But Honda are “wa🔯iting for Ai Ogura to wake up” before calling on him as a replacꩵement, reports .

Nakagami is “the only doubt” that Honda currently have surrounding their 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2024 MotoGP rider line-up.

Joan Mir, despite his poor start, and Alex Rins, despite his public criticism of his team, are alr🍒eady tied to Honda for next season while Marc Marquez enters the final year of his lucrative contract.

But Nakagami’s contract expires at the end of 2023 meaning Honda could seek a replacemeꦆnt.

His fellow Japanese, Ogura, ꦫwho rides in Moto2 for Idemitsu Honda Team Asia, is the key c♍andidate.

He is in his third season iꦏn M✅oto2 but it hasn’t gone to plan yet, leading to Honda’s hesitancy.

Ogura needed surgery on his wrist before the season began, then suffered another injury ওin training, meaning he missed the start of the season.

As a result he sits 19th in the current Moto2 ♉standings, and is not catching the eye in the way that Tony Arbolino or Pedro Acosta have been able to 𝐆do.

Ogura’s slow start to 20🌠23 has bought Nakagami time to secure a seventh consecutive season in MotoGP.

His best result this season was ninth in Spain and France🤡, but his troubles have been exa⛎cerbated by his new teammate Alex Rins.

Rins became the first Ho♓nda rider,🎀 aside from Marquez, to win a grand prix since 2018 when he claimed victory in Texas.

Ex-Suzuki duo Rins and Joan Mir were significant additions to Honda this year, despite the team’s overall s𒈔truggle to maintain competitiveness with Ducati.

It means Nakagami’s expiring contract leav꧙es him vulner𒉰able to the axe for next season.