Agree on all points... you hate to see parts failures deciding races.
Anybody hear any more details on what happened to Duhamel's bike?
For those who didn't see it, Roberts' rear tire "delaminated", meaning the rubber came off the carcass. Yeah, he was abusing the tires, but that still shouldn't happen. He didn't crash, and even managed to get back to the pits fairly quickly, but it turns out that the flapping rubber damaged the exhaust system, and he was down on power for the rest of the race.