Lecuona l🍷ooks set to stay with Honda in WorldSBK so long as✃ Marc Marquez doesn’t make a sensational switch to Ducati in MotoGP.

If that does happen however, then Lecuona could be drafted into LCR Honda which would then give the J🧜apanese manufacturer food for thought as it pertains t💞o its Superbike line-up.

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Regardless of what happens with Marquez, Lecu♋ona has since admitted after Aragon that his future will be with Honda. 

Speaking about his future and his 2023 season ahead of this weekend’s penultimate round, Lecuona said: "After Ara🔯gon, I am really happy and I say the same to my manager when we travelled to Valencia. I needed one weekend like that. 

"I’ve struggled a lot all season, with many cr🍌ashes ꩲand many things that I don’t understand well. The best race was the first one in Australia and until this moment, I struggled every weekend and I can’t enjoy it. 

"We had something different on the bike at Aragon and after this weekend, with three top ten finishes and two top six results, I’m really satisfied. It was a motivation𒐪 for me. 

"About 𝕴my future, 🅷we need to wait. I’m happy here and I can say I’ll stay with Honda but we will see when we can say something. 

"I understand that I can put my mind to the things that I can manage. Things I can’t manage, like a 🦂third person, I can’t do anything."

A rider who could replace Lecuona at Honda should he move to MotoGP is Michael Rinaldi, who did his chances of securing a factory seat no harm when he won his first race of the year ꦬat Aragon.

Riding with no pressure, Rinaldi took advantage of Alvaro Bautista’s Race 1 error before making back-to-back over✱takes on Jonathan Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu. 

"The pressure being off is an important fact and it helꦇped to ride in a more relaxed way, thinking to ride the bike and nothing else," added Rinaldi.𓃲 

"I feel great; I’ll try my best from Friday morning to have a good weekend and challenge for the podium.&nb♍sp;

"We know that in the last seasons, the top three – Jonny, Toprak and Alvaro – are making the difference🐼, as they’re tough riders to beat. To be the only one in two years who has been able to do that is something incredible. 

"I want to join the titanic tr𒐪io, so I think we need to work even harder and I’m looking forwar♛d to having a seat next year to beat them again. 

"Making good results helps but there’s no right decision yet about 2024 bec♏ause there are details not depending on me. I want to have a good opportunity but also a good proposal. 

"I’m at a point in my career where I can’t ride a bike just for fun or just for money. I need a good background, results and suppꦿort from the manufacturer, as I’m not 19-years-old anymore, so I need a big project. I’d like a two-year project but not just a move because I need a seat."