Good stuff Dan, and yeah I'm guessing so, with my 2 speed shoes I think very early I reduced my two speed gap, also being very picky with my gear meshing, possibly why I have yet to see any issues, so what engine you running?.
Oh other non car related issues within that article, apparently the track does not grip well in the mornings, but grips up by the end of the day (something he things will effect a lot at the worlds), and yeah his result from what I can figure is they had a flame out at the 3rd fuel stop, so decided to test a different engine, I don't think he cared about the actual win as such, they only went there to test.