When giving his first impressions on his Ducati return at Sepang in January, retired MotoGP champion Casey Stoner immediately highlighted the engine. “Just grunt everywhere” grinned Stoner, adding that it was also well controlled. But with top speed figures not available during testing, it was only at last weekend's season-opener that the true extent of Ducati's 2016 engine advantage became clear. The factory filled six of the top seven places on the Qatar speed chart, including a new all-time MotoGP record of 351.2km/h (218.2mph) by Andrea Iannone during warm-up. Such speed was graphically illustrated when Iannone and team-mate Andrea Dovizioso blasted past on either side of Yamaha's...
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