Marquez refused to be drawn on his long-term future as he withdrew from the Dutch MotoGP, as a result of worsening the injuries he sustained a week agoꦿ in Germany.

His broken rib - and the hand injury from the opening weekend of 2023 - are largely attributed to over-ꦛriding a bike which isn’t capable of helping Marquez to the front of the grid.

• Marc Marquez “decided🐻 not to race last night, most diffi⛦cult moment"

He is contracted🔴 on a big-money deal until the end of 2024 but there are question marks attached.

Alberto Puig, Honda team manager, was asked if Marquez would ✨still be with his team next season, and he replied: “I have to think yes. 

“Because we have a contract. 

“But I have to say that I think every person is free to do what he wants i🧔n life, and Honda is n🐲ot a company that wants to have people that are not happy being in Honda.

“So of course, we have a contract with him, but also Honda respects Marc a lot and I want to think yes [Marquez will be a Honda rider in 2♕024], based on the contract, but I don't have a magic ball.”

Marquez won 56 races from 2013-2019 but has taken just three victories since his arm breaking accident at Jerez 20ಌ20. 

His mos🧸t recent win was at Misano in 2021, although Honda broke its own victory drought with Alex Rins at COTA.

With eight rounds of 2023 elapsed, Marquez has not yet co⛄mpleted a grand prix.

H𓄧e had already turned his attention to developing next year’s bike before clattering into Enea Bastianini in S✅aturday’s qualifying at Assen, the latest in a growing line of transgressions.

His eff𝄹orts to ride this weekend in the Netherl🅠ands, a week after five punishing crashes at the Sachsenring, were ultimately futile when the agony forced him to pull out.

At the lowest ebb of his career (apart from the career-♋threatening arm injury), Marquez would not be drawn on whether Honda is his long-🉐term home.