Why Lorenzo's title is the stuff of legends

Was 2010 was a classic MotoGP season? Anything that featured Valentino Rossi truly battling against rivals and his team-mate for the first time was always going to be fascinating. Until Jorge Lorenzo, he'd rarely even been bested by a team-mate in a race let alone a championship. Then Jorge turned up and beat him in a race at the third time of asking - as a rookie too - back in 2008. Ever since then, Rossi's had to contend with this annoying young pup.

Looking back at it now, the writing was always on the wall for a Lorenzo versus Rossi showdown. And while we just revelled in Rossi riding and developing the Bridgestones on his own through the 2008 season that he went on to win, once Lorenzo stopped crashing and banging his head, he was always going to fly.

As a mere 23-year-old, Lorenzo has now beaten a guy with eight years more experience in the MotoGP class, but we mustn't however be too quick in writing Rossi off just yet. He's not going to 'do a Michael Schumacher' at Ducati and slither down the order in 2011.