Yamaha MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi (L) of Italy and Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez of Spain attend a news conference at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit ahead of Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi, north of Tokyo, Japan, October 8, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato
LONDON (Reuters) - The MotoGP season kicks off in Qatar this weekend with fresh challenges and old rivalries as Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez square up again for the first time since last year's toxic finale.
An aggrieved Rossi, now 37 and the oldest rider on the grid, decried a Spanish 'stitch-up' last November after accusing Honda's Marquez of helping Jorge Lorenzo win his third MotoGP title for Yamaha.
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