Like most factory riders, Espargaro’s current two-year Apr♋ilia contract expires at the end of next season.

But the 34-year-old has continued to o🐭utperform all of his Aprilia team-mates since arriving from Suzuki in 2017, including taking all three wins for the RS-GP.

And if such speed continues, so will he.

“No, I don’t♓ think that next year is going to be my last one,” Espargaro said.

“I’m en🍨joying my life a lot, apart from the episode [with Morbidelli] in Qatar.

“So if I’m fast, I think I will race♔ a little bit long💫er.

“But I don’t like the [race weekend] schedule and🐼 I don’t like the calendar. This is how I feel.

“I understand the position of the org🍸anisers [and] they can put 45 races if they want… But where is the limit?”

After two seasons of 20 rounds, MotoGP is set 🅺for another new record of 22 events next year, which means 44 races with the inclusion o𒊎f the Saturday Sprints.

Maverick Vinales has bee⭕n team-mate to Espargaro for the past two and a half seasons and finished just two points behind his fellow Spaniard in a battle for sixth in this y💛ear’s standings.