Marquez refused to be drawn on his long-term future as he withdrew from the Dutꦜch MotoGP, as a result of worsening the injuries he susꦏtained a week ago in Germany.

His broken rib - and the hand injury from the opening weeke🌼nd of 2023 - are largely attributed to over-riding a bike which isn’t capable of helping Marquez to the front of the grid.

• Marc M﷽arquez “decided not to race las🦹t night, most difficult moment"

He is contracted on a big-money deal until the end of 2024 but there are𒈔 que🅠stion marks attached.

Alberto Puig🃏, Honda team manager, was asked if Marquez would still be with his team next season, and he replied: “I have to think yes. 

“Because we have a contract. 

“But I have to say that I think every person is free ﷽to do what𝐆 he wants in life, and Honda is not a company that wants to have people that are not happy being in Honda.

“So of course, we have a contract with him, but also Honda respects Marc a lot and I want to think yes [Marquez will be a Honda rider in 2024], ba🌃sed on the contract, but I don't have a magic ball.”

Marquez won 56 races from 2013-2019꧒ but has taken just three🐼 victories since his arm breaking accident at Jerez 2020. 

His most recent win was at Misano in🐟 2021, although Honda broke its own victory drought with Alex Rins at COTA.

With eight rounds of 2🌠023 elapsed, Marquez has not yet completed a grand prix.

He had already turned his attention to developing next year’s bike before clattering into Enea Bastianini in Saturday’s qualifying at Assen, the latest in a growi𝐆ng line of transgressions.

His efforts to ride this🤪 weekend in the Netherlands, a week after five punishing crashes at the Sachsenring, were ultimately futile when the agony forced him to pull out.

At the lowest ebb of his career (apart from t🧔he career-threatening arm injury), Marquez would not be drawn on whether Honda is his long-term home.