From the outside it has looked likely൩ that Fabio Quartararo could opt to leave Yamaha next year.

The struggling Japanese manufacturer is not fighting at the front of MotoGP, a🍸nd their st꧅ar rider retains a reputation worthy of any bike on the grid.

Yet, Quartarar🙈o’s words suggest he isn’t totally convinced by quitting the team that he won the 2021 MotoGP championship with.

He alluded to the massive behind-the-scene🍨s changes that are ongoing at Yamaha, even if they haven’t yet enabled better on-track results.

“I don't k༒now,” he was quoted by when discussingꩲ his future.

"Honestly, I🍌 experienced much worse situations when I was in Moto2, when I didn't know where I would be the following year.

“The possibility of leaving, of having offers, of not being stressed by the fact of not having a bike for the following year, I don't think it af𓄧fects me.

“I would even say it doesn't affect me at all.

"There💞's definitely a choice to make and it's not easy.

“I know I have to make it in a very short time, b𒐪ut on the one hand you see Yamaha doing things that I've never seen in six years, they're really making big changes.

“The other thing, there is the p🅷ossibility of riding biওkes that are already in front.

“It won't be an easy choice.

"The atmosphere i꧒s very good and I would also say that it motivat𒐪es Yamaha enormously."

Quartararo’s Yam🧸aha contract expires at the end🎀 of this season.

Aprilia are the factory who are most heavily 🍸linked with a sw🅰oop for his services.

The Aprilia showed its potential through Maverick Vi♏nales’ sprint win in Portimao atܫ the weekend.

Yamaha ha🅰ve the benefit of the new concessions rule which is designed to hasten their development.

Although on Monday, 24 hours after the Portuguese MotoGP, a planned tes🐼t was scuppered by weather.

Quartararo said beforehan𒉰d that he planned to test many new parts.

Yamaha know the clock is ticking to c𒁏onvince Quartararo to sign a💙 new contract.

Although an exit onto a better bike is tempting, maybe the work being done by the Japanese manufacturer will tempt Quartararo to believe 🍰that their ‘25 bike will be back at the front.