While joining some of his rivals for a training session in Barcelona earlier thiไs week, Maverick Vinales naturally faced questions about his MotoGP future.

Frustrated by a lack of consistency on the M1, the Qatar winner's🐻 frustration reached rock-bottom with a last place finish at the Sachsenring.

Although back on the podium a week later at Assen, the nine-time MotoGP race🔴 winner duly confirmed a split from the Factory Yamaha team at the end of this season, halfway thr👍ough his current contract.

With most MotoGP seats a🦂lready occupied until 2023, Aprilia are the favourites to land Vinales for next season. However, there is also one Ducati place still available and an even the unlikely scenario of a year-out.

For now, he insists nothing has been decided.

"I'm only focused on the holidays at the moment, enjoying the summer and then coming back as strongly as possible. I haven't thought about 2022," Catalunya Radio quotes Vinales as saying.

The 26-year-old admitted "Aprilia has improved a lot with Aleix [Espargaro]", bu🧔t also didn't 🥃stamp out the Ducati rumour, which has been bubbling away in the background since his shock Yamaha split.

Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall’Igna made a determined bid for Vinales before the Spaniard renewed with Yamaha in January✃ 2020꧙ and could now have the chance to sign the #12 at a fraction of the previous offer.

The problem is that only the VR46 seat is still available, but since nearly ♚all Ducati riders are signed directly to the factory there is speculation that a reshuffle could be made to accom♑modate Vinales somewhere other than VR46…

Meanwhile, V🌊inales revealed that "everyone" has been in contact about his services for 2ಞ023, in which case might he even consider taking a year out?

"It wouldn't be perꦫfect, because you have to compete, it's the most important thing. But if I'm not comfortable or I just don't enjoy... What frustrates me the most is that I can't give 100% [at the moment]," said Vinales, who began his MotoGP career with Suzuki.

"I prefer to be calm and enjoy life, 10 years here pass very fast. I was not enjoying anything at the circuits, and in the second half of the season I will try to enjoy more. 𒁏I'll be professional and give everything I have🐻."

Vinales will start the second half of his final Yamaha season holding sixth in the world championship, 61 poi🅺nts from new team-mate and title leader Fabio Quartararo.

"The step I took is because it doesn't make sense to continue doing something that doesn't work... It's not that the bike or the equipment doesn't work, b𒅌ut it's [not working for me] and I have to look for a solution.

"I am very grateful to Yamaha for the opportunities they have 💛given me and for what they ha🃏ve bet on me. We have tried. "