The ten-time grand prix winner has been with Aprilia for the reason that latter half of the 2021 marketing campaign, following his acrimonious break up with Yamaha that yr, and has turn out to be a agency favorite with administration.
Aprilia’s religion in Vinales paid off earlier this yr in America when he scored his first grand prix win with the Italian producer.
It has been thought for some time that Vinales’ Aprilia future is probably going pretty safe, with this solely boosted by Aleix Espargaro’s announcement final week that he’ll retire on the finish of 2024.
In the course of the Catalan GP weekend, three-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo interviewed Rivola, who informed him Vinales’ 2025 renewal was “confirmed”.
However Vinales, who struggled to twelfth on the Catalan GP, denied this when talking to Motorsport.com. “No, no, I am not confirmed. I haven’t got a contract for subsequent yr,” he mentioned.
“Clearly there’s quite a lot of curiosity in persevering with [with Aprilia] as a result of we’re doing an excellent job, however I take a look at at present [Barcelona], Le Mans or Jerez and you need to wait. It’s a must to wait.
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“There are open doorways and you need to wait just a little bit and determine what’s greatest for me by way of efficiency.
“I need to win, truthfully, and I feel I’ve the flexibility to have the ability to battle to win, and I’ve to take an excellent take a look at what’s the most suitable choice.
“What’s the most full, what’s the package deal that can give me the most suitable choice, the utmost to take advantage of my greatest stage.”
Over the Catalan GP weekend, Rivola hinted to motogp.com that Aprilia’s curiosity in changing Espargaro was with an Italian rider.
Enea Bastianini, who is about to lose his manufacturing unit Ducati seat for 2025, has been linked in latest weeks to Aprilia, whereas Rivola additionally talked about Marco Bezzecchi’s title to Lorenzo.
“After Saturday’s race, I requested him [Espargaro] if he was certain, if he actually needs to retire. However he informed me that the choice has been made,” mentioned Rivola.
“Now we have to attend for Ducati to make its resolution. Then there could also be attention-grabbing Italian riders left, like Enea Bastainini or Marco Bezzecchi.”
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