Alex Marquez in the battle for ninth in the World Championship standings.
Joan Mir’s race would last just seven laps after closing in on his teammate and battling for the top ten early on. Falling alone at the final corner, Mir was unharmed in the fall.
The MotoGP World Championship will now enter the ‘Summer Break’, the three-week gap before the British GP, August 07 – 09. A chance for riders and team members to refresh their mind and bodies before an intense end to the season and the 1,000cc era.
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Luca Marini 10
Honda HRC Castrol
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“We did the best that we could, at the moment this is the potential we have so I am satisfied with what we have done. As in Assen, the team and I worked well to end the week in a better place than when we started it and the learnings from the Sprint race helped a lot. In this first half of the season I think we have tried everything, every setting, every piece and every detail, I have to thank my guys for their work on this. I remain optimistic that we can find something in the second half of the year to make a step because we should not be happy with eighth place. Now just one race in the next six weeks, a good chance to focus on the body and mind and see what the engineers can discover for the second half of the season.”
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Joan Mir 36
Honda HRC Castrol
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“A shame to end the weekend like this. I started the race well and was right with Luca, just waiting for a moment to make a move and then attack the Yamaha riders. I lost the front in the last corner and that was our Sunday over. Fortunately, I am OK, but of course this situation is really frustrating. Now we have some time to reset and come back after the break with our heads clear.”
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