Quartararo has spent the entirety of the Jerez weekend expressing his unhappiness at the 2023 Yamaha package, which he said on Friday had steadily lost all of its strong points at the Spanish GP venue over the last four years.
The 2021 world champion, whose previous worst Jerez qualifying in MotoGP was second, struggled to 16th in Saturday’s shootout and could only manage 12th in the sprint race.
Speaking to Canal+, Quartararo once again aired his frustrations about the bike and says Yamaha has to “change the mentality of the team” if it is to ever improve.
"We lost almost all the strong points, [when I was] for example making the difference in corner speed,” he said.
“Braking is still one of our strong points. We're going to have to find a solution and, above all, change the mentality of the team because I think we're more sleeping than doing something good.”
Quartararo says he was powerless to overtake any rider in front of him in the sprint despite feeling that he was faster than them.
Source: Autosport