The 2021 world champion scored one of his three grand prix podiums of the 2023 season at the Circuit of the Americas last year, but has been far off repeating that this season.
Qualifying 16th, Quartararo could only go one place better in Saturday’s 10-lap sprint, as he beat Yamaha team-mate and 2023 Americas GP winner Alex Rins.
As it tries to develop its way to the front of the grid again, Quartararo says Yamaha has tried “something big” on the M1 in every session and feels this is the only approach the Japanese marque can take while its results are lowly.
“This weekend every run we did we tried something big on the bike,” Quartararo said. “Even for the sprint we went out with a bike we never used, and I think that is quite good in the position that we are in now to try big things.
“To finish P13 or P15 will not really change anything for us, and I think the way we are working is good even if the result is not showing anything. But we are trying things we never did in the past.
“Tomorrow morning [in warm-up] we will try something new again and if we have an idea for the race we will try it also.
Source: Autosport