After one of the most peculiar seasons of MotoGP ever, which saw nine different winners over 14 rounds, predicting who?ll win in 2021 isn?t going to be easy. Will it be one of 2020?s nine different winners" Will it be Marc Marquez" Will the Repsol Honda rider even be fit" What about the rookies; are there any new kids on the block that have half a chance of taking the spoils" Join us as we ask, who?s going to win MotoGP in 2021?

Let?s start with the reigning MotoGP champ, Suzuki mounted Joan Mir. There is no doubt about the fact that it was Mir?s consistency, rather than his out and out speed that won him the championship in 2020. He was never a long way off the pace, but he only actually stood on top of the podium once, at Valencia. So you can?t write him off this year, but I think, realistically, he?s unlikely to take two MotoGP Championships in a row.
Mir?s Suzuki teammate, Alex Rins, also managed a win in 2020, and finished third in the overall standings, cementing Team SUZUKI ECSTAR?s position at the top of the team standings. You?ve got to give credit to the boys at Suzuki for pulling a season like that out of their arses. I don?t think anybody expected it, least of all them.

Both Red Bull KTM teams (Factory and Tech3) impressed in 2020, too, with Binder taking a win for the Factory squad and Olivera chalking up a brace of first place finishes in Tech3 colours. Both riders showed us what they and their bikes are capable of, but non...