“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 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 with not reach𒀰ing my goal,” Quartararo reflected.

But resetting his expectations, which Marc Marquez also has&nbs🍎p;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,” ⭕Quartararo admitt♈ed.

“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 thi𓆉nk that right now we have to take the experience. 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% is the most important, myself and the team, and [whatever] position that wi🦹ll come. If I feel we give our best, I will be happy with that.”

Quartararo described the chan𓆉ge of approach 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 1ꦗ00%,” he explained.

"Then for the future, my goal is to be back with Yamaha like two years ago, ꦦfigh𒐪ting 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 again and, of course, if it's with Yamaha I would prefer, because coming from a tough year, it would be great to bounce ba𒀰ck.

“But if n♚ot I will have to find myself another 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 fꦯrom the 2024 bike, and why the Yamaha is sometimes slower than last season, the 24-year-old pinpoi🌄nted grip and engine performance.

"We are struggling so much when t🌜he grip is a little bit lower," he said.

"Because first of all, we need some drive to take the best accele🎃ration possible, but ꦆthen also for our power [output] if we 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 als🐟o in terms of acceleration and top speed where we are a ♋little bit more weak. So it's both things that are difficult."

Quartararo also needs a bike he can🧔 race head-to-head against the V4s ওwith.

"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 ওhave 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 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 pot๊ential t♏arget for Honda in 2025.

“It's still 𝐆long until ’25. I didn't talk. We have a lot of wo🔯rk to do before having a talk with anyone,” he said.