Japanese manufacturers Yamaha and Honda have slipped b♓adly behind their European counterparts, despite boasting 2019 champion Marquez and 2021 champion Quartararo.

At the Sachsenring, so often a favourite of Marquez’s, he fell five times before the grand prix and ꧒withdrew just hours before, one of his🧸 bleakest moments in MotoGP.

"For me, a race that had a great impact on me was the Sachsenring, especially🅺 the Sprint Race,” Quartararo said to .

“I take the example of Marc because for♔ me he is the reference of motorcycli🦋ng.

"At Sachsenring he won all the races that he has [entered], and this year in the Sprint he is ninth and♕ tenth. 

“I don't think he has forgotten to ride in one year♏.

“You see that many times the bike is much more important than the rid꧑er.”

Quartararo compared the Yamaha to the Honda: 🐻"We have some worse points and some better points.

"How ou෴r bike reacts is not as aggressive as the Honda. 

“Each one has its points, but right now there are many things that make it difficult for us to fight for ⛄the front positions."

Quartararo only missed out on a second consecut♕ive MotoGP title at the final round of 2022, but realistically Yamaha’s decline behind the Ducati started a year ago.

The gap has dramatically widened this year.

"I have not reacted quickly enoug🌺h to change as a rider,” Quartararo said. 

“The bike we 🐲ha♍ve right now is not to win, but I mentally wanted to win.

"In the end, wheꦆn you are already at 100%, you want ⛦to give more.

“This first part [of the season] I should have learned a lot more than I have learne🅷d, which has been nothing.

"I should ha🦩ve learned from my mꦰistakes, from the experience that we have to gain in difficult moments. 

“I want to change this second part, I want to give my 100% without reall𒐪y looking ꧂at the result.”

Quartararo has already insisted ✨that the Misano test, where Yamaha can debut their 2024 plans, will g💮ive him the evidence he needs to plot his long-term future.