Quartararo has qualified fo𒈔urth on the grid and, in the words of Marini, has a ‘beautiful pace’.

But th🌌e Italian believes the Frenchman’s Yamaha will once again struggle to unleash its full potential when battling with other bike💖s in a race situation.

“About Fabio, for me it is impo🎃ssible for him to win the race tomor♈row. Not because he doesn’t have the pace. He has beautiful, amazing pace,” Marini said.

“But, as in every event of this year, if you look at his pace it is impressive, but then in races he is slower becaus🔯e he’s with other riders.

“He struggles a little ✤bit when someone overtakes him or someone is in front of him, because he cannot do his𓂃 lines - looks like, I have never spoke with him, but from the TV it looks like this.

“So I think tomorrow it will🐼 be impossible for him.”

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Even i♓f Quartararo was able to win, Marini’s VR46 Academy ‘team-mate’ Francesco Bagnaia only requires only a 14th place finish to be crowned 2022 worl♎d champion.

“Much more easy is the pace Pecco [needs] to 💝win the champion༒ship, because he just has to stay [on] until the end,” Marini said.

Quartararo's former title rival Aleix Espargaro, now battling Enea Bastianini for third in the standings, disagreed as far as winning the race, but also believes the Frenchmജan's title situation remainsꦇ bleak:

"Fabio is faster than what I expected before the weekend started. Sincerely, I think he can win the race. I mean he has the pace, but🌳 the other two things to happen [to win the title] are more ⭕difficult.

"The first one is a zero for Pecco is difficult and th🌳e second thing is that, even if Pecco has a zero, for me it's impossi🤪ble that other Ducati riders allow Fabio to win. No way."

Meanwhile, Marini tips the likes of front row starters Jorge Martin (pole) and Jack Miller (third) as among🙈 the favourites.

“I think Jack is ꦬvery fast and very strong at this track, in past years he was always there fighting for the victory but also Martin made a good step today,” said Marini.

“This is also a race where tyre management is important. We will see if there is a big group. For sure the guys that start in front and finish the first laps in th𒁃e first positions are the guys for the win.”

Marini, quickest on Fr𒉰iday, slipped down the order to eleventh in qualifying.

“After this morning [14th] m💞y goal for qualifying was a bit less because I did not feel the extra grip from the soft tyre like I did yesterday,” he said.

“It looks like with the colder temperature I cannot use well the rear tyre to make a good lap because I don’t have the extra grip. The bike does not turn and when 🍎I am on edge, I touch t𒁏he gas and I slide too soon.

“I am braking really hard and strong entering all the corners, but in the middl😼e of the corner and the exit I am maybe the worst Ducati.

“We need to underst💖and why we struggle like this with the soft [rear tyre] but also we need to focus on the race because the soft will not be in our plan. With the medium tyre I am much more comfortable but starti🌠ng from P11 is another kind of race.”

Team-mate Mar🅰co Bezzecchi will start from 18th after a fiery accident in FP3.