Home hero Marini and Mir continue onward in Misano
The never-ending pursuit of speed and improvement takes the Honda HRC Castrol team to Rimini for the next round of the 2025 MotoGP World Championship as momentum continues to build behind Honda HRC.
Since returning from the summer break, the Honda RC213V has authored an impressive trajectory of improvements as both Luca Marini and Joan Mir have able to consistently battle closer and closer to the front. On the edge of the Adriatic Sea, the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli is one of the jewels in the MotoGP crown – producing exciting racing and treating fans to an unforgettable experience year after year.
Arriving in his strongest form as a Honda HRC rider to date, Luca Marini is aiming to make another step-in front of his home fans and at one of his favourite tracks with. The constant drive of progress has seen Marini enter Q2 directly from Friday in back-to-back races and feature as a protagonist of the battle for the top five in both races. In 2024 Marini achieved his best result of the year in Misano with 12th place, a result which just a year later would leave him and the team wanting more and again demonstrating the progress made with the Honda RC213V.
Joan Mir has reinforced these global Honda gains when he put on a strong comeback from 20th to 12th last time out in Barcelona. Like his Honda HRC Castrol teammate, taking advantage of a position in Q2 will be key to unlocking Mir’s potential on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Misano has also always been a weekend associated with success for the #36 and the pieces continue to build towards that being the case once again. There will be plenty more of the Honda HRC Castrol team to see on TV this weekend…
The event will be followed by a one-day test, the final in season test of the 2025 World Championship season.
Luca Marini
“Racing in Misano is always a really special feeling and arriving there in good form makes it even better. Not just because it’s my home race, but I also like the circuit itself a lot and have been strong in the past there, so our objective is to continue like we have the past few weekends. We learned a lot in the race in Barcelona, and I am hoping to apply it this weekend to stay with those and the front and give the team and the home fans something to celebrate.”
Joan Mir
“It is a straight charge until the end of the season now, really busy for us and an important time for the future. Our situation is the same as previous weekends: we clearly have potential that is growing, and we need to make sure to put everything together early in the weekend to capture the top ten on the grid. Misano should help us, it’s a track I like riding a lot and we had our best result there last year. Since then, we have improved the bike a lot, so it will be a good opportunity to again map our progress.”
Rider standings
| Pos. | Rider | Num | Nation | Points | Team | Constructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marquez Marc | 93 | SPA | 487 | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati |
| 2 | Marquez Alex | 73 | SPA | 305 | Team Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati |
| 3 | Bagnaia Francesco | 63 | ITA | 237 | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati |
| 4 | Bezzecchi Marco | 72 | ITA | 197 | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia |
| 5 | Acosta Pedro | 37 | SPA | 183 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM |
| 6 | Di Giannantonio Fabio | 49 | ITA | 161 | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | Ducati |
| 7 | Morbidelli Franco | 21 | ITA | 161 | Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team | Ducati |
| 8 | Quartararo Fabio | 20 | FRA | 129 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha |
| 9 | Aldegeur Fermin | 54 | SPA | 127 | Team Gresini Racing MotoGP | Ducati |
| 10 | Zarco Johann | 5 | FRA | 117 | LCR Honda | Honda |
| 11 | Binder Brad | 33 | RSA | 95 | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM |
| 12 | Bastianini Enea | 23 | ITA | 84 | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | KTM |
| 13 | Marini Luca | 10 | ITA | 82 | Honda HRC Castrol | Honda |
| 14 | Fernandez Raul | 25 | SPA | 78 | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia |
| 15 | Vinales Maverick | 25 | SPA | 72 | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | KTM |
| 16 | Ogura Ai | 79 | JPN | 69 | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia |
| 17 | Miller Jack | 43 | AUS | 54 | Prima Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha |
| 18 | Mir Joan | 36 | SPA | 50 | Honda HRC Castrol | Honda |
| 19 | Rins Alex | 42 | SPA | 45 | Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha |
| 20 | Martin Jorge | 89 | SPA | 29 | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia |
| 21 | Oliveira Miguel | 88 | POR | 17 | Prima Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha |
| 22 | Espargaro Pol | 44 | SPA | 16 | Red Bull KTM Tech 3 | KTM |
| 23 | Nakagami Takaaki | 30 | JPN | 10 | LCR Honda | Honda |
| 24 | Savadori Lorenzo | 32 | ITA | 8 | Aprilia Test Team | Aprilia |
| 25 | Fernandez Augusto | 7 | SPA | 6 | Yamaha Test Team | Yamaha |
| 26 | Chantra Somkiat | 35 | THA | 1 | LCR Honda | Honda |
| 27 | Espargaro Aleix | 41 | SPA | 0 | HRC Test Team | Honda |
Location Information
Close to the city of Rimini, the Misano Adriático circuit was constructed in 1972 and has since undergone an array of modifications. A regular scene for Italian Grands Prix throughout the 80s and early 90s, Misano returned to the MotoGP calendar in 2007.With updated facilities, track and grandstands, the Misano… read more.
| Length | 4.226 kilometres / 2.626 miles |
| Width | 14 metres |
| Left corners | 6 |
| Right corners | 10 |
| Longest straight | 0.565 kilometres / 0.351 miles |
| Constructed | 1969 |
| Modified | 2008 |
Misano World Circuit "Marco Simoncelli", Via Daijiro Kato, Misano Adriatico, Rimini, Italy - View in Google Maps
Records
| Pole Position | 1m30.031 (168.9 km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) |
| Race Lap | 1m30.877s (167.4km/h) Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati, 2024) |
| Race Time | 41m14.653s (165.9 km/h) Enea Bastianini (Ducati, 2024) |
| 2024 Sprint Winner | Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) |
| 2024 Race Winner | Enea Bastianini (Ducati) |
