The MotoGP season kicks off in Qatar this weekend with fresh challenges and old rivalries as Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez square up again for the first time since last year's toxic finale. An aggrieved Rossi, now 37 and the oldest rider on the grid, decried a Spanish 'stitch-up' last November after accusing Honda's Marquez of helping Jorge Lorenzo win his third MotoGP title for Yamaha. Rossi, Lorenzo's team mate and title rival, finished fourth in that race in Valencia after being sent to the back of the grid for a clash with Marquez in the previous race in Malaysia. Marquez, a double world champion and still only 23, has taken on the role of Rossi's arch-enemy after the Italian...
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