Aragon WorldSBK: Michael Rinaldi: “I have received a lot of calls about my future, I have to decide soon”

On the way out of the Aruba.it Ducati team after it was announcedꩲ that soon-to-be WorldSSP champion Nicolo Bulega will replace him, Rinaldi has had no shortage of interest.
Three factory seats remain open, two of whic꧃h are at Honda, while Axel Bassani 🤪is expected to fill the second factory ride at Kawasaki.
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Rinaldi on the other hand is rumoured to have been in talks wi🦩th Honda and is seen as a main targﷺet for the Japanese brand.
Speaking about his future, Rinaldi said: "Actually, after the announcement that I won’t race for Ducati I received a lot of calls and that was super n✃ice to hear that teams want me.
"For sure, I’m looking to have something that is a good project, a good bike and a good package to, first of all,ꩲ be relaxed and finish races on top.
"But also, find something ൲that’s a cꦜhallenge and that in some years I can achieve great results.
"At the moment I haven’t decided my future but I think soon I have to. We will see what happen🥃s."
Rin💫aldi has a💖lso revealed that he feels very little pressure going into the remaining races with Ducati this season, but that his new mindset is something he wants to apply when riding under pressure going forward.
Rinaldi added: "Now I’m free. I’m free like I want so I can just ♑ride the bi🀅ke to enjoy what I do. I don’t care anymore about pressure or stuff like that.
"I just try to enjoy it and if it’s p⛎ossible to get a podiu🌱m and have a fight like the one with Toprak in Race 1 [at Magny-Cours] then it’s ok.
"It’s a totally different mindset when you approach a race and I will remind myself of that in the future to try and ride like that whenꦅ you are under pressure.
"I will try to confirm the speed we showed in M⛦agny-Cours this weekend and in the remaining races this year."