Honda Racing could wheel in Japanese star Ryo Mizuno to complete their 2021 Bennetts British Superbike line-up after he tested at Portimao with the squad.
The 22-year-old competes in the MFJ All-Japan Road Race JSB1000 Championship, aboard a Honda CBR1000RR. He was the All Japan J-GP3 champion in 2015 and the All Japan J-GP2 champion in 2017.
Mizuno has also had one-off rides in Moto2 and Moto3 as well as taking part in the 2019 Suzuka Eight-Hours for the works-backed MuSASHi RT HARC-PRO team with Dominque Aegerter and Xavi Fores where they finished seventh, three laps down.