To be fair they did show Nicki in pain and to be honest we hardly needed to told that he was having probs, it was plain to see. They did also show him after the race where he squared up to Gollob, he was obviously not then in so much pain as he soon whipped his helmet off and was complaining to whoever.
Re the track, perhaps because the usual track people were not allowed to prepare their normal track but had to do what Ole wanted, they had probs?