Aragon WorldSBK: Michael Rinaldi: “I have received a lot of calls about my future, I have to decide soon”

Michael Rinaldi says a decision on where he will ride for the 2024 WorldSBK season will be made very soon.
Michael Ruben Rinaldi, Ducati WorldSBK Magny-Cours 2023
Michael Ruben Rinaldi, Ducati WorldSBK Magny-Cours 2023

On the way out of the Aruba.it Ducati team after it was announced that soon-to-be WorldSSP champion Nicolo Bulega will replace him, Rinaldi has had no 🐓shortage of interest.

Three factory seats remain open, 🐓two of which are at Honda, while Axel Bassani is expected to fill the seꦏcond factory ride at Kawasaki.

Rinaldi on the other hand is rumoured to have been in ♔talks with Honda and is seen as a main target for the Japanese brand𝓰.

Speaking about his future, Rinaldi said: "Actually, after the announcement that I won’t race for Ducati I received a lot of calls and tha💙t was super nice to hear that teams want me. 

"For sure, I’m looking to have𒁃 something that is a good project, a good bike and a🐼 good package to, first of all, be relaxed and finish races on top. 

"But also, find something that’s a challenge and that in some years I can achievꦅe great results. 

💯"At the moment I hav𒈔en’t decided my future but I think soon I have to. We will see what happens."

Rinaldi has also revealed that he feels very little pressure going into the remaining races with Ducati this season, but that🍌 his new mindset is someth🐈ing he wants to apply when riding under pressure going forward. 

Rinaldiꦕ added: "Now I’m free. I’m free like I want so I can just ride the bike to enjoy what I do. I don’t care anymore about pressure or stuff like that. 

"I just try to enjoy it and꧟ if it’s possible to get a podium and have a fight like the one with Toprak i🐓n Race 1 [at Magny-Cours] then it’s ok. 

"It’s a totally different mindset when you approach a race and I will remind myself of that in the future༺ to try and ride like that when you are under pressure.&nbs🐼p;

"I wiꦍll try to confirm the speed we showed in♌ Magny-Cours this weekend and in the remaining races this year."

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