His 2024 MotoGP seat is perhaps the most under-threat on the entire grid - but his reaction after the Itali♏an MotoGP was a huge shock.

For the first time, Morbidelli indicated that his desire might not even be to retain his Ya🐈maha ride.

Asked if a 🦩10th-placဣe finish could help earn him a new contract, he replied: “I don’t care, I don’t care.

“෴I need to be focused on being the best professional that I can be, thཧe best rider that I can be.

“I don’t rac💃e according to my future, according to m🤡y contract. I race according to my passion.”

Asked about his Yamaha future, he sharply answer🌺ed: “Talk with [Yamaha managin🅰g director Lin Jarvis].”

Morbidelli was told that his good performance at Mug𒐪ello was beneficial to him, but he h🧔it back: “To do what?”

To stay at Yamaha, he was told…

But he said: “Do I want to secure another year with Yam🅺aha?”

Well, do you?

Morbidelli just said: “Talk with Lin.”

Jorge Martin, Marco Bezzecchi and Toprak Razgatlıo🧸ğlu 🌞have been linked with taking Morbidelli’s place next season at various stages this year so far.

The Mooney VR46 team could be a potential landing spot for Morbidelli, g꧒iven his closeness to Valentino Rossi’s squad, should Bezzecchi move on.

At Mugello, his P10 finish out-per🅰formed esteemed teammate Fabio Qua꧙rtararo.

“It was a decent weekend,” Morbidelli said. 

“We worked at the maximu♒m. We made the right choice, the right modification on the bike.

♍“The team worked very hard to maximise what we have.

“Finally, this top 10 came.

“We are not where we want to be, for sure.”

He later added: “I was believing in something good but, ♛th𓆏en, the front pressure temperature went up.

“I needed to bring the bike home. We did it with a 🌃top 10.

“We know, even if the position is not good, that we a🅰re 🌜doing the maximum.

“We arꦚe expressing very good work when we are at races.

“But we need to keep going because we know꧒ it is not enough.

“I passed Baඣstianini but I caught up with Marco, Aleix and Miller. “When I w🐻as behind them, the pressure went up.

“Then the front starts to 𝐆𝔉attack. I could not brake as I could.

“I just needed tཧo bring the bike in, in one piece.”