Yamaha have insisted that they need more time to turn around their MotoGP slump, after a drab season-opening race.

The Japanese manufacturer entered 2024 with an air of positivity after the additi𒊎ons of Ducati en💧gineers Massimo Bartolini and Marco Nicotra.

They also had extra preseason testing time as part of the new concessions rule, which will aid𒊎 their development all 💖year.

But at the Qatar MotoGP last weekend, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fabio Quartararo (11th) was the best-placed Yꦦamaha or Honda rider.

His Yamaha t💧eammate Alex Rins, on his race debut since leaving LCR Honda, was 16th.

"🌄We have changed things, now we really know what we want t𒁏o do, where we want to go, but it takes time," Massimo Meregalli, Yamaha team boss, was quoted by .

"We are not magicians.

“W꧑e know what needs to be🔥 done, and it takes time to get there.”

Quartararo, whose contract expires at the end of this year making him among the most high-profile riders available to rivals, offered a glum reaction to the Qatar MotoG⛄P.

His team boss reacted to his star man’s disappointment with a bluntly honest asses🌺sment of Yamaha’s limitations.

“Fabio diꦑd what he could for the moment,” Meregalli said.

“We are realistic. We had already seen what we could do here 🎀two weeks ago, duringඣ testing, when we did the race simulation.

"We already saw the level.

"Of course we are not happy, we are realistic and 🧔obj꧙ective.

“We have listed what we have to do,🅘 but it takes time.

"Fabio works well and tries 🅺to be calm, he understands the situation.

“Maybe he was v💙ery nervous and disappointed aꦐt the beginning of last year.

“Now he has realised that this is the situation.”

Quartararo was the 2021 MotoGP champion and only failed to win back-to-back titles on the last day of the ဣ2022 season.

But🐎 Yamaha’s downturn started midway through 2022 a🐟nd worsened severely last year.

Meregalli is bullish tꦑhat they can return to competitiveness.

"We are progressing, we have improved top speed, aerodynami💞cs, a🌱nd we have to achieve this to continue progressing,” he said.

“We have a lot of work to do.”

Meregalli reacted to Quartararo 🐟finishing 11th and Rins 16th in Qatar: "I am disapᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚpointed, yes, but satisfied because we have done what we could.

"We have collected data, we progressed after the sprint race, 🌳because we had a degradation p🔜roblem. It was still happening on Sunday, but less.”