excuses

I can't see this as anything but him hedging his impending defeat - because he knows he is not fast enough to win. https://www.motorcyclesports.net/wsbk/davies-asks-changes-at-wsbk-and-more-from-ducati-to-face-kawasaki/?fbclid=IwAR1bOiVsDjl7n0LksiUmAGmLLWfemzj7L5rrSXi2WBBxhV_SW0j3jcNBPQ4