Luca Marini insists his Honda is in the “best pos🌼ition” since he joined the manufacturer.

Much of Marini’s debut year with Honda♍ has been miserable - it took him until the ninth MotoGP round of 2024 to score his first point, due to tyre pressure penalties to thr🅺ee other riders.

But last week at Misano, both factory Honda riders enjoyed a🐽 rar🔯e moment of sunshine.

Joan Mir finiꦏs🎃hed 11th and Marini 12th, after both overtook KTM’s Jack Miller.

It was the best result of the season for💛 both R🎶epsol Honda riders.

“I am really looking forward to Ind♊onesia,” Marini said ahead of this weekend’s return to Mandalika.

“Honda has such a🌱n🏅 incredible presence there – you see it every time you go.

“We arrive 🌜in a good moment, races where we are improving and making progress and now the bike is in the best posit🎀ion since I started with Honda.

“I am hungry to get back out and keep working, so having three races in a r🐬ow is a positive for me.

“Indonesia is a place I like and I am very excited to see what we ca🐽n achieve on the 𓂃RC213V.”

Mir added: “It’s a good feeling to get on the plane after a better resu꧟lt, of course there is still work to do to get back to where Honda and I know we should be.

“But it’s a first step and now we must confirm it as our place iꦏn the next races.

“We’ve found something in the last few months s🍒o this is 🔯positive. Indonesia is a fantastic country to visit, Lombok an incredible island.

“You have to battle a lot of things there, the heat and sometimes the rain. Let’s enjoy it.ꦆ”

Mandalika is also a 🀅circuit which brings back fond memorie🌼s for Repsol Hond’s newest rider.

Marini earned his first MotoGP pole position here las⭕t season.