Was it just me?

[JohnnyFiama]

Or was there something missing from this season's MotoGP? For some reason, for the first time in many years I just couldn't get excited by it. True, I never missed a round but there didn't seem to be the same "buzz".

The combination of rider injuries and Gibernau losing the plot completely meant it was all a bit of a non-event for the championship. You couldn’t help but feel a few of the older riders are now past their sell-by dates and just taking the cash, are people like Roberts, Checa, Gibernau, Biaggi, Barros etc just taking up good seats that could go to younger, hungrier riders? I haven’t even asked for the season highlights DVD this year for Christmas!

Roll on 2006! Put Rossi on a Kawasaki! (Or, even better, send him over to Kenny Roberts).