The key image from the Italian M🎶otoGP was Marquez,🐬 after clambering back to his feet in the gravel, gesticulating with frustration at his stricken bike.

He had crashed out from fou🔴rth - he has failed to finish the most recent four grands prix that he has entered - while fellow Honda riders Joan Mir꧋ and Alex Rins suffered injuries at Mugello, too.

“It’s not a secret,” Marquez told . 

“We know Honda is in a difficult momen🐽t and all their riders are struggling a lot. 

“I hope that together w♔e can improve the project. ෴;

“Now we maybe 🍬lose the way a bit and the🌞 bike is not competitive. But we will arrive.”

Marquez’s future is the sou⭕rce of great debate within the pad♏dock.

He is tied to Honda on the most lucrative contract in the s🐼port until the end of 2024.

He is a six-times premier class champion but is now aged 30, with a ♔dreadful history of injury behind him.

Marquez was asked about seeking a new team but replied: “I have a 𝓰two-year contract with Honda so my target is to try to find the best because I’m convinced Honda can do it.

“Look what they do in Formula One wh🥃ere they [supply] the best engine for Red Bull. So I believe in them.”

Red Bull are in their third year of꧋ dominating F1.

Marquez entered 2023 injury-free for the first time in years but, on th🐟e first weekend in Portimao, broke a hand in a crash 🅘with Miguel Oliveira.

Six rounds into the season he has noꦺt finished a grand prix yet, and his championship hopes are surely ไover already.

“It is very difficult," he said. "I am [116] points behind the leader and, as you🔯 say, we dಌon’t have the bike to be the fastest. 

“But we h✤ave a long calendar and let’s see if we can continue working and find the rhythm to win a rac🀅e again.

“I need the target. The ta﷽rget, the title, was there but it is now much moreﷺ difficult because I was out three races.

“We show that we are fast in a single lap but now we need to improve the💧 pace and be more consistent during a week🌟end.”

Next weekend is the German MotoGP at Sachsenring - historicall🦄y, one of Marquez’s favour🅺ite circuits.