The Spaniard’s future home, followin🅘g Suzuki’s MotoGP withdraw, was all but confirmed when current LCR rider Alex Marquez signed at Gresini Ducati for 2023.

“We are almost done, everybody can imagin⛦e where I will go next year with the exit of Alex Maꦕrquez [from LCR] going to Gresini,” Rins admitted.

“Still, it is not offi🌃cial because I did not sign, the last signature, but we are quite close so maybe in the next days it will be [done].”

The triple MotoGP race wi༺nner explained earlier 🐻in the Assen weekend that his priority was to have a 2023-spec bike next season.

Of the opportunities available to him, a 2023 machine was something only LCR could offer,ꦚ with Gresinꦕi running GP22s and the new RNF Aprilia squad also set to use year-old bikes.

“In the end I was managing the Ducati option - the Gresini option - or the LCR option,” Rins r🌟evealed. “We were talking with Ducati and they did not give 🐼me an official [2023] bike.

“I was fighting for an official bike and Honda was able to give me that possibility. It’s a nice project because ri꧅ght now, the bike is not going so good in terms of results, so let’s see if we can manage to make a good bi⭕ke.

“I like a challenge because I think that we did a really good job [developing the bike] at Suzuki and so we can do something similar for Lucio🤪 [Cecchinello],” Rins added.

HRC is expected to have both Suzuki riders in their line-up next s🎶eason, with Rins’ team-mate Joan Mir set to join Repsol Honda alongside Marc Marq🉐uez.

Current LCR rider Takaaki Nakagami and Moto2's Ai Ogura head the rumour🏅ed list of candidates for the sec꧃ond satellite seat, next to Rins.

Rins: ‘Something strange happened’

Rins c🉐ompleted his first race since the wrist fracture in Barcelona in tenth place at Assen on Sunday, his hopes of a stronger result thwarted by a bad start.

“I don’t know if I was missing the feeling for the starts, after missing the last race, but something strange h💜appened that we are not used to,” he said. “𝓡I was starting P9 but then I crossed the finished line [to end lap 1] in P16.

“So I lost a lot of time and also it was a little difficult to ওwarm the rear tyre. When Aleix overtook me, I was trying to follow him, but not enough.

“I was not fe💧eling super confidenꦐt with the bike, so in the end I arrived to Oliveira and Mir, and I stayed there. Because I had no power in my right hand. Maybe from compensating too much (for the injured left wrist].

“It is what it is. We finished the race, taking points for the first time sincꦰe Portimao. Let’s understand this race and be stronger for 🍨Silverstone.”

Mir finished less than half-a-second ahead of Rins in eighth and is now two points ahe🗹ad of his team-mate for seventh 𒅌place in the world championship standings.