The French rider was talking after final Saturday’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, which yielded a disappointing run to 14th place.
Quartararo was requested about Yamaha chief Massimo Meregalli’s admission that the Iwata marque won’t be able to tackle the likes of Ducati as early as subsequent season, which follows a disappointing first run with the model’s 2024 engine in Misano testing in September.
In response, the 2021 champion mentioned that he doesn’t take into account preventing for a second premier class title to be a sensible objective, however somewhat to shut the hole to make it possible to complete on the rostrum extra usually than has been the case to this point this season.
“We want 15 winters to actually be like them [Ducati],” Quartararo mentioned. “However, like I mentioned, to be like them for me will not be the objective [for next year].
“The objective is to get nearer, as a result of yearly we make one step perhaps in a single space and we lose two steps in one other one.
“The chassis that we had up to now was magical, you might do no matter you wished on the bike. The bike was gradual, however the bike was turning like hell.
“Now the bike is gradual but it surely’s not turning. After all it’s sooner on the engine, but in addition the [other marques] improved the engine, so the distinction is identical. Additionally they improved the chassis and aero a lot.
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Fabio Quartararo, Yamaha Manufacturing facility Racing
“So, for me [the target is] to scale back the hole, as a result of yearly it’s greater and larger, and we now have to scale back the hole for the others. That is the primary objective.
“After all I need to all the time battle for the championship, however to be lifelike subsequent yr we won’t battle for the championship. However to have extra alternatives to battle for the rostrum, generally for the victory, that is my private objective.”
Quartararo’s contract with Yamaha expires after 2024 and the 24-year-old is prone to be a key participant in subsequent yr’s foolish season.
Requested by Autosport whether or not the extent of enchancment he expects from subsequent yr’s M1 can be sufficient to persuade him to signal a brand new contract with Yamaha, he replied: “If I see an enchancment, a transparent enchancment that the hole is closing, perhaps.
“However I really want to see this enchancment. It’s vital for me to actually see how a lot they actually need to win, as a result of I actually need to win and we’re pushing in opposition to a wall proper now as a result of we now have no extra potential.
“However, for subsequent yr and for the longer term I need a profitable mission.”