The premier two-wheel championship gets underway this weekend under the spotlights in the Gulf. It's a spectacle alright, and a good way to get 2016 going.
How's your winter been?
Personally, between my other sporting loves letting me down, I've been bored senseless. This weekend seemed so far away after Valencia, where Jorge Lorenzo and Danny Kent joined Johann Zarco in your 2015 roll of honour.
2016 looks to be one of the most exciting years in MotoGP in a long time. If you haven't read our season previews, a) why not? and b) get reading them.