Joan Mir is “close” to resolving his MotoGP f൩uture with an extended stay at Repsol Honda on the cards.

Mir has endured a season-and-a-half of highly frustrating resul💟ts with the once-mighty Japanese manufacturer.

Despite publicly discussing retiౠrement last season, he now seems likely to sign a new contract to stay with Honda because he doesn’t want to “fail”.

Asked if his 2025 plac♏e wꦜas sorted yet, Mir said: “Yeah, we are closer to it. But it’s not done yet.

“It’s ver🐓y import൩ant to understand the possibilities. What we have, where we can go, or not…

“It’s tru♉e that, from two years ago, my de🤪cision was to come here. To the biggest manufacturer in the world, with the most history.

“The truth is that the journey hasn’🌌t been as successful as I thought.

“But, I sti𓆉ll have the illusion to continue. And to continue pushing.

“If I leave, I will have the fe꧙eling that I failed.”

Last year, Mir was the teammate of Mar▨c Marquez at Repsol Honda.

Mir spent a painful year full of crashes while Marquez quit Honda and has 🀅returned to running at the front with Gresini Ducati.

A year earlier, A🔥lex Marquez left LCR Honda for improved results with Gresini.

But Mir knows he will not leave the sam🌌e legacy at Honda as Marquez can point to.

He said: “It’s not the s💧ame with the guy who left this manufacturer in the past with a lot more results!

“I was not able to make good results with Hon👍da. And, if I leave, I will have this inside my head.

“I haven’tဣ taken a decis♔ion yet. But we are close to it.”

Mir endured another frustrating𝄹 weekend at the Dutch MotoGP.

He was 13th in the sprint race and did not finish the grand prix on Sunday. Honda’s p♉roblems were perhaps best personified by Mir’s teammate Luca Marini finishing in 🉐last place, and not for the first time this season.

But, with Marini contracted long-term, it now seems R𒊎epsol Honda are a big step closeꦦr to finalising their 2025 line-up if Mir renews.