All was going to plan, with the reigning world champion on pole position heading into the fina🌠l run.

But Quartararo then found himself rapidly shuffled to fourth place as J🥀ohann Zarco (Pramac Ducati), Maverick Vinales (Aprilia) and Jack Miller (Lenovo Ducati) took command of the front row.

“Well, it is what it is. I made one of my best qualifying laps of this yearꦐ. I feel I have nothing more,” Quartararo 🐟said.

“We want to put more power in some parts, but we are already on the maximu💮m. But I feel🧸 happy about my pace, also in FP4… I think all of our laps were on 1'59, and this is something really positive.”

But it is countryman Zarco – still seekin🐭g a long overꦐdue debut MotoGP win - that Quartararo tipped as the having the best pace heading into race day.

“Johann has a really strong pace, I thi✱nk he's the fastest,” Quartararo said. “But I think our pace is to fight for the victory. OK, then🐷 with the Long Lap, we don't know what position we will finish…”

Title rival Aleix Espargaro, who returned from a massive final practice fall to join Quartararo on the second row, believes the Silverstone Long Lap layout may only cost the Yamaha star 0.8s in the race, inste🧔ad of the usual 2.5-3s.

“Some people think that we will lose only 0.8 seconds, but we lose much more,” insisted Quartararo, who has been practicing the Long Lap throughout the we𒀰ek꧑end.

“I prefer to go a little bit slower and take no risk, than put my﷽self on the limit, risk a crash or risk having to make another Long Lap [for touching the white line]. So it's not about onꦑe tenth or two tenths that will change my life for 20 laps.”

Acknowledging that Espargaro’s accident was “a bit one”, Quartararo added: “it's gr𝓀eat that Aleix does not hav♋e a big injury after that crash.”

Quartararo, last year’s Silverstone winner, will start the race with a 21-poiꦚnt lead over Espargaro.