Marc ꦆMarquez has piled pressure on the Yamaha r🌠iders by declaring that, if they are going to win, it will be in Sunday's Dutch MotoGP race at Assen.

"It's the best bike at this circuit," added𒐪 the reigning world champion.

Ducati's Jack Miller shared a similar view after qualifying, saying the Yamaha riders "keep going on about how much trouble they are in, but it seems to be working pretty fine around here" before explaining how easy it looks for them to flick their bike fro♈m side to side:

"I'm throwing elbows, legs, feet the whole lot at it and they are able to sit in the centre of🉐 the seat, just turn the handlebars and the thing changes dir♔ection for them."

Yamaha has managed just one MotoGP victory in the last two years - at Phillip Island 2018 - but led every free practice 𓂃session at Assen courtesy of Petronas star rookie Fabi♕o Quartararo and Monster's Maverick Vinales.

The pair then went on to qualify first and third respectively, sandwiching the Suzuki ꦍof Alex Rins, with Honda's reigning champion Marquez off the front row for the first time this season.

"For me, if Yamaha can come back and win again, it's at this c༺ircuit," Marquez said. 🐻"So they know and they are pushing.

"Tomorrow they will have pressure because it's been a long time without a win and t🐼hey know that thei⛄r bike is working very good at this circuit.

"For me, it is the best bike at this circuit.

"The Suzuki is also working good. I mean, these two ဣbikes have very good handling and we will see, but at the moment I think the Yamahas have something more than Rins."

While runaway title leader Marquez 🍒was the only Honda rider to qualify i🐻n the top five (+0.714s), the best Ducati was Danilo Petrucci in seventh (+1.265s).

Miller 🐭will start tenth on the grid, 1.3s behin🎶d Quartararo.

"It's just another Frenchman on a Yamaha pulling poles out left, right and centr♒e. It seems like he's got a lot of grip!" smiled the Australian, who struggled for traction with the soft rear tyre in the scorching afternoon heat.

"It seems with the Yamaha, they keep going on about how much troub🌠le they are in and everything like that, but I followed Mo⭕rbidelli and Vinales and it seems to be working pretty fine around here.

"We go through the change of direction and I'm throwing elbows, legs, feet the whole lot at it to try and get it to change dire﷽ction - and they are able to sit in the centre of the seat and just turn the handlebars and the thing changes direction for them.

"So they can go on all🎉 they like about how it's not wor🉐king, but it seems to be going alright this weekend.

"We'll see how they go tomorrow, I know the Yamahas don't normally start the꧑ best..."

While Quartararo and Vinales were at the sharp end in qualifying, the other𝄹 Yamahas of Franco Morbidelli𒐪 and Valentino Rossi could only manage ninth and 14th respectively.

Vinales was the lone Yamaha race winner during 2018, while seven-time MotoGP champion Rossi hasn't ta👍𒆙sted victory since Assen 2017.

A satellite M1 has never won a MotoGP race, but Quartara♒ro took his debut podium last time in Barcelona and has now made history as the youngest rider to claim back-to-back MotoGP poles.

Team-mate Morbi🍃delli has a best MotoGP resꦺult of fifth.