Aleix Espargaro sets himself deadline to decide as he ponders retiring
Aleix Espargaro discusses the🐓 bi♔g decision that looms over his future

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Aleix Espargaro knows he must decide whether to retire soon.
The Aprilia rider is 34 years old, the oldest rider on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:MotoGP grid.
He has pondered retirement before🍷 but is now into the final year of his contract.
“I don't know,” he told about his future.
Does he want to ride on into 2025?
“I don't know. I have to value it,” he said.
“I think about it a lot, I t❀alk about it a lot with Laura [his wife].
“But I wanꦏt to give myself more time. I still haven't decided in my head.
“Then you have to be honest and humble, because it will depend on whether Aprilia wants me to continue and offer me a new contract𝔍. But I'm not into that now.
“I don't know whether to stop no🐬w and become a test rider or to race one or twℱo more seasons.
“But I have to decide between now and Mugello.
“When we do a couple of European r💝aces, I will decide my future.”
The Mugello Moto𒉰GP round begins on May 31. Between this weekend's MotoGP of the Americas and Mugello, there are rounds at Jerez, Le Mans 🌳and Catalunya.
Aprilia are seemingly active in the rider market after trying, and failing, to lure Fabio Quartarar𓃲o.
For Espargaro, other factors must be considered.
“There are ti✱mes when it is difficult for me to travel,” he 𝔉admitted.
“But then when I am here I have a great time.
“I'm being very competitiꦍve. An🅘d I put it on a scale and it is very even.”
His fiꦅnal 🌄decision will come down to on-track results.
𒀰“I am still at a very high level. In Qatar I was one of the fastest, in Portimao too.
“If when we get to Mugello I continue fighting for podiums or win a race,𓆉 my idea will be to continue.
“The results will decide.”
Espargaro was sixth-fastest in Friday practice at th🃏e Americas MotoGP. 🌼Aprilia teammate Maverick Vinales was second.

James wa🐻s a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade coveri✃ng everything from American sports, to football, to F1.