By the time the mistake was corrected, Rins only had enough time for one flying lap on the correct tyres and will start th💧e British MotoGP from eleventh on the grid.

“A little bit disappointed, 🃏because we were doing a good job in FP1, FP2, FP3, FP4 . But 🤪it was a little bit of a disaster in qualifying,” Rins said.

“The Michelin guys and also my team made a small mistake and I did the first run with the hardest compound on🐭 the front.

“I didn't understand why it was so difficult to stop the bike. But then when we [pitted], myself and the t🌱eam saw that I was using the hard.

𝕴“They changed it, whi൲ch took a lot of time and then I only was able to do one more lap.

“With all this stressful time, I still improved my lap time and𝄹 did my personal best in this track. So it's OK.”

Quizzed on how ꦐsuch a mဣistake had happened with the tyres, Rins explained:

“The number of the tyre was exactly the same, just two 🔯letters were different between tꦯhe soft and the hard compound.

“The team said to Michelin [via] an app on the phone to mount the softest compound. Michelin did a mistake and put the h♏ardest compound, but then the team didn’t check it later.

“I noticed [something] when I was on the bike, but I say ‘OK maybe there is a little bit of wi🅠nd’ or something like this. But corner 12 is quite critical, and the hardest compound is easy to lose…”

Despite the setback, the ♋2019 Silvers♔tone winner is remaining upbeat.

“Right now in MotoGP, if you start on the first or maximum second row, you have ♔half the race done. But it is what it is," he said.

“Let's star🥃t again on the fourth row, we did it in the past, so we need to think positive. I mean we have a really really strong pace with the medium and with 🗹the hard compound on the rear, we still need to decide which is the best for tomorrow.

“Zarco did a good FP4, with the hardest compound,” Rins added, when asked about who is looking strongest for the rac💦e.

“Fabio also with a lot of laps on🐽 the medium one, he was riding quite fast. Martin did a good last two laps with the used medium, I think. So more-or-less a lot of people have a good pace.

“Let’s see what happens in the first laps.”

Team-mate Joan Mir will start just behind Rins,♋ in twelfth.