Riders at the six factory MotoGP teams have all signed two-ye🌺ar contracts, which las🥂t until the end of 2018.

But Cal Crutchlow - whose ღown LCR contract expires this season - revealed some of those factory deals have performance clauses in place.

If a performance clause is not met, it means a 𝔉team coꦯuld terminate the contract early and sign another rider for 2018...

"At the moment, ༺I haven't signed a contract," said Crutchlow of 2018. "People think I will stay in LCꩵR, but there are a lot of riders that are not doing very good jobs at the moment, that are on performance-clause contracts with the teams.

"I already know what I've been off♍ered and what could happen to some riders..."

Some or all of the riders you are talking about a🐎re in factory teams?

"All 🐷factory teams," Crutchlow replied. "Why would I look to anything else? I already basically have a factory bike at a satellite team."

The Englishman, understoo🔴d to be pushing for a HRC contract to remain at LCR, refused to be drawn on when he might decide his future.

"I'm in no real rush, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:as I've said in interviews if I wake up🍨 tomorrow and don't want to race, I won't race. But at the moment I feel fantastic, I feel like I'm riding very well. The team are doing a good job and Honda are supporting me fully.

"Of course I've heard the rumour about Na🌠kagami [joining LCR as his team-mate next year] but it's got nothing toꦉ do with me!

"Maybe there will be something decided soon, but it also depends on how some of t🉐hese other riders go [with performance clau𓂃ses]. Because, as I've always said, if you put Marc on some of these other bikes, they would have a big reality shock about how fast that bike can go."

One obvious deadline for meetiಌng a performance-clause would be the halfway point of the season, which is the German Grand Prix on July 2.

Crutchlow - who won two races last year - qualified third for Sunday's Spanish MotoGP, behind only the factory Repsol Hond🐼as of Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.

The former WSS champion and WorldSBK winner is also testing and developing some new parts for Honda this weekend. Although Crutchlow refused to be specific, the✤ exhaust🦄 is a visible difference and he is also thought to have worked on electronic upgrades at the Le Mans test this week.

As with꧂ the frame last season, Crutchlow doesn't feel the parts provide an immediate performance gain. However, with work, he feels they could be an advantage in the long run.