Give a guy a break his wife is having two soon I'm sure he's eating a Little more that's a second off after the kids come.. I put 20 on from both kids...
I'm giving him a total break, I'm a big fan! I think that he's being limited by the equipment right now and I'd like to see them get him a machine that is on par with the R6 so that his full talents can be realized.
No doubt there's work to do but I am impressed with the work that these teams are doing. Aftermarket parts are still being developed, let alone tested and tuned. I don't read much into the gaps between first, second and third that grew at the end of the race. If you know third is a lock and you're not going to contend second there's so reason to push anymore. Just ride conservatively, watch your board and time it so the fourth can't get you by the checkers in which case the gap means nothing.