Interview from windsurfjournal:

With a top speed of 46.31 knots, Finian Maynard was a long way from failure during the Masters of Speed racing at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the 3rd January. But, disappointed with his personal performance, KV-11 nevertheless talks us though a day that is clearly not one of his best speed racing memories…
"The last session on the canal was the worst of my career in terms of my personal performance. At every session in the past 4-years I have been at least two-knots faster than David Garrel and I was only 0.3 faster on this day so this made me know that I was slow, not that the others were fast. I made the wrong equipment choices, went on the run at the wrong moment with less wind (as I saw on the WJ video for example) and was prepared for the best moments to come at the end, not at the beginning. Everyone can have these days and I want to be back with a fast performance when the chance occurs again, hopefully over a WSSRC official 50. Until this barrier is broken, it is only practice for all of us and doesn't really count in my opinion."

How would the "others" feel knowing that they were not fast? sounds like sour grapes.