Fabio Qua𒁏rtararo admitted he considered leaving Yamaha while sitting top of the MotoGP championship.

Quartararo, as the reigning ch꧙ampion, recognised problems within Yamaha in the early s👍tages of his title defence.

His bike’s competitiveness faded in the second half of his defence allowing Pecco Bagnaia to win the 2022 tit💖le, signalling the s๊lump that Yamaha remain in.

Quartararo said to about first noticing maj🍌or issues at Yamaha: “At the end of 2021, almost coinciding with winning the title.

“Honestly, already in 2022 I thought about changing teams, but leaving a team when you are leওading the championship is not possible.

“I thought we would take a step forwardꦇ, but we didn't. Now we are working in the right way."

Quartararo has since committed himself to Yamaha on a contract whicꦯh reportedly makes him th♌e highest-paid MotoGP rider.

But restoring Yamaha to ꦚthe top is a long-term project.

“Last year was very difficult, especially from M💙arch to July,” he said.

“You go from fighting for the win al꧟most all the time to barely playing for the top ten, so it was difficult mentally.

“Little by little I changed my🐬 mentality, trying to be more optimistic: 🍬given that Yamaha and I had gone from first to tenth place, it was also possible to do the opposite, despite knowing that it is much more difficult.

“Now we are growing but we lack bikes on the tra𝓰ck: Pramac🐷 will arrive in 2025, a sign that we are pushing as we should.

“However,🥂 doing the right things does not imply an immediate improvement, it could take longer.

“Certainties do not exist in these fields.

“If I think about the Sepang tests and the current situation, the difference is cleaꦜr, given that we know the path to take.

“Changing the mentality of Japanese engineers is not triviᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚal, but for example on the Friday of Misano 1 we had an hour-long meeting, which𓄧 is an important signal.

“First of all he started to change his mentality and follow the bike. Growing in r🐲elation to the frame is something new for us, a significant one.

✃“The initial goal is to be in Q2 more often, which changes your life in the space of a weekend."

Yamaha’s acquiring of the Pramac satellite team from Ducati’s grasp will double their pres🐻ence on the 2025 grid, doubling their a🐠bility to gather data.

Jack Miller and Miguel Oliveira will be Prama🐼c’s experienced rider duo, who each bring expertise from other manufacturers.

Yamaha also plan to develop a V4 💃engine in the clearest sign yet that they are adapting.