Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi reckons his former team Ducati has the bike to challenge for the top spot in the 2016 MotoGP season. Ducati's Andrea Iannone was the pacesetter for much of the season-opening Qatar weekend and, while he crashed out of the race, teammate Andrea Dovizioso would end up finishing second behind Jorge Lorenzo. Asked whether Ducati could mount a title challenge in 2016 on evidence from Qatar, Rossi, who finished the race in fourth, said: "Why not? "I think Ducati is very strong. Why not. They are fast from the beginning to the end. They have, like we know, a very good top speed - but also in a corner they are very fast. "I think Iannone, if he hadn't...
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