After returning to the podium at the Spanish Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo does not expect regular trips to the rostrum in the near future.

Fabio Quartararo insists he will continue to have low expectations despite returning to the podium at the Spanish Grand Prix.

The Frenchman surprised many when he snatched pole position on Saturday at the Ciruito de Jerez. Although he crashed out on lap two of the Sprint Race, he showed clear pace for the Grand Prix.

Quartararo did manage to claim a second place in the Spanish Grand Prix and returned to the podium for the first time since 2023.

Despite his outstanding performance, he does not want to get ahead of himself and expect podiums at the upcoming Grand Prix.

“In the past, when I used to win races, I loved to be at the front and lead the race,” he said.

“And this is what we have done today. But the pace was not good enough to keep the first position and be fighting with Alex.

“But I think, like I always say, we have to be step by step, and already I think we have skipped some during this weekend because we have not achieved one top five.

“We have gone straight from a great result, but straight to the podium in second position.

“So, we have to stay calm for the next races, that if the results don’t come yet we have to be ready to be a little bit on the back.”

Quartararo also revealed that the current Yamaha M1 that he is riding is the same bike that he used at the Grand Prix of the Americas.

The 2021 MotoGP World Champion requested that his bike remain untouched so he could find a good base setup that allowed him to be competitive.

“Well, like I said, it’s the same bike as Austin,” he said.

“We just stopped making many set-up [changes] during a weekend, trying to not change everything, but just trying to keep the same bike and myself trying to put the bike on the limit.

“Right now we don’t have anything that will make us do a step forward.

“Tomorrow hopefully we will have [in the test], but this weekend is the kind of weekend that you arrive from the Friday and from the second lap we were on 1m37.6s I think.

“So, we were directly feeling good and we brought all the good moments to today.

“So, this is why I said we have zero expectations for the next races because it’s the same bike. But let’s see if we can bring these good moments to the next races.”