Like most fac📖tory riders, Espargaro’s current two-year Aprilia contract expires at the end of next season.

But the 34-year-old has continued to outperform all of his Aprilia team-mates since arriving from Suzuki in 2017, including taking all three wins💝 for tꦕhe RS-GP.

And if such speed continues, so will he.

“No, I don’t think𝓡 that next year is going to be my last one,” Espargaꩵro said.

“I’m enj𒁃oying 🐠my life a lot, apart from the episode [with Morbidelli] in Qatar.

“So if I’m fast, I think I will race a little b🌜it longer.

“But I don’t like the [race weekend] schedule anܫd I don’t like the calendꦆar. This is how I feel.

“I understand the position of the organisers [and] they can pu♌t 45 races if they want… But where is the limit?”

After two seasons of 20 rounds, MotoGP is set for another new record of 22 events next year, which means𒁃 44 races with the inclusio🌸n of the Saturday Sprints.

Maverick Vinales has been team-mate to Espargaro for the past two anওd a half seaso⭕ns and finished just two points behind his fellow Spaniard in a battle for sixth in this year’s standings.