Yamaha's improvement throughout the 2024 MotoGP season has continued in r🐻ecent rounds, leaving Massimo Meregall🃏i very pleased with the changes made.

Yamaha's approach has been different in the last couple of years as they took on a more European-♚minded mentality.

Ducati๊, Aprilia and KTM have all surpassed Yam𓆏aha and Honda, and as a result, the Japanese brands are now playing catch up.

But Yamaha appear to be on the right path, with their performances taking🦩 a step forward in recent rounds. 

Despite that, Meregalli admitted it's still be a tough start in 2024: "Definiꦬtely a tough first part of the season," he told MotoGP.com. 

"We are exploring as much as we can with the concessions. The concessions are🔜 giving us an extra job but I'm really proud of the staff and the riders because no one is complaining. 

"Every time we have been asked to organise tests. Unfortunate🏅ly we were neverജ supported by the weather because we had a lot of rain. In five planned days we only explored on one. 

"Luckily the last one went well and ✨we were able to use what we evaluated in Valencia at Assen, one week later. 

"💖I think the approacಞh we are having is very good. The mentality definitely changed. 

"We෴ are not taking more risks but we are more op꧋en-minded and we are trying to speed up bringing updates. We know that we still have a lot of work in front of us."

Fabio Quartararo has again been Yamaha's best rider ღthroughout this sea𒐪son, however, the margin to team-mate Alex Rins has been small on several occasions.

Aware of the improvements that still need to be made to catch the likes of Ducati in particular, Maregalli said: "We have different areas where we need to improve. The bike has become heavier for the riders to rid✅e and the electronics need to improve. 

"Also, the chassis, we need to improve. The engine; the engineers are puꦛtting a lot of work in and I'm seeing them pushing and coming up with ideas and solutions. 

"But we✱ are magicians. We are identifying all the areas that we need to improve, but to do that we need time, more resource."