Japanese manufacturers Yamaha and Honda have sli✃pped badly 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 g෴rand prix and withdrew just hours before, one of his bleakest moments in MotoGP.

"For me, a race that had a great i🍌mpact on⛄ me was the Sachsenring, especially the Sprint Race,” Quartararo said to .

“I ta𓃲ke the example of Marc because for me he is the reference of motorcycling.

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

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

“You see that many times the bike is much more important than the rid🅷er💃.”

Quartararo compared the Yamaha to 💖the Honda: "We have some worse points and some bett🃏er points.

"How our b🍸ike reacts is ওnot as aggressive as the Honda. 

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

Quartar🐟aro only missed out on a second consecutive MotoGP title at ꦍthe 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 ⛄enough to change a💟s a rider,” Quartararo said. 

“The bike we💜 have right now is not to win, but I mentally wanted to win.

"In the end, ♊when you are alread🍎y at 100%, you want to give more.

“This first part [of the season] I should ha🎐ve learned a lo൩t more than I have learned, which has been nothing.

"I should have learned from my mistakes, from the e🌳xperience that 🔯we have to gain in difficult moments. 

“I want to change this second part, I want to give my 100% without reall🎐y 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.