This time tomorrow, Joan Mir could be celebrating becoming a Moto♏GP world champion and Suzuki's first title winner in♔ 20-years.

The Spaniard holds a commanding 37-point lead heading into the penultimate race, but twelfth on the🧜 grid after being last in Qualifying 2 wasn't part of 😼the script.

"My🦹 day was not bad. I improved my pace and potential. I'm quite happy about that," Mir said. "But in qualifying, I don’t know what happened.

"I felt a little like yesterday in FP2. I do🍨n’t understand why I didn’t feel the correct feelings to push and I was not able to make one fast lap time.

𒆙"I didn’t have the same grip and we can see the bike was spinning more. Conditions were different but people were able to make good lap times. For us it was strange, I don’t know.

"It's a shame, but the important thing is we have pace. We’ve started from this position a c🍒ouple of times. I don’t like the position but it’s not the end of the world."

Indeed, with nearest rivals Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha) and team-mate Alex Rins just 11th and 14th, the qualifying outcome coul♏d have beeꦅn much worse.

"Yes, but I d𒁏on’t thi🔴nk so much about that," Mir insisted.

"I'm thinking that we have Franco [Morbidelli on pole position] looking realꦏly strong, also for race pace. Probably I’m one of few riders that can fight with Franco but I will start really far back.

"It's a problem to fight for the win. I’ll try to give 10🎐0% in the race, see where we are and in that moment I’ll start to think abo⛄ut the championship.

"My feelings will decide ifꩵ I stay in the top 10 or I want to go for the podium."

Much will depend on how many places Mir can gain in th🧸e first few laps.

"The first laps will be crucial to understand what positi🅘on we are in and decide what we want to do," Mir said.

"I’ll try to recover as many positions as I can and then if I’m in a good and comfortable positiꦑon I’ll start to think about the championship. But before that, I will try to recover many positions."

Mir's mental strength has been second-to-none this season but avoidin💖g a final round title showdown iܫs now his top priority.

"Of course it’s difficult. It’s a different we🌟ekend. So I try to stay calm and do everything normal," he said.

"The truth is that we all know the pressure is mo𓃲re because this [championship battle] going to end quickly; it’s going to finish in one day or next weekend.

"We can feel t🔴he pressure. It’s not a bad thing. But it’s true that I want to finish quickly. "

A title lead of 26-points or more will ensure Mir is championᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ on Sunday.