I hope I'm wrong but I can't see Ducati doing much this year in MGP. Bike not ready til end feb, 2 tests behind the rest. Even if the bike works straight out the box there's still set up per track required. They have got 2 good riders with hard working dovi and fast and loose ianone so maybe mid season on they might worry the top 5. Got good feeling for WSB though, pani started coming on well last year and rule changes are meant to favour it. The geometry's been altered a fair bit on this years road bike so the teams learnt something about the chassis.
Here we go again. Why don't we give the others paving slabs to mount on their bikes somewhere, then the Pani will probably win ( if it finishes ). If that doesn't work, the others need square wheels. Underlying theory in all this - all the old geezers who ride bikes and have spare cash will go to the race meetings. It'll soon be too bloody expensive to go anyway. I think I would rather watch Moto 3.
