Mir’s Future Plans and Marini’s Surprising Exit at Spielberg

MotoGP 2024 Sprint Race Round 11 Motorrad Grand Prix von Osterreich

AUSTRIA: A day of complications for the Repsol Honda Team in the Styrian hills, Joan Mir crossed the line in the 17th as Luca Marini retired on lap six with a technical issue.

Evening storms were nowhere to be seen as the clouds burned away to reveal a clear sky in the build-up to the Austrian GP. An intense warm-up session gave the Repsol Honda Team a chance for final checks and setup changes ahead of the race.

Joan Mir was again able to make the difference when the lights went out as he and his Repsol Honda Team RC213V shot forward from 19th – moving immediately to join the battle for the points. Working to complete the race and deepen the breadth of data available to engineers, Mir took 17th at the end of the 28-lap. Wanting more from his Austrian GP weekend, the #36 remains focused on the future and the upgrades in the development pipeline.

After a positive morning warm-up, Luca Marini was aiming to continue his run of form to again challenge the other Honda riders. Unfortunately, the Italian experienced a technical issue early in the race and returned to the pits on lap six, retiring from the Grand Prix. HRC engineers will investigate deeply ahead of the next race in Aragon.

The Repsol Honda Team will now head to Misano for a private test before Round 12 of the 2024 MotoGP World Championship in Aragon. Both outings will allow Marini and Mir to keep on improving and focusing on delivering the potential the pair have consistently shown throughout the season so far.

Luca Marini (DNF) “Not too much to say about today. We had an issue with the bike that we needed to explore deeper before the next race, I could feel it from the start of the race. Aside from this, we have had a very good and important weekend here. When you have something like this on Sunday you have to take a step back and look at the whole weekend – which has been positive. Now we have a busy period and a lot of work and races until the end of the year.”

Joan Mir (17th) “It was a challenging race today and we did what we could with the situation in front of us. There are still some areas that we need to keep working on and a few of our issues were made more challenging at this track. But the important part is the information, and I am looking to the future for what is to come from HRC. Now is the moment to stay focused and keep working through our things.”

Motorrad Grand Prix von Oesterriech Resutls

Pos.RiderNumNationPointsTeamConstructorTime/Gap1Bagnaia Francesco1ITA25Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati42’11.1732Martin Jorge89SPA20Pramac RacingDucati3.2323Bastianini Enea23ITA16Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati7.3574Marquez Marc93SPA13Team Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati13.8365Binder Brad33RSA11Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM18.6206Bezzecchi Marco72ITA10Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing TeamDucati21.2067Vinales Maverick12SPA9Aprilia RacingAprilia24.3228Morbidelli Franco21ITA8Pramac RacingDucati27.6779Espargaro Aleix41SPA7Aprilia RacingAprilia28.82910Marquez Alex73SPA6Team Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati30.26811Espargaro Pol44SPA5KTM Test TeamKTM30.52612Oliveira Miguel88POR4Trackhouse RacingAprilia30.70213Acosta Pedro31SPA3Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3KTM33.73614Nakagami Takaaki30JPN2LCR HondaHonda36.31015Fernandez Augusto37SPA1Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3KTM36.52216Rins Alex42SPA0Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha37.57117Mir Joan36SPA0Repsol Honda TeamHonda40.43218Quartararo Fabio20FRA0Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha43.78819Miller Jack43AUS0Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM44.13420Savadori Lorenzo32ITA0Aprilia Test TeamAprilia44.57621Zarco Johann5FRA0LCR HondaHonda54.12622Bradl Stefan6GER0HRC Test TeamHonda54.92323Fernandez Raul25SPADNFTrackhouse RacingApriliaDNF24Marini Luca10ITADNFRepsol Honda TeamHondaDNF

Rider standings

Pos.RiderNumNationPointsTeamConstructor1Bagnaia Francesco1ITA275Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati2Martin Jorge89SPA270Pramac RacingDucati3Bastianini Enea23ITA214Ducati Lenovo TeamDucati4Marquez Marc93SPA192Team Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati5Vinales Maverick12SPA139Aprilia RacingAprilia6Binder Brad33RSA128Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM7Acosta Pedro31SPA125Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3KTM8Espargaro Aleix41SPA113Aprilia RacingAprilia9Di Giannantonio Fabio49ITA104Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing TeamDucati10Marquez Alex73SPA98Team Gresini Racing MotoGPDucati11Bezzecchi Marco72ITA73Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing TeamDucati12Morbidelli Franco21ITA73Pramac RacingDucati13Oliveira Miguel88POR55Trackhouse RacingAprilia14Quartararo Fabio20FRA49Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha15Miller Jack43AUS47Red Bull KTM Factory RacingKTM16Fernandez Raul25SPA46Trackhouse RacingAprilia17Fernandez Augusto37SPA16Red Bull GASGAS Tech 3KTM18Zarco Johann5FRA14LCR HondaHonda19Mir Joan36SPA13Repsol Honda TeamHonda20Nakagami Takaaki30JPN13LCR HondaHonda21Rins Alex42SPA8Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha22Pedrosa Dani26SPA7KTM Test TeamKTM23Espargaro Pol44SPA6KTM Test TeamKTM24Marini Luca10ITA1Repsol Honda TeamHonda25Savadori Lorenzo32ITA0Trackhouse RacingAprilia26Bradl Stefan6GER0HRC Test TeamHonda27Gardner Remy87AUS0Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGPYamaha

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