I seem to recall that he (MD) was a bit slower through that sector for the whole race - so I'd assumed that he mustn't have had the handling quite where he wanted it and it was most pronounced in that sector.

I'd also wondered if the yellow flag incident (which turned out to be a shed load of oil on the racing line!) knocked his concentration a bit and he decided to bring it home safe and reflect on a very a good weeks work. 

Never before had a group of riders been so fast in so many races at the TT - they must have been fried by the end of the Senior.