Though visibly disappointed at being unable to hook up a pole position lap during qualifying for the San Marino MotoGP, Fabio Quartararo was proudꩵ to play his part in Yamaha’s dominant 1-2-🍷3-4 lockout at Misano.

The one-lap specialist came into the session as a cautious favourite after topping FP4, but fell short of a pole position challenge compared with Yam♒aha stablemate💦 Maverick Vinales, who blew the opposition away with his lap record-breaking time.

Nonetheles𓄧s, third place still represents a front row start for Quartararo and while the Frenc𓂃hman bemoaned a lack of feeling on the qualifying rubber, he is considerably more confident in race trim. 

“Like last year, I felt great in FP3 and then in qualifying I had no feeling from the front and a track like this, if you don’t have the feeling you can’t r🌠eally push in a time attack. But I am really happy because the front row is important. 

“I f🌞eel qui𒀰cker than last year with the pace and this is really positive because we are competitive with the hard and medium [tyres]. It will be hard to choose, but both options are great for the race tomorrow.”

With Yamaha securing the first 1-2-3-4 of its long history in grand prix racing,𒅌 Quartararo was pleased to see the manufacturer bouncing right back after dis♚appointing outings in Czech Republic and Austria.

“After the three bad races we had in Austria and Brno, when I see the four Yamahas in front, even though I am not the fastest I am so happy for Yamaha to feelജ that the bike has the potential to fight for victory again. 

“For me it was🌞 important to see the bike in front and the feeling back - we knew Misano would be better because it is more Yamaha than Austria was, so I can’t wait for tomorrow because I feel great.

Looking ahead to the race, Quartararo - who enjoyed a race-long tussle with Marc Marquez at Misano a year ago - tips Jack Miller to show strongly initially, but thinks Yamaha🤪 is preserving its tyres better than Ducaꦡti.

“Jack is fifth, so wi꧂th the rocket launcher he will be there in the first corner, so it will be important not🌠 to lose too much time,” he joked.

“But it looks like Yamaha has a little more pace than the others, so for me it will be a fight with Yamaha as long as everyone arrives safe at the  middle of the race because I think we have a little more pace at the end.”