Before leaving the Red Bull Ring on Sunday, the four-time premier-class race winner co꧟nfirmed that all should become clear by next weekend’s Misano round.

“Yeah, I t🅘hink so,” Oliveir🐠a confirmed. “Also because I asked [for] a week [to decide]…”

Misano is the home event for Aprilia, the manufacturer Oliveira has💟 be🍰en hotly tipped to join via a new satellite project with the RNF team.

But KTM has made a 🎃late renewed effort to retain the Portuguese star, who is losing his factory Red Bull seat to Jack Miller next season, in the form of a three-year deal to join Pol Espargaro at the newly rebranded GASGAS Tech3 team.

“I don't think that Miguel will race with us in 2023 because he signed a letter of intent at Aprilia," KTM CEO Stefan Pierer told Speedweek.com.

But Pierer also confirmed: “We [have] offered ♔him a new three-year con♏tract so that he would have stability and build the GASGAS project together with Pol. The ball is in his hands."

"We'll get an answer by the end of this week,” added KTM board member Hubert Trunkenpolz, echoing the timeframe give𝓡n by Oliveira on Sunday.

Oliveira previously declined the option of a Tech3 return but KTM hopes that repositioning the French ꧟team as the official GASGAS entry, combined with a long-term deal and access to the same factory RC16s as the Red Bull riders can trump the RNF🌌 Aprilia offer of year-old machines.

A three-year deal would also m♓ake Oliveira the first MotoGP rider to&nb൲sp;sign for the 2025 season.

Should Oliveira not accept the GASGAS offer, Moto2 race winner Augusto Fernandez is rumoured to be next in line, with current Tech3 rookie Remy Gardn﷽er admitting he faces an unce🅷rtain future.

Whatever happens, Gardner’s team-mate Raul Fernandez is set to take one of𒈔 the RNF seats, after being releඣased by KTM, although it is unclear who will get the other RS-GP if Oliveira now declines the offer.

Oliveira, who took KTM’s only victory so far this season in the wet Mandalika round, is curre⛦ntly tenth in the world championship with a best🃏 dry finish of fifth this year.