According to , Oliveira ‘has emerged as t🐻he favourite to replace’ Marquez after the Spanish star negotiated an early release from his HRC contract.

The late-season timing of Marquez’s exit combined 𝓰with the two-year nature of most rider contracts (expiring at the end of 2024) leaves Honda with few obvious high-profile replacements.

New HRC signing Johann Zarc꧟o has been toute﷽d as one viable option, if his planned LCR Honda seat is swapped for a factory Repsol place.

The Frenchman was originally signed to fill the void left at LCR by the departure of Alex Rins to Monster Ya🌜maha. Rins used a clause in his HRC contract that allowed him to leave early if he re🌜ceived an offer from a factory team.

It is suggested that a similar clause might exi💧st for RNF's Oliveira, who is signed directly to Aprilia, potentially allowing him to join Repso♒l Honda if he wished.

However, when approached for comment, Aprilia re-confirmed to wuqian0821.com that Oliveira has a contract for 2024 an🌼d, like RNF, indicated no knowledg🐓e of such an exit clause.

Oliveira, who rides year-old machinery a🐼t RNF, isn’t the only Apr🅰ilia competitor rumoured to be of interest to Honda with Maverick Vinales of the factory team also mentioned in connection with the Repsol seat.

Eight-time world champion Marquez is set to join brother Alex at Gresini Ducati next season,♋ although a deal is yet to be officially announced.

Oliveira took the fourth of his five KTM victories at Mandalika last season, the venue for this weekend's Ind♎onesian M♏otoGP.