The Mooney VR46 rider was among severaඣl options to replace Marc Marquez on the only vacant bike in the 2024 MotoGP rider line-up.

He met Alberto Puig, the Repsol Honda team manager, ꩲfor talk✃s about a move but it ultimately came to nothing.

"The situation is compꦕlicated,” Marini said at the Malaysian MotoGP. 

“It all happened very late given that Marc annou🌃nced his farewell in October.

"I'm very pleased t🦹o be taken into consideration by Alberto Puig, it m🗹eans that I'm working well and I'm demonstrating my potential.

“It's my dream, my goal, to go to ꦉa factory team and try to develop the bike to take it to victory.

“But there has to be a 🌱right situation and at the moment, having a contract, it's complicated."

Marini added: “The most important thing is to finish these 💫three races in the best possible way and then focus on the future.

“I feel very good with the team, we are going strong and we are improving. ♉;

“There is still something missing, but I am sure that next year, continuing like this, we can achieve great g༺oals.”

Marini’s teammate Marc⛎o Bezzecchi also rejected the chance to leave the VR46 team, choosing to stay rather than receive a more updated bike at Pramac D♕ucati.

The VR46 team has enjoyed a breakthrough season i♏n MotoGP, in contrast to giants Ho🔜nda who have underwhelmed.

And Honda’♎s search for a replacement for♏ Marquez is ongoing at an incredibly late stage of the year.