Team ENEOS Finishes Top 12 at 2025 British MotoGP
It was a rollercoaster ride for Team ENEOS at the 2025 Grand Prix of the United Kingdom MotoGP Race. Álex Rins pushed to the limit in order to finish P14, while teammate Fabio Quartararo faced heartbreak when a technical issue with the rear-height device ended his hopes for victory.
The original Race was red-flagged on lap 3 due to an oil spill, and since the 3-lap race distance hadn’t been completed, all riders were eligible to restart in the original grid formation following a quick start procedure. This put Quartararo and Rins back in P1 and P12 for the reduced Race at 19 laps.
Rins was P17 when the red flag came out in the original Race so the restart was a welcome sigh of relief. He moved up the order to ninth in the opening corners before completing the lap in 10th. But on lap 3 he lost a few places and regrouped in P15, then spent a large portion of the Race battling between P15 and 16 before a late charge moved him up to P13. The Spaniard scrapped down to the final corner, finishing P15 at the finish line, 16.312sec from the winner. He was later moved up to 14th in the classifications after Brad Binder received a one-point penalty for exceeding the track limit on the final lap.
“The first start was chaotic for me, it was super difficult for me to warm the rear tire, and I lost a lot of positions,” said Rins. “When Francesco Bagnaia crashed, I almost hit him, so that caused me to lose more positions. We need to understand how to solve the problems we face in the first part of the race, even though it’s an improvement compared to last year. This is what keeps me motivated.”
Quartararo was leading the original Race when it was red-flagged but managed to do even better on the restart: starting from pole again, El Diablo held second behind Bagnaia but fought back to take the lead. Completing the first lap with a 1.2sec gap to second, he began to push harder, but on lap 12, a technical issue ended his pursuit for victory early. Nevertheless, Quartararo was awarded “Rider of the Race” by MotoGP viewers in appreciation of the skill and attitude he displayed.
“It was looking to be an amazing race but the rear-height device ran into technical problems,” Quartararo explained. “It was our race: everything was good, I knew where to push, and I had it all under control until that lap. I’m happy regardless since the bike was the best it’s been in a while, by far, and it rode smoothly so it felt like we were going super fast. One of the best races in the last three-four years.”