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Hard work and upgrades continued to propel the Honda HRC Castrol team forward at Round 15 of the World Championship, Luca Marini earning a spot in the top ten while barely a tenth of a second separated Joan Mir. Sun, a steady flow of passionate fans and just tenths of… read more.

A successful first day for Joan Mir and Luca Marini at Balaton Park, the pair taking full advantage of the new circuit to quickly adapt and take seventh and ninth respectively – primed for a double Q2 appearance. Positive first sensations in Hungary for Honda HRC Castrol as Joan Mir… read more.

The Honda HRC Castrol squad picked up where they left off as the season resumed in Austria, Joan Mir in the mix for the top five while less than a tenth stopped Marini from joining him in the top ten. As quickly as it had begun, the summer break came… read more.

Wet to dry to wet again, the MotoGP World Championship’s return to Brno caught up on five years’ worth of weather in a single day. Joan Mir timed his last run of the day perfect to net seventh overall while Luca Marini struggled with grip. For the first time in… read more.

After a positive morning, Joan Mir and Luca Marini were optimistic about their Friday performance at the Sachsenring but faced unexpected challenges on their way to 15th and 18th respectively. The tightest and shortest track on the MotoGP World Championship calendar began its moment in the sun as round 11… read more.

Crashes, delays and red flags – a day of complications in the Netherlands as Joan Mir and Aleix Espargaro did their best to maximise every lap on track. Overnight rain left a damp circuit for the first practice of the day at the TT Circuit Assen, a delay to the… read more.

A day of hard work and steps forward for Joan Mir and his new teammate Takaaki Nakagami as the pair got to grips with the Honda RC213V in Mugello. Tuscan summer arrived early in Mugello as temperatures sat in the mid 30s for the entirety of Friday, a challenge for… read more.