Another MotoGP qualifying session, another tow hunt by Marc Marquez, who this time set off in pursuit of Jacꦺk Miller during both of his Qualifying🧔 1 runs in Catalunya.

But unlike in Mugello a week ago - where Maverick Vinales had been left fuming by Marquez's refusal to l🌺eave his rear wheel, despite a short-cut into pit lane - Miller seemed to see the funny side, gesturing for the Honda rider to pay him for the tow as they left pit l🅘ane.

M🧸arquez later revealed the pair, who shook hands after Qualifying 1, had joked about just such a scenario on Friday.

"Yesterday we were joking in the Clinica Mobile with Miller, because I was in 15th place and he said to me, 'how much will you pay me?' And to♔day was the ꦬtime!" Marquez said.

"In Qualifyin🔥g 1, many riders – me, Pol – were waiting for somebody and this somebody was the fastest guy; Miller.

"Just we went behind him and of course he said 🍌to me 'how much?' and I said 'la🐷ter, later we will speak about it!'

But while Miller made it safely through Qualifying 1 with the fastest time, it was Marquez who lost out d🐽ue to a following rider, his own team-mate Pol Espargaro demoting him from second to third.

Marquez was therefore pushed out of Qualifying 2 and will start Sunday'ꦉs race from 13th on the grid.

"I'm not very disappointed to not pass to Qualifying 2, because in the end it doesn't change a lot to start 13th or 11th," he said. "Like in Mugello, I passed through to Qualifying 2 🌌but I started 11th. So in the end it's the same."

Indeed, the biggest obstacle Marquez faces is not his grid position bu🌊t 🐲the physical condition of his slow-healing arm and shoulder, followed by the need to improve the podium-less 2021 RC213V.

All of which makes his persistence in seeking a tow at each race weekend seem rather unnecess🍨ary…

Meanwhile, in the unlikely event t💟hat no Honda rider stands on the rostrum this seasဣon, the factory would qualify for MotoGP's package of technical concessions in 2022.

But tha💖t's not some🔯thing Marquez thinks will happen.

"We are in a difficult moment and everything we can have for the future, some advantage, will be nice to us. But I do꧂n’t think we will get the Concessions, honestly speaking. I believe we will get a podium before we finish the year."

Nonetheless, team-mate Espargaro said having&nꦫbsp;Concessions would be very useful for Honda at the moment, especially given the lack of testing.

Aprilia is the last remaining MotoGP manufacture💯r still with access to Concessions, which includes the chance to continue engine development during a season and conduct private testing with race rid🍷ers.

Honda is currently enduring its lಞongest premier-class losing streak since 1982, being without a win since Marquez's victory at Valencia in 2019.

The factory's best resu🙈lt so far this year is a fourth place by LCR's Takaaki Nakagami, with Marquez no higher than seventh since his comeback due to recent DNFs at Le Ma⛦ns and Mugello.