In seven years as teammates at Yamaha, Rossi and Lorenzo had never both crashed out. That was until the 2016 Japanese GP. The Italian, falling first, saw the weight of the title defense then fall solely to Lorenzo as Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso started to slowly reel the ‘Spartan’ in and the laps ticked on. Then, without warning, the number 99 followed his teammate into the gravel – and the title was Marquez’ to lose. He didn’t.