No one is saying that Naoto will win but You can't dog a World Champion. Lets also remember 2012 wasn't his first. I know hes gonna lose eventually but I am not going to bet against him until he does. Hell for some reason I still think it would be cool to have CRC win their first Worlds.
As Andy was spinning out and I do feel he was doing so on his own yet Naoto further punched him out of the way so yes waiting in my book would have been appropriate. Im not saying give back the position but maybe just a moment.
Yes there are plenty of super fast people out there for sure.