Left at the tail of the timesheets throughout Friday, Quartararo👍 gave Y💦amaha brief hope with seventh place in Saturday’s final practice.

But the Frenchman was back to 17th in qualifying, 💟with team-mate Franco Morbidelli just 20th.

Quartararo then lost more ground on the opening lap of the grand prix before passing Morꦦbidelli, Pol Espargaro, Raul Fernandez and finally a fading Marc Marquez (the top Honda) to take 14th place on the last😼 lap.

“It was a tough qualifying and a tough race,” sai൲d Quartararo, who crossed the line in the wheeltracks of Miguel Oliveira. “We have to keep working ജto make a step forward.

“I didn‘t expect to have this feeling, I expected much better. But it is what it is, and we have to keep working hard, as alwa𓂃ys, to find a solution.”

D🌠espite hꦓis own disappointment, Quartararo had been quick to congratulate countryman Johann Zarco on a debut victory, 20.949s ahead of him, during the slowdown lap.

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Morbidelli, one of only three riders to use the medium rather than hard front tyre, finished in 17th pl🏅ace, a distant 37.7s behind Zarco.

“I need to be content with the first half of the race I did. Then, unfortunately, I dropped a bit too much in the second half,” Morbidelli said. “Maybe the medium fronඣt wasn‘t the right choice, b🎐ut anyway, if we ride tomorrow, we‘ll try to make another step, have a better start, and give even more.”

The Australian MotoGP was Yamaha’s lowest-scoring main race of the season, after 14tꦛh and 15th places at Silverstone.

Team direc🍷tor Massimo Meregalli admitted𒅌 the writing was on the wall for the M1s, which often struggle to pass other bikes, after the nightmare qualifying.

“We have been struggling🍷 all weekend to find a good pace. The results in qualifying were also disappoin🎶ting, so we knew from that point on that this race would be very difficult, and it was like that,” Meregalli said.

“There is not much to say at the momen💮t. It is also difficult to believe that we can make drastic improvements on the bike for tomorrow, but we have𒀰 20 hours to come up with a solution.

“However, it remains to be seen if they will be of use for tomo✱♋rrow. It will all depend on the weather how the Sunday Sprint plays out.”

The half-distance🀅 Sprint, which swapped places with the main g♊rand prix due to weather fears for Sunday, is due to start at 1pm local time.

However, that will de🐭pend on whether the forecast extreme wind, rain and cold temperatures materialise.