“I was a little bit aggressive, maybe too much, with what I said,” commented the Frenchman at the Red Bull Ring 🗹on Thursday.

The 2021 world champion, who also fought Francesco Bagnaia for last year’s title until the final round, arrives in Austria just eleventh ಌin the current standings with one Sunday podium.

“The first part of the season, I was thinking a little bit too much about the position I wanted. Always trying to reach th🌳e win, the podium, the top five. And I was never happy with not reaching my goal,” Quartararo reflected.

But resetting his expectations, which Marc Marquez also has to do at Honda, has ﷽not been easy.

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“It's difficult because I came from fight🙈ing for the championship the last two years and now fighting for top 10s,” Quartararo admitted.

“The first ten races, my head was furious, because I 🐼know my potential. I know what I can do. But we have some difficulties and to realise now that 'OK, we have to forget about th⭕is [top] positions', it hurts.

“But I think that right now we have to take the experience. We have to give our 100% ꦦwhatever the position is. And I think that Silverstone was already a small step forward, but I want to totally change my approach during 🎃the next ten races.

“Because I think that giving our 100% is the most important, myself and the team, and [whatever] position that will com🐈e. If I feel we give our best, I will🍒 be happy with that.”

Quartararo described the change of approach as simiไlar to his debut MotoGP sea🌟son, at Petronas SRT, in 2019.

“I want to take it like if it was my first year in MotoGP. Giving my 100%, the team give their 100% and we will set the goals in terms of how was our pace and qualifying. And then we will be happy if we give﷽ our 100%,” he explained.

"Then for the future, myꦏ goal is to be back with Yamaha like two yea🌸rs ago, fighting for victories and podiums. I want that.

"Of course, the Misano test will be super important, but then it will be 5 months also from September until February [Sepang test💧].

Quartararo: Being back on top with Yamaha 'the best dream right now'

“My personal goal is to be world champion ag🅷ain and, of course, if it's with✤ Yamaha I would prefer, because coming from a tough year, it would be great to bounce back.

“But if not I will have to find myself another solution. But like I said, I think working with Yamaha super hard and being ba🍰ck [on top] with them would be the best dream right now.”

In terms of what he needs fromꦫ the 2024 bike, and why the Yamaha is sometimes slower than last season, the 24-year-old pinpointed grip and engine performance.

"We areꦯ struggling so much wh🔯en the grip is a little bit lower," he said.

"Because first of all, we need some drive t♍o take the best acceleration possible, but then also for our power [output] if w💙e exit slower we will arrive slower to the next corner.

"So the grip for us is important in two ways; in how we make the lap time, but also in terms of acceleration and top speed where we ar♚e a little bit more weak. So it's both things that are difficult."

Quartararo also n🌳eeds a bike he can෴ race head-to-head against the V4s with.

"I think in all the races I've won, I never won a battle in the last lap. I win by 1-2-3 or 5 seconds. So we have to have a bike also thinking sometimes your pace can be a little bit slower, but you have more chances to ov𒁏ertake," he said.

"At the end, you can make pole position, or be fast in every single session, but when t𝔍hey give out points is in the race. So we have to make a bike fast also﷽ for the race."

Quartararo also brushed off a question about 🦹being a potential target for Honda in 2025.

“It's still long until ’25. I didn't talk. We have a lot oওf work to do beꦚfore having a talk with anyone,” he said.