Marini Flies Solo At Phillip Island As Honda Runs Out Of Replacements

Honda HRC Castrol will field only one factory MotoGP bike at the Phillip Island round, with Luca Marini serving as the team's sole rider. Joan Mir has been sidelined due to lingering illness, having already missed multiple grands prix including the Austrian GP and the Japanese and Indonesian rounds. With all potential replacements either sick, injured, or otherwise unavailable, Honda has no substitute to pair alongside Marini.