Valencia! ***spoiler alert ****

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Great analysis Henrik. Let me ask this. Would Rossi's 4th place finishes be any different if Marquez race any differently? Perhaps Marquez could have beaten Lorenzo at Valencia, but Jorge would still be champion.

On another related subject, here is the provisional line up for 2016:

N° RIDER NATIONALITY TEAM MACHINE
4 ANDREA DOVIZIOSO ITALIAN DUCATI RACING TEAM DUCATI
6 STEFAN BRADL GERMAN APRILIA RACING TEAM GRESINI APRILIA
8 HECTOR BARBERA SPANISH AVINTIA RACING DUCATI
9 DANILO PETRUCCI ITALIAN OCTO PRAMAC RACING DUCATI
15 ALEX DE ANGELIS SAN MARINO IODARACING PROJECT APRILIA
19 ALVARO BAUTISTA SPANISH APRILIA RACING TEAM GRESINI APRILIA
25 MAVERICK VINALES SPANISH TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI
26 DANI PEDROSA SPANISH REPSOL HONDA TEAM HONDA
29 ANDREA IANNONE ITALIAN DUCATI RACING TEAM DUCATI
35 CAL CRUTCHLOW BRITISH LCR HONDA HONDA
38 BRADLEY SMITH BRITISH MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 YAMAHA
41 ALEIX ESPARGARO SPANISH TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI
43 JACK MILLER AUSTRALIAN MARC VDS RACING TEAM HONDA
44 POL ESPARGARO SPANISH MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 YAMAHA
45 SCOTT REDDING BRITISH OCTO PRAMAC RACING DUCATI
46 VALENTINO ROSSI ITALIAN MOVISTAR YAMAHA MotoGP YAMAHA
50 EUGENE LAVERTY IRISH ASPAR MotoGP TEAM DUCATI
53 TITO RABAT SPANISH ESTRELLA GALICIA 0,0 MARC VDS HONDA
68 YONNY HERNANDEZ COLOMBIAN ASPAR MotoGP TEAM DUCATI
76 LORIS BAZ FRENCH AVINTIA RACING DUCATI
93 MARC MARQUEZ SPANISH REPSOL HONDA TEAM HONDA
99 JORGE LORENZO SPANISH MOVISTAR YAMAHA MotoGP YAMAHA
TOTAL
22 ENTRIES

* spaces were removed when I saved the post