His 2024 MotoGP seat is perhaps the most under-threat on the entire grid - but his reaction after the Italian𒉰 MotoGP was a huge shock.

For the first time,🏅 Morb🦋idelli indicated that his desire might not even be to retain his Yamaha ride.

Asked if a 10th-place finish could helཧp earn him a new contract, he replied: “I don𝕴’t care, I don’t care.

“I need to be focused on being the best professional thꦇat I can be, the best rider that I can be.

“I don’t race according to my future𒆙, according to my contract. I race according to my passion🌠.”

Asked about h♑is Yamaha future, he sharply answered: “Talk with [Yamaha managing director Lin Jarvis].”

Morbidelli was told that his good performance at Mugello was beneficial to him, but he ♐hit back: “To do what?☂”

To stay at Yamaha, he was told…

But he said: “Dꦗo I want to secure another ye෴ar with Yamaha?”

Well, do you?

Morbidelli just said: “Talk with Lin.”

Jor꧑ge Martin, Marco Bezzecchi and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu have bee🦩n linked with taking Morbidelli’s place next season at various stages this year so far.

The Mooney VR46🍰 team could be a potential landing spot for Morbidelli, given his close🅺ness to Valentino Rossi’s squad, should Bezzecchi move on.

At ꧅Mugello, his P10 finish out-performed esteemed teammate Fabio 🦂Quartararo.

“It was a decent weekend,” Morbidelli said. 

“We worked at the maximum. We made 🍌the right choice, the right modification on the bike.

“The team worked 🍃very hard to maximise what we have.

“Finally, this top 10 came.

“We are not where we want to be, for sure.”

He later added: “I was believing in🐲♑ something good but, then, the front pressure temperature went up.

“I needed to bring the bike home. We did it with a top 1🎉0.

“We know, even iꦏf the position is not good, that we are doing the maximum.

“We are exprꦆessing very good work w✤hen we are at races.

“B💯ut we need 🐓to keep going because we know it is not enough.

“I passed Bastianini b🌠ut I caught up with Marco, Aleix and Miller. “When I was behind them, the pressure went up.

“Then the front star🔜ts to attack. I could not brake as I could.

“I just needed to bring💫 the bike in, in one piece.”