Steve stopped right beside where I was standing at THE NEW Governors Bridge and then after handing over the bike to a Marshall set off running back to the paddock for his second bike.
Since I am a cynical old sod I thought is this a bit of "foxing" like the old days............. Never Mind I think he will do just fine this year !
Ian, if he was sandbagging and had any sense he could have "made adjustments and proceded"!
I remember seeing a pic of Joey in 2000 "making adjustments" on the SP1 at Ballacraine and thinking "you old dog." Turned out he was having a whole world of problems and still won which was even more amazing.