Season best for scintillating Mir, sixth in Austria

Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Steiermark, Austria, August 18, 2025 – A best result since the 2023 Indian Grand Prix, Joan Mir claimed a well-earned sixth place on Sunday to end his run of bad luck as Luca Marini took 13th and extended his run of point scoring finishes

The weekend’s efforts were rewarded with a solid Sunday for the Honda HRC Castrol team in Austria as both Joan Mir and Luca Marini battled through 28 laps of Spielberg, bringing their Honda RC213V machines home while collecting points and data for the future. Dark clouds kept away in the late stage of the race, the team preparing second bikes for the rain just in case.

Avoiding any major first lap drama, Joan Mir was able to easily stay with the top ten in the opening laps and set himself up for a strong second half of the race. Lapping consistently in the mid 1’30s, Mir saw himself make steady progress and caught Brad Binder and Francesco Bagnaia with five laps to go. An exciting three-way clash would break out between them with Mir getting the better of both the KTM and Ducati riders thanks to perfectly timed moves. Sixth place is Mir’s best result of the year, one better than he went in Aragon and sees him leave Austria with 42 points – now just 13 back on his teammate Marini in the standings. A turning point after a string of dreadful luck in previous rounds.

Luca Marini walked away from the weekend in Austria with another point scoring finish, his tenth from ten race starts. Compromised in the melee into Turn 1, Marini spent most of the race playing catch up and taking the maximum result possible. Battling hard with several riders, the #10 collected good information on several of the new items trialled by the Honda HRC riders this weekend in race conditions. Continuing to make progress throughout the weekend and secure a spot in Q2 remains a crucial target for Marini and his side of the garage.

A straight dash to the all-new Balaton Park is the next challenge for riders and teams as they prepare for round 14 next weekend.

Sharing his thoughts after the race, Joan Mir said, “I think we gave our 110% today and I am honestly really happy. This has been our realistic target this whole weekend, sixth has been my position in almost every session. We have to be happy with this, after the last few races it was tough and the last time I felt like this was in Aragon because we have had many moments of misfortune since then. It was a funny race with a really good battle at the end; I just tried to remain consistent and catch Bagnaia and Binder steadily. The result is a little boost in confidence, really important when we have a calendar like we do this year, so let’s capture this and keep working. Thanks to everyone in the team for working great all weekend to help us to get here – a great way to return from the summer.”

While Luca Marini said, “All weekend we have had really good pace and I was looking forward to the race today because I was expecting something. We lost some time at the start and I got sent wide at Turn One and was last at one point. From there I just put my head down and focused on making as many overtakes as possible. Like we have seen in the past, when you have to come through the field it gets complicated, and you arrive to a limit. It was an enjoyable race and we take the positives to Hungary to keep checking our new parts.”

Austrian GP Race Results

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