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

The 2021 world champion, who also fought Fra🏅ncesco Bagnaia for la𝔍st year’s title until the final round, arrives in Austria just eleventh in 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 the win, the podium, the top five. And I was never happy w🔯ith not reaching my goal,” Quartararo reflected.

But 📖resetting his expectations, which Marc Marquez also h🥃as to do at Honda, has not been easy.

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“It's difficult because I came from fighting for the championship the last two years and now fighting for top 10s,” Quar𒀰tararo 𓆏admitted.

“The first ဣten 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 'OK𓂃, we have to forget about this [top] positions', it hurts.

“But I think that right now we have to take the exp♕erience. We have to give our 100% whatever 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% is𓆏 the most important, myself and the team, and [whatever] position that will come. If I feel we give our best, I will be happy with that.”

Quartarar𝔉o described the change of approachꦜ as similar to his debut MotoGP season, 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, my goal is to be b♏ack with Yamaha like two years 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 Sಞeptember until February [Sepang test].

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

“My personal goal is to be world champion again and, of course, if it'🌱s with Yamaha I would prefer, because coming from a tough year, it would be great to bo🐲unce back.

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

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

"ꦰWe are struggling so much when the grip is a little bit lower,"💃 he said.

"Because first of all, we need some drive to take the best accelꦇeration possible, but then also for our power [output] if we ex🍃it 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 are a ꧟little bit more weak. So it's both things that are difficult."

Q𓆉uartararo also needs 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 second🌱s. So we have to have a bike also thinking sometimes your pace can be a little bit slower, but you have more chances to overtake," he said.

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

Quarta💃raro also brushed off a question about being a potential target for Honda💧 in 2025.

“Iꦓt's still long until ’25. I didn't talk. We have a lot of work tಞo do before having a talk with anyone,” he said.