I don't know how he does it. It's a real Jekyll and Hyde. The bike looks like an utter ..... coming out of the last corner. But it looks so stable in the fast stuff. Which is where it counts. He made .3 of sec in one sector. One of the laps in quali made thruxton the fastest motorcycle short circuit in the world, beating lorenzos quali lap at PI!
However leading the championship means nothing with the showdown format.