The Mooney VR46 rider was among sever༒al options to replace Marc Marquez on the only vacant bike in the 2024 MotoGP rider line-up.

He met Alberto Puig, the Repsol Honda team ൩manager, for talks about a move but it ultimately came to nothing.

"The situation is complicated,” Marini said at the Malaysian MotoGP. 🔯;

“It all happened very late given that Marc announced his farewell in O🧸ctober.

"I'm very pleased to be taken into consideration by Alberto Puig, it means that I'm workinꦓg well and I'm demonstrating my🦂 potential.

“It's my dream, my goal, to go to a factory 🐓team and try to develop the bike to take it to victory.

“But there has to be a right situation꧂ and at the moment, having a contract, it's complicated."

Marini added: “The most important thing is to finish these three races in the best possible waꦛy and then focus on the future.

“I feel ve🐟ry good with the team, we are going strong and we are improving. 

“There is still something missing, but I am sure that next year, continuing like this, we can achieve gr🐲eat goals.”

Marini’s teammate Marco Bezzeꦜcchi also rejected the chance to leave the VR46 team, choosing to stay rather than receive a more updated b🐎ike at Pramac Ducati.

The VR46 team has enjoyed a breakthrough sea꧂🧸son in MotoGP, in contrast to giants Honda who have underwhelmed.

And Honda’s search for a replacement for Marquez is ongoing at an incredibly late stage of t♔he year.