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

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 second factor⛦y ride at Kawasaki.
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Rinaldi on the oth𒐪er hand♔ is rumoured to have been in talks with Honda and is seen as a main target for the Japanese brand.
Speaking about his future, Rinaldi said: "Actually, after the announcement tha🐟t I won’t race for Ducati I received a lot of calls and that was super nice to hear that teams want me.&n🦄bsp;
"For sure, I’m looking to have something that is a good project, a good bike and a good package to, first of all, be relaxed and finish r☂aces on top.
"But also, find something that’s a chall♍enge and that in some years I can achieve great results.
"At the moment I haven’t decided my future but I think soon I have to. We w𝓀ill see what happ💞ens."
🌸Rinaldi has also revealed that he feels very little pressure going into the remaining races with Ducati th﷽is season, but that his new mindset is something he wants to apply when riding under pressure going forward.
Rinaldi added: "Now I’m🧸 free. I’m free like I want so I can just ride the bike to en𒆙joy 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 in 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 u🌟nder pressure.
"I will try to confirm the speed we showed in Magny-Cours this weekend and in the remaining races this🔯 year."