If you scan back through MotoGP results from the end of the 2015 season to build a list of nine different winners, you'd go as far as May '07, more than 150 grands prix ago.
Aided by some wild weather and new tyres and electronics, MotoGP matched that in an often-chaotic 2016 alone - nine different winners, including a run of eight in eight races.
Other than a dominant champion, dominance was out in 2016, but who else stood up often enough amid the mayhem?
The winners and losers of MotoGP's reshuffle More than half of the MotoGP grid is a new face in a new place this season. Some have starred, but others need to knuckle down and do better MotoGP
Has Rossi's replacement already stepped forward? Sooner or later, Valentino Rossi will retire. But even if the MotoGP legend doesn't hang up his helmet until the end of 2018, one rider on the grid might already have one arm on the '19 Yamaha's handlebars MotoGP
How Rossi highlights Raikkonen's shortcomings While Valentino Rossi continues to fight through adversity to remain a MotoGP title candidate, Kimi Raikkonen appears more and more of a hanger-on in Formula 1. The difference between the two veterans is stark F1
Was Lorenzo's Ducati debut as bad as it looked? As far as first races go, Jorge Lorenzo's debut with Ducati was underwhelming at best. But was that down to teething problems, or does Sunday's race in Qatar point to further problems to come throughout the year? MotoGP
How Tandy joined an exclusive club of endurance legends Victory at last year's Spa 24 Hours meant Nick Tandy had completed the unofficial sextuple crown of the world's six biggest endurance races, becoming the first Briton to do so. Ahead of his fresh start with Corvette Racing, he explains how he did it GT
The reluctant Lotus ace who was dropped for Clark A firm believer that motor racing was a sport for gentlemen, Innes Ireland lived a spirited life. NIGEL ROEBUCK recalls a character whose outlook ceased to fit with modern Formula 1 F1
The ground-up refresh behind Toyota's new Le Mans challenger Toyota's new GR010 contender for the World Endurance Championship's Hypercar era has little in common with the LMP1 TS050 that preceded it. But within the confines of the scaled back new rules, its latest challenger will be no less formidable a prospect WEC
What to look out for in the 2021 WRC As the 2021 World Rally Championship prepares to launch amid tight COVID-19 restrictions in Monte Carlo, here are the eight things unrelated to the pandemic that you should keep an eye on this year WRC
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