His 2024 MotoGP se𝔉at is perhaps the most under-threat on the entire grid - but his reactiღon after the Italian MotoGP was a huge shock.

For the first time, Morbid𓃲ell💝i indicated that his desire might not even be to retain his Yamaha ride.

Asked if a 10th-place 𝔍finish could help earn him a new cont▨ract, he replied: “I don’t care, I don’t care.

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

“I don’t race according to my future, according to my contract. I race according to 🅷my passion.”

Asked about his Yamaha future, he sharply answered❀: “Talk with [Yamaha managing director Lin Jarvis].”

Morbidelli was to🦹ld that his good performan꧙ce at Mugello was beneficial to him, but he hit back: “To do what?”

To stay at Yamaha, he was told…

But he said: “Do I want to ๊secure another year with Yamaha?”

Well, do you?

Morbidelli just said: “Talk with Lin.”

Jorge Martin, Marco Bezzecchi and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu have been linked with taking Morbidelli’s place next season at various stages thi🌼s year so far.

The Mooney VR46 team co🍌uld be a potential landing spot for Morbidelli, giv♊en his closeness to Valentino Rossi’s squad, should Bezzecchi move on.

At Mugello, his P10 finish out-per🎃formed esteemed teammate Fabio Quartararo.

“It was a decent weekend,” Morbidelli said. 

“We worked at 𝓰the maximum. We made the right choice, the right ༒modification on the bike.

“The team worked 🔯very hard to ma꧒ximise 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🧜, then, 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 are doing the maximum.

“We are expressing very good work ඣwhen we are at races.

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

“I passed Bastian💫ini but I caught up with Marco, Aleix and Miller. “When I was behind them, the pressure went up.

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

“I ju🐼st needed to bring the bike in, in one piece.”