Nah, Mathieu is a natural born racer, can't believe that's an issue. Agree that he just needs some more races to get there.to be honest i think he lost a little bit of confidence and 'racing sense' over not being in competition for so long.
That may sound weird, but he races all year all the time. I don't think he ever did this long without a race. Just seems to need more races to get his sharpness back.