Never one to𒉰 hold ൲back his thoughts, Aleix Espargaro believes Andrea Dovizioso becoming his team-mate at Aprilia in 2022 is ‘hard to see’, although he remains a big fan of the Italian rider.

Espargaro has a very good relationship with Maverick Vinales who could well be in line for that Aprili🃏a seat, however, Dovizioso has a✅lready had three tests - more lined up throughout the year. 

As reported by , Espargaro said this to Marca about Doviz🐭ioso being his team-mate: "It’s difficult to evolve the bike because, when something new comes along, you have to test it. They wanted me to do a couple of tests during the summer break and get in the wind tunnel. It would be helpful to have a stronger teammate or a satellite team. 

"Dovizioso has done a couple of tests with us, but he hasn’t been very competitive so far and doesn’t seem 🍨to want to race. I’m a big fan of his, but it’s hard to see him as my teammate."

A rider who could take that seat is the above-mentioned Vinღales - has also been linkꦗed to Valentino Rossi’s new Aramco VR46 Ducati team. 

But one scenario that hasn’t been brought✃ up mꦚuch due to Alex Rins’ current contract is a return to Suzuki. 

Vinales enjoyed some of his better momen𝓀ts with Suzuki and had a great relationship with the Japanese manufacturer.