Ducati and Pecco Bagnaia look askance at Marc Márquez. The new MotoGP season starts with the great unknown of the Spaniard's performance, now on the best bike on the grid.

The main focus of dissent to combat the Ducati red tide remains in the hands of the other European factories. Aprilia and KTM have taken another step forward this winter to try to win, at least, the hyper-technological spiral into which the competition has fallen.