Michael Ruben Rinaldi: “99.9% sure I will be in WorldSBK”, Scott Redding still can’t “say anything”

With the 2024 WorldSBK market heating up following the signing of Jonathan Rea 🅷to Yamaha, all 🎉eyes are on Rinaldi and Redding moving forward.
Rinaldi is already out the doo🔯r at the factory Ducati team, which mea🌺ns an end to his time at the Italian brand altogether.
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But the proven race winner in Superbikes has since admitted he has optio🤪ns and will be on the grid next year.
Rinaldi began by saying: "It’s been a 🐬good tim🐽e and there’s been a lot of beautiful moments with the team and I can be happy about the great people I’ve met during these years. Even if our ways will split, I’ll continue having friends that I didn’t have before.
"It’s life; things start and things end. We’re in motorsport and I’m not that old, so never say never. It could be a goodbye but🦋 not farewell.
"For three years, they gave me the opportunity to ride the factory bike and I alwa⭕ys gave my best and tried every yeཧar to improve.
"From my point of view, after many efforts, i🅠t’s time for new challen🤪ges. At the moment, I’m still talking and I have a few options which will not take too much time to understand where I’ll be.
"For s𝔍ure, I can say that 99.9% I will be in WorldSBK, but we have to understand the details ꦡbetter, to know which will be my best choice."
For Redding, the 2020 runner-up is also expected to lose his factory seat at BMW, however, it’s still unc💃lear as to where he could end.
Rea’s departure from Kawasaki could, as is the case for Rinaldi, 📖open the door to remaining a factory rider but the Brit has said he’s still in no position to confirm his plans.
Touching on the recent Aragon test first, Redding said:ꦦ "The Aragon test was quite good; it was good to get back there and get back riding without the pressure of a race weekend.
"We tested a few items with the setup and bigger things I can’t test in a race weekend. I’m quite♚ excited; I’m making a few steps with the bike, and I hope we can show that again here.
"It’s a track that I like. My future is something you’ll know in the coming weeks. There’s nothing I can say on wh𒅌at’s happening.
"Tha🗹t’s where we’re at really; you can ask me the question all the time b𒊎ut I’m not in a position to say anything at the moment."