I was recently asked to list riders that could win races in the upcoming MotoGP season and soon found myself rhyming off more than half of the grid. Yes, Ducati appears to be in the best shape at the moment. But it doesn’t take a massive stretch of the imagination when making a case for 14 of the grid’s 24 names to at least challenge for the occasional victory this year.
It’s been this way in MotoGP for some time. And considering Marc Marquez’s recent struggles with injury and Valentino Rossi’s retirement, it’s tempting to wonder whether that dominance enjoyed first by those two names can ever be repeated. After all, Joan Mir won the 2020 title with a single race win. Fabio Quartararo did so last year courtesy of five victories – not exactly numbers to trouble Rossi during his peak (11 wins in each of his best three years in 2001, 2002 and 2005) or Marquez at his most dominant (13 wins in 2014).
Along with the emergence of a new MotoGP generation that includes…
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