Sunday’s SBK races at Jerez Circuit have brought the PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team’s championship campaign to a close, with riders Tito Rabat and Zaqhwan Zaidi placing P16 and P21 in the final full-length race of the 2025 season.

Morning warm-up unfortunately brought a small crash for Zaidi, which prevented rider and team from completing final checks prior to the Superpole race. Rabat meanwhile completed a productive ten-minute warm-up, after which focus switched to the ten-lap sprint, a race that again ran in dry, stable conditions.

From 21st on the grid, Rabat worked hard to make up two positions over the first half of this short race. Demonstrating good pace throughout the ten laps, the Spaniard moved up one more place in the final stages to close eighteenth. With his bike ably repaired by his technicians, Zaidi started the race from twenty-fourth. The Malaysian had progressed to twenty-first by the mid-race point, a position he did well to hold to the line.

The final Superbike race of the weekend, and of the 2025 season, got underway as scheduled at 2pm local time (CET). Lining up in P20 for this 20-lap race, Rabat was quick to make up two places. Doing well to climb to sixteenth, the Spaniard was not quite able to reach the points zone but nevertheless closed sixteenth after showing consistent pace throughout this final race. Zaidi made a good start from twenty-third and ran another error-free race, finishing a few seconds closer to the front with respect to Saturday’s Race 1, in P21.

Rabat rounds out the 2025 season in twenty-third place in the championship standings, with 9 points, while Zaidi places twenty-sixth with 1 point. The PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team thanks its riders for their commitment and hard work over the course of the 2025 season, and will announce its future plans in due course. 

Tito Rabat #53

“It’s been a challenging weekend, but we’ve worked hard, pushed and finished this last race 33 seconds from the front. Generally speaking, I think we’ve worked 100% with the package we have. I think we’ve reached quite a good level and improved the bike, considering that I only joined the team for the final rounds. Let’s see what the future brings.”

Zaqhwan Zaidi #21

“I tried to enjoy the last race of this SBK season. During my rookie year, I’ve tried to push as hard as possible and do my very best each weekend, always giving 100%. At this level it’s not easy but I feel we’ve worked well together as a team and there has been progress, for sure. I’m very grateful for the team; they’ve worked really hard all season. All I can say is a big thank you to the team for this opportunity; I hope we might have the chance to work together again in the future."