Rinaldi has been linked with a move to both Motocorsa Ducati and the factory Honda team, after losing his Aruba.it Ducati ride to Nicolo Bulega.&nb♍sp;

The Italian, who claime🉐d his first win of 2023 and first in two years at A♍ragon during Race 1, is only the fourth different rider to have won this season.

• Jo🍒nathan Rea “frus🍒trated and confused” by lack of pace in Race 2 
• Razgatlioglu: “I’m really surpr💃ised at Locatelli, he made a big improvement”

Now a five-time race winner 🌃in WorldSBK, Rinaldi’s future could be impacted by what ha꧂ppens with Marc Marquez in MotoGP.

If Marquez leaves for Ducati then a seat at Honda will open, but if♔ the eight-time world champion stays put then Iker Lecuona and Xavi Vierge could both be retained by the Japanese brand.

Rinaldi admitte♛d a decision regarding his future could be made at next weekend’s Portimao round, saying: "This is interesting. I don’t know if my future depends on Marquez but ෴I think we are close to what I want, and to sign where I want to. 

"We are close and I think that 🐻in Portimao there will be news."

Although Rinaldi was unable to replicate his last race performance of Race 1 by♐ overtaking Toprak Razgatlioglu, the Italian did manage to secure a second consecutive podium in the feature-length race. 

"It has been a really positive weekend for us," said Rinaldi. "Talking about the Superpole Race, we didn’t have the pace to stay with the fro🍌nt group but we were able to finish in the top five, which is good. 

"In Race 2, like yesterday I decided to manage the t🦂yre to arrive at the end of the race with a li๊ttle bit more grip. 

"The strategy was ok but as soon as I caught Locatelli and Toprak𓆉,ꩵ Locatelli’s bike started to lose some oil and a lot of smoke from the engine. 

"Toprak was able to overtake him a☂n𒉰d I wasn't, so I lost two seconds on that lap and the possibility to fight Toprak for second was gone. 

"But it’s okay because ๊it is another podium and a really strong performance. I’m happy. My focus 🦩is to try and fight for the podium in every race. 

"In Magny-Cours we were really strong and a little bit unlucky on Sunday, but 🎃we are always th💞ere fighting for top positions."