The circle of 2025 is nearly closed as Honda HRC Castrol return to the place the 12 months began: the Sepang Worldwide Circuit. Luca Marini and Joan Mir ready and able to reveal a 12 months of unbelievable positive aspects from the Honda RC213V.
On February 05, 2025, the season formally started with the primary take a look at of the 12 months on the Sepang Worldwide Circuit, now 258 days later the exact same venue will host the Malaysian Grand Prix. Already accumulating nearly six occasions the factors complete from 2024 as a workforce, Honda HRC Castrol’s resurgence has been a welcome reward for all concerned within the mission.
Luca Marini’s regular hand, solely struggling one DNF attributable to a technical concern, has not solely benefited improvement of the Honda but in addition sees the #10 thirteenth within the championship standings and solely eight factors behind main Honda Johann Zarco. The highest three nonetheless stays the final word aim of Marini and his current run of high 5 challenges definitely confirms it as a sensible goal. Consistency and adaptableness might be key in the course of the Malaysian GP, a weekend at all times characterised by excessive temperature, heavy rain and changeable circumstances.
All through 2025, Joan Mir has proven unbelievable uncooked velocity with a variety of laborious charging rides via the pack. When qualifying additional ahead, the #36 has been in a position to battle for, and take, the rostrum and repeating this stays the goal within the closing trio of races. Arriving to Sepang in 2025, Mir can be seeking to break a run of DNFs on the observe.
Temperatures creeping into the 30s are predicted for a lot of the weekend with the 20-lap Grand Prix of Malaysia scheduled to begin at 15:00 Native Time on Sunday, October 26.
