Marc VDS team boss Michael Bartholemy has revealed his intentions of promoting Franco Morbidelli to his MotoGP outfit if the Italian wins the intermediate championship in 2017.

Speaking to Crash.net at the Circuit of the Americas, Bartholemy said of the current Moto2 championship leader and title favourite, "If we win the championship, we should have him on our MotoGP bike next year."

Bartholemy did however suggest the situation may not be so clear cut if Morbidelli receives an offer from a factory team with the promise of full factory support in the coming months.

22-year old Morbidelli has excelled in 2017, winning all three Moto2 races and amassing an 19-point backing up strong showings across preseason with impressively composed performances in Qatar, Argentina and Texas.

And the team boss also provided an update on Jack Miller's current contract situation, saying he was waiting to seed if Honda renews beyond the current three-year arrangement in place between the Australian and HRC.

"If it is yes [between Jack and Honda], it is perfect. If it is no, we can decide to go with him or not," he said.

Asked about Morbidelli's situation, Bartholemy said, "When we made the contract with Franco it was always clear that it is a two-year deal for Moto2 and it is a two-year deal for MotoGP. The only thing is if he has an offer from a factory team on a factory bike, then OK, it is something different.

"For me it is clear that if we win the championship we have to offer him one of the MotoGP bikes. This is a little bit the philosophy of the pyramid we make with the Moto3 team and the pyramid with the young kids we have in Spain, [and it's similar to] what we have done with Tito [Rabat].

"We know we can never attract this 'millions' guy. We are a private team. It looks from the outside that it is this big Marc VDS / Estrella Galicia project, but we have a budget that we have to respect. We can only make certain things on this budget.

"The idea is to build up our riders for the future to make them win in Moto2 and bring them to MotoGP. [Then] Make the best of them in MotoGP and hopefully one day they can go to a factory team. I think this is the job for us. For me, if we win the championship, sure, we should have him on our MotoGP bike for next year."

And is that dependent on Franco winning the championship? "I think this is something that is always in discussion between the rider and the rider's management, than us," he continued.

"In the end, the contract says that if he wants to stay another year in Moto2, he has to stay with us. He cannot go to another Moto2 team. The contract is quite tight but we have possibilities.

"If he says now, 'OK, I finish third in the world championship, and I want to go for the title,' he can stay with us for another year in Moto2. If we say, 'OK, it is time to move up,' we will supply him with the best material that we can supply him for MotoGP."

Expanding on Miller's situation, Bartholemy said the Australian's contract should be resolved within the next month. It appears his intention is to keep the talented 22-year old, who has notched up three top-ten finishes so far in 2017.

However, Bartholemy is keen to see whether Honda offers Miller another factory contract first. If they don't, he says, Marc VDS will then decide on whether they should secure the Australian's services for 2018.

"The situation is not 100 percent controlled by Marc VDS because you know Jack is an HRC rider. What we did in Qatar is we had a meeting with Honda to speak about the future because our HRC contract is running out. It was a three-year contract.

"We said that we would quite like to continue. From the outside it was quite positive. But we speak also about this 'Jack method'. We asked what the situation is. We said, 'It is not fair when we go to Jack and offer him a job for next year', because he is under contract with the partner that we have.

"They say they would like to have a certain time to decide if they want to continue with Jack or not. In case they say that he is free, then we can make him an offer. So this is the situation at the moment. But we have to respect Honda.

"As long as Honda say, 'Wait, we don't know what to do with him', we wait. We need to respect the situation. Just I wanted to avoid a situation where we offer a contract to his management. His management go to Honda and say, 'Hey! Bartholemy offered us this!' This has to be clear. We told them to decide.

"If it is yes [between Jack and Honda], it is perfect. If it is no, we can decide to go with him or not. It is a fair negotiation. It's a fair deal. In the end, I think he has potential. He can do things. Why not? I think it is too early to say now that he is a Marc VDS rider. This depends on him, his management, Honda. It's something these people need to decide."