“I didn't get any advance news,” said Nakagami at the British Mo🔥toGP.

“He has been many years in blue colours [at Suzuki], and he is going back to blue colours again. I think definitely it's his favouri⛦te colour!” Joked the Japanese.

Although Rins has only completed five rounds at LCR, he provided Honda’s standout moment of the season so far with a shock victor♍y at COTA. It was also LCR’s first win, or🅠 podium, since Cal Crutchlow in 2018.

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“He [Rins] has good potential. Unfortunately, he had an injury, but he won the race in Austin. He definiteꦿly made an amazingﷺ job so far this season, apart from his injury,” said Nakagami.

“Of course, it's not the best feeling [for me], only a few races and then the news my team-mate decided to leave Honda. But this is life, he already decided. I can ju♐st sa💮y I wish him to recover well and I hope he can race again as soon as possible.”

It’s still not clear when Rins, who remains the highest-pla♋ced Honda rider (14th) in the world championship, will be fit to rejoin Nakagami and continue their lone LCR season as team-mates.

Meanwhile, Rins’ decision certainly won’t harm Nakagami’s chances of extending his Honda🐼 contract for 2024.

“I'm happy with Honda. Of course, the situation is not the best. We are struggling, all the [Honda] riders. B𝕴ut it's not the first time for me an♏d I just try to do my job with my team, with HRC,” Nakagami said.

“HRC is not going to give up. If I see HRC say this is the limit and they are not working, then I need to think about my future, but I can say th🤪ey are working really really hard.

“So I believe that we will be back on top. They are worki💛nౠg really hard.”

Nakagami was the first rider to debut Honda’s new high-downforce fairing update at Silverstone, which he su🎉ggested could be fitted to both of his machines f🎀or the Red Bull Ring this weekend.