Reigning 250cc worlꦗd champion Marco Simoncelli is weighing up his options for a move to the MotoGP class next season.

The Metis Gilera rider is believed to have been offered a satellite Duc﷽ati ride for this season, but decided to try and defend his title in the hope of a more competitive offer.

Unfortunately, the new rule banning rookies from entering the premier-class with a 𒀰factory t💟eam - unless it is with Suzuki, which has no satellite outfit - has complicated things.

"I thi▨nk that I will go to MotoGP; having spoken a little with everyone I am now ev𒈔aluating the situation. It is still to be decided, let's say," Simoncelli told the official MotoGP website.

"Apart from Suzuki, the impossibility of a rookie ridinꦕg for a factory team next year has changed the plans," he admitted. "What happens with the otherಞ possibilities remains to be seen."

Simoncelli's comments seem to suggest that Aprilia's hopes of te🐈mpting the young𓄧 Italian to the World Superbike Championship look slim at best.

Meanwhile, Simoncelli's 250cc rival Al꧟varo Bautista is also predicted to make the step up to the premier-class next year, possibly on M1 machinery run by his present Aspar te༒am.

Another 2009 race winner, Hiroshi Aoyama, could also have a chance of an 800cc ride, while Yamaha's WSBK star Ben Spies has also been linked to a꧃ 2010 MotoGP seat.

The leading satellite MotoG꧟P team after five of 17 rounds, and therefore the theoretical top target (alongside Suzuki) for any future class rookies, is the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 outfit.