The Honda HRC Castrol team make the move to the UK with Luca Marini and Joan Mir both aiming to improve from their French GP performances.

Known for its history and heritage, the British GP sits as one of the gems in the MotoGP World Championship calendar. Shifted to earlier in the year for the 2025 campaign, this year’s trip to Silverstone will likely produce less questions about the English weather and focus more on the succession of different race winners around the 5.9-kilometer-long circuit.

The only rider to score points in every GP so far this year, Luca Marini currently sits 13th in the World Championship standings and just six points from the top ten. Continuing this consistency is a solid base for the #10, but Marini is focused on making the next step with the ever-improving Honda RC213V and battling further into the top ten. The races in Silverstone have traditionally brought a steady flow of points for Marini with seventh in 2023 his best premier class finish at the track.

Joan Mir spent the week between races focusing on recovery after his heavy fall in the opening lap of the French GP. Working closely with his physio, the #36 is ready to remount his Honda and pick up where he left off in France. Mir’s speed is undeniable and the 2020 MotoGP World Champion needs just a little more luck to deliver.

Honda HRC’s efforts will be boosted once again by the Honda HRC Test Team who make their third appearance of the year, the #41 of Aleix Espargaro returning to the controls of the Honda RC213V.

Luca Marini

“The start to the year has been good and now we need to look to make a step and become even more competitive. Everyone involved has been working really well, and you can tell that with amount the Test Team is doing, all of Honda HRC are pushing. It’s been busy between the two races, and I am confident that we can perform well and add more points to our card. This year we go to Silverstone at a different time of the year so we need to see what the weather will do and react accordingly.”

Joan Mir

“We went for some more checks between the races and everything is looking OK. There is some damage in the top of the finger, but I have been able to continue training and preparing more or less as normal. I worked a lot with my physio on the neck, and we have also made progress there. The plan and situation for the weekend doesn’t change, we showed that in Le Mans we have speed and just need a bit of luck and to get back into Q2 to avoid anything in the opening laps. Let’s get to it.”

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Rider standings

Pos. Rider Num Nation Points Team Constructor
1 Marquez Marc 93 SPA 171 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati
2 Marquez Alex 73 SPA 149 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati
3 Bagnaia Francesco 63 ITA 120 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati
4 Morbidelli Franco 21 ITA 85 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati
5 Di Giannantonio Fabio 49 ITA 74 Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team Ducati
6 Zarco Johann 5 FRA 72 LCR Honda Honda
7 Quartararo Fabio 20 FRA 56 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
8 Aldegeur Fermin 54 SPA 48 Team Gresini Racing MotoGP Ducati
9 Acosta Pedro 37 SPA 46 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
10 Ogura Ai 79 JPN 43 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia
11 Vinales Maverick 25 SPA 40 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM
12 Bezzecchi Marco 72 ITA 38 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
13 Marini Luca 10 ITA 37 Honda HRC Castrol Honda
14 Binder Brad 33 RSA 32 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM
15 Bastianini Enea 23 ITA 31 Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM
16 Rins Alex 42 SPA 23 Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha
17 Miller Jack 43 AUS 19 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha
18 Fernandez Raul 25 SPA 15 Trackhouse Racing Aprilia
19 Mir Joan 36 SPA 12 Honda HRC Castrol Honda
20 Nakagami Takaaki 30 JPN 10 HRC Test Team Honda
21 Savadori Lorenzo 32 ITA 8 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
22 Fernandez Augusto 7 SPA 3 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha
23 Oliveira Miguel 88 POR 2 Prima Pramac Yamaha Yamaha
24 Martin Jorge 89 SPA 0 Aprilia Racing Aprilia
25 Chantra Somkiat 35 THA 0 LCR Honda Honda
26 Espargaro Aleix 41 SPA 0 HRC Test Team Honda
Location Information

The Silverstone Circuit is long, fast and flowing, with a lot of fast changes of direction and a mixture of corners: the stadium section from Abbey through the Loop to Aintree is tight and technical, Woodcote and Copse are long and fast, the Maggotts/Becketts complex a bit of both. It… read more.

Length 5.900 kilometres / 3.666 miles
Width 17 metres
Left corners 8
Right corners 10
Longest straight 0.770 kilometres / 0.478 miles
Constructed 1948
Modified 2011

Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom - View in Google Maps

www.silverstone.co.uk

Records

Pole Position 1m 57.309s (181.0 km/h) Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia, 2024)
Race Lap 1m 58.895s (178.6 km/h) Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia, 2024)
Race Time 39m 51.879s (177.6 km/h) Enea Bastianini (Ducati, 2024)
2024 Race Winner Enea Bastianini (Ducati)
2024 Sprint Winner Enea Bastianini (Ducati)