I'll admit it right off, I want to see Valentino Rossi win the championship, again. I won't make any excuses for him here and I'm certain he will be a huge source of entertainment this year (this is when one adds "if he stays healthy" which is the racing PR phrase for "doesn't get injured," less to indicate a racer is a crasher, and more like you'd knock on wood).
But Marc Márquez went faster at a brand new track than any of them. He'll be very interesting - very fast and very aggressive. Just ask Tom Luthi about Moto2's first race in Qatar almost a year ago, when Márquez ran him off the track at the end of the straightaway on the last lap to take over first position, or go watch it. That move got repeated and countered like a theme throughout the year that Márquez dominated.
Brash is fine if you're alone in the front but he'll have to deal with some unforgiving lessons in race craft from the likes of Lorenzo and Rossi. And Pedrosa is not going to relinquish his season to a rookie punk, not after winning six of the last eight races last year.
What advice would I give the new contender? Marc: stop touching your face while you're on camera.
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