Japanese manufacturers Yamaha and Honda have slipped badlౠy 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 time♔s before the grand prix and withdrew just hours before, one of his bleakest moments in MotoGP.

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

“I take the example of Marc because for me he is the reference of ꩵmotorcycling.

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

“I don't think he has fo🔯rgotten🔜 to ride in one year.

“You see that many times the bike is much more important than the r♍ider.”

Quartararo comp🧸ared the Yamaha to the Honda: "We have some worse p🌳oints and some better points.

"How our bike rea൲cts is not as aggressive as the Honda. 

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

Quartararo only missed out on a second consecutive MotoGP title at the final ro♛und of 2022, but realistically Yamaha’s decline behind the Ducati started a year ago.

The gap has dramatically widened this year.

"I have n🌜ot reacted quickly enough to change as a rider,” Quartararo said. 

“The bike we ꦍhave ri𒁏ght now is not to win, but I mentally wanted to win.

"In🅠 the end, when 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 learned,💟 which has been nothing.

"I should have learned from my mistakes, from the experience that we h😼ave to gain in difficu🔯lt moments. 

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

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