Honda’s steady improvement in recent races has left the manufacturer just 19 points away from leaving MotoGP’s top concession group.
After the final two rounds of the 2025 season in Portimao and Valencia, the position of each of the five manufacturers at different concession levels will be recalculated.
Since the system was reintroduced in November 2023 to balance development opportunities between different manufacturers, the rankings have remained unchanged.
Ducati, Aprilia, KTM, Honda and Yamaha are segregated into four groups that offer different levels of technical freedom.
Ducati’s dominance has placed it firmly in Group A, where it faces more restrictions than any manufacturer. No manufacturer currently occupies Group B or will enter it, regardless of the final results.
Aprilia and KTM remain in Group C, while Honda appears to be on track to join them if it accumulates at least 19 more points over the remaining two rounds, something that seems very likely.
Yamaha, like Honda, is currently in Group D, where fewer restrictions are imposed. In theory, the Iwata manufacturer can also be promoted to Group C, but it is unlikely that it will get 64 of the 74 points available to make the jump.
Under current regulations, the award status is reviewed twice a season, at mid-season and at the end, based on the total percentage of points earned in the constructors’ championship. The scale is the following:
- Group A: ≥85% of points
- Group B: ≥60% and <85%
- Group C: ≥35% and <60%
- Group D: <35%
Joan Mir, Honda HRC
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With two grand prizes to go and with 74 points still up for grabs, Ducati has already secured the championship with 708 points, having obtained 95.6% of the 740 points available so far. This guarantees their permanence in Group A.
No other manufacturer has met the 60% threshold, ensuring there will be no entrants in Group B. Aprilia (47.9%) and KTM (43.9%) remain comfortably within Group C territory, far from the 60% threshold needed to move into the more restrictive Group B. That leaves Honda, which currently has 266 points (36.9% of the total) just on the brink of a promotion to Group C.
If the Japanese brand fails to score in the next two rounds in Portimao and Valencia, that figure would drop to 32.6%, keeping them in Group D. But given their recent form, that scenario seems unlikely.
Earlier in the season, there were several races where Honda scored less than 19 points: Aragon and Mugello (14 points each); Mugello and Assen (nine points each); Assen and Sachsenring (17 points) and the Czech Republic and Austria GPs (16 points each). However, since August’s Red Bull Ring event, the Tokyo-based brand has racked up 19 or more points at every round, even scoring podiums at Motegi and Sepang.
This means that Honda could lose many of the advantages it has enjoyed under the concession system since the beginning of 2024. Yamaha, meanwhile, does not appear to be in real risk of being pushed into Group C, having only accumulated 29.8% of the possible points so far, well below the 35 percent requirement.
To be promoted late to Group C he would need to add 64 points between Portimao and Valencia, something he has not achieved all year, not even combining his three best results: Jerez, Sachsenring and Barcelona, ​​with 20 points each.
MotoGP 2025 constructor classification:
| Pos. | Manufacturer | Needles | % Points (740) |
| 1 | ducati | 708 | 95.6% |
| 2 | aprilia | 355 | 47.9% |
| 3 | ktm | 325 | 43.9% |
| 4 | sling | 266 | 35.9% |
| 5 | yamaha | 221 | 29.8% |
How the MotoGP concession system works
*Wildcards are not subject to engine spec freezes. A maximum of three is allowed before the summer break and another three after
**Previous aerodynamic specification must be discarded.
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