Good ol' Ben. Actually, when he was left an "uncharacteristic 17th fastest" in the morning run, that was still only 1 second behind the leader, which says quite a few interesting things - the competition is TIGHT, being the most obvious one. Getting back to first qualifying results, there's been a bunch of noise about Spies this season (deservedly so), but there hasn't been a whole lot of hoopla surrounding Max Biaggi and that Brand new Aprilia! That combo has been very hot in the first two rounds (his crash out of a top 5 finish at Philip Island makes his points tally look less impressive), and I think that he is arguably in as good a position to pounce as Haga. God, WSB is fantastic!!