First off, bow down to McPint - that was flipping impressive.

Secondly, speaking to a couple of blokes who have been involved in BSB racing and they reckon that Honda may have had a quiet word in his ear - not quite, "You're fired", but more like, "If you don't have a decent result in the senior then you'll have to retire and be Honda's ambassador for the TT. Or find a ride elsewhere." Dunno how close to reality that is, but given the result I'd say something has been said to fire him up - worked as well.