Why was it too little too late?

They got the bike late and I think Lavilla has done a good job considering the level of competition these days in WSB. He's had some good results - the 4th place at Donington being a highlight and has only failed to finish in the points twice - once due to a technical problem and other due to being taken out on the first lap in Germany.

Is the bike really as good as Paul Bird thinks? Walker hasn't done anything since joining the team at Brands, so that should tell him something. I think Bird is too quick to make the riders scapegoats, over the past few seasons, Byrne, Rutter, Sykes, McWilliams and now Lavilla have failed to have sucess with his team.