Yamaha have boldly insisted that they are at the “beg🍬inning of a fightb⭕ack” in MotoGP.

The Jap🅷anese manufacturer endured a horrible 2023 and now are faced with convincing star rider Fabio Quartararo to stick around beyond the expiration of his contr𓄧act, at the end of this year.

But the early signs during preseason testing suggest ⭕that Yamaha are newly focusedꩵ.

“It’s the beginning of a new period,ꦯ” team principal Lin Jarvis said.

“We need to recover, I’d say.

“Last year was a very difficult year for us. Jus♑t a couple of years before, we were the champion.

“Then we were second. Last year we reall♓y struggled, it was really dif🔜ficult.

“It was clear and obvious that, in order to be competitive, we need to c𒀰hange many thing💮s.

“We started in the middle▨ of last season with restructuring.

“New ideas, new partners, new collaborations…

“And changing our internal organisation, as well.

“The shakedown test, and the first test [in Sepang] was the first time we’ve brought it all togꦬether.

“We know it won’t be 🏅instant but it’s the beginning of a fightback.”

The ad🦩dition of Alex Rins, instead of Franco Morbidelli, alongside Quartara🌼ro gives Yamaha a fresh duo.

Quartararo has alread💖y commented✱ on the improved communication with his new teammate.

“What pleases me is that instantly there i𝓡s a very good chemistry between them,” Jarvis said.

“I have the feeling that they will collaborate together, they appreciate each other, and the♕y’re on the s😼ame mission.

“They unde🍨rstand that they have to work together with us. We have to do whatever we can, to come back.

“Alex is one of the fastest riders in MotoGP.

“He has been a little inconsistent in th♊e past but, in the past couple of seasons on a Suzuki and a Honda, he has been winning races.

“Fabio, we know his ca💖pacity, being the champion in ‘21.

“We have a great combinati🧸on. They are on a mission.

“I am optimistic that we shoulღd work well together.”

But Yamaha know they have a long way to go to overhaul the dominant Duc꧋ati🃏s.

“I am positive, optimistic, because I have s🥂een the changes. I know 🦂the changes that we’re making,” Jarvis insisted.

“I’m also not unrealistic. There is no quick r𓆏ecovery.

“To arrive in the situation where we were - being un📖competitive - is a gradual process.

“We need to not make it a grad🧸ual p𒉰rocess to recover.

“We dᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo not underestimate the level of🔥 our competitors.

“Look at Ducati, at KTM…

“It’s not easy, it🎶’s a 💃super competitive series. We have made good changes.

“We 🌠need to speed up, more than anything, the way that we work.

“The challenge is on us. We have to deliver.”

The addition of ex-Ducati engineer Mas🌼simo Bartolini as new Yamaha technical director is considered a major coup for Jarvis’ team.

A new engine has been tested during preseason and, although it’s not without problems, Yamaha hope it gives Quartara🍌ro and Rins a fighting chance.