Great news, but you know it won't last as long as 46 turns up on SATURDAY (remember Assen SATURDAY not Sunday)... hopefully the shape of things to come though
Just watched the qualifying, luckily the sports and social at work has a big screen TV so sat there for an hour having my lunch and watching it all unfold.
I won't give away the times but Max decided to go for the kitty litter at one point stayed on, back onto the track and effectively left Franco Bataini (sp?) nowhere to go, Battaini ends up practically a passenger on Max's bike then bounces around in the gravel, Max seemingly got away unhurt, although he did break an exhaust mount.
Then same chicane again, this time Melandri does a Max, flies through the gravel but stays on, rejoins the circuit and it's payback of sorts, he punts Max !