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
The keys to KTM's meteoric rise in MotoGP KTM has dominated every motorsport discipline it has entered throughout its history, but faced an entirely new challenge in MotoGP. Five years on, with huge investment in personnel and technology, here's how the Austrian brand has reached the summit MotoGP
How an overlooked F1 talent found his true calling Formula E's six-race Berlin finale was billed as the most intense in motorsport history, and expected to go down to the wire in true FE style. But it was decided two races early, for the first time ever, as one driver showed his F1 rejection hadn't defined him FE
How F1's COVID goodwill broke apart on its birthday weekend When Formula 1 was forced into hibernation by the coronavirus pandemic, teams came together in unprecedented fashion. The mudslinging that occurred off-track last weekend at Silverstone suggests such cooperation won't be seen again for a while F1
Ask Tim: Why the FIA was right and wrong on Racing Point Following an eventful weekend on and off the track at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, Autosport's technical expert answers your questions on the Racing Point controversy, Sebastian Vettel's continued poor form and a missing past phenomenon F1
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