| basically he is doing all that can be expected of him, he has gone out and built a sizeable championship lead and now no longer has to win every race. Its not so different from moto GP where Rossi (and before him Dohan) runs away with the Honda cup.
Very few riders have lapped faster on a 999 (just Xaus occasionally)., having to turn up at most race tracks with very little in the way of set-up data. Who is to say that if Edwards was still in WSB on a SP2, Hodgson on a 999 wouldn't be beating him. |