Lecuona looks 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 Japanese manufacturer food for thought as it pertains to its Superbike line-up.

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Regardless of what happens with Ma๊rquez, Lecuona 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 Aragon, I am really happy and I say the same to my manager when we travelled to Valencia. I needed one week🗹end like that. 

"I’ve struggled a lot all season, with many crashes and many things that I don’t understand well. The be൲st race was the f🐟irst one in Australia and until this moment, I struggled every weekend and I can’t enjoy it. 

"We had s𝐆omething 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 motivation for me. 

"About my futu🗹re, we need to wa🌜it. 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 pe🌳rson, I can’t do anything."

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

Riding with no pressure, Rinaldi took adv✃antage of Alvaro Bautista’s Race 1 error before making back-to-back overtakes on Jonathan Rea🌱 and Toprak Razgatlioglu. 

"The pressure being off is an importa♒nt fact and it helped to ride in a more relaxed way, thinking to ride the bike and nothing else," added Rinaldi.🌠 

"I feel great; I’ll try my best from Friday morning to have a ꦆgood weekend and challenge for the podium. 

"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 in💦credible. 

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

"Making good results helps but there’s no right decision yet about 2024 because there are details not depending on me. I want to have a good opportunity but also a good pr✃oposal. 

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