Still, during qualifications the day before the race, Maynor muscled his car through most competitors.
British Gymnastics argued that this had been the case as focusing the team on one day would replicate the pressure of competing at the Games, particularly as other teams at the test event were fighting to reach the Olympics based only on their qualification score, not day three's final - which was largely seen as an afterthought.
He had scored Switzerland's first goal in its 2014 World Cup qualification campaign a few days earlier, a 2-0 victory against Slovenia.
The Swede's second title of the season would push Paul Casey out of the top nine who will go forward automatically to Celtic Manor when qualification concludes in seven days' time.
Giggs, who has decided to take the course under the aegis of the Football Association at St George's Park rather than of the Football Association of Wales, will undertake 240 hours of study to gain the qualification – including spending three days at a European club and making a detailed case study of a business.
But as the airline world is slowly turning to technology these days, a qualification in IT or Electronics won't hurt.
Northants were due to provide the opposition, but their qualification for Twenty20 Finals Day means the Lions will fulfil the fixture.
"His form in the latter part of the season was key to our qualification for the One-Day Cup final at Lord's and claiming our first T20 Blast title at Edgbaston.
In the following calendar for the 2009 Mediterranean Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day.
In the following calendar for the 2010 Asian Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day.
