A good read and some nice considered predictions. To paraphrase Haldane, MotoGP is not only stranger than we imagine, it's stranger than we can imagine. And I fully believe that next year is going to be either wildy unpredictable from start to finish of the writing on the wall will appear a month or two in. Sadly I'm biased toward the latter. Fanning the flames of the VR CS debate is pointless and I will miss the slo mos of Stoner wrestling his bike but him on the Honda hardly made for good racing. If he didin't lead from the start, it seemed, it was merely a question of when he would get there and by how long a margin would he stay there. It put me in mind of Captain Amazing from Mystery men who, after besting all the super criminals, had to conspire to have them released from jail just so he had a reason to go on. Maybe this is why Stoner broke his leg? I've bookmarked your blog Craig and look forward to following it in future.