and a fit stoner on a fast bike has beaten a fit Rossi on a fast bike whats your point?
also Rossi on a slow bike has beaten Stoner on a fast bike as well, just to put that out there

People do seem to place Rossi on this demi god status and anyone else that comes along with talent its all down to the bike. People underestimate Casey's talents.
He IS a demi God
Point is that Rossi is still the Dog, Casey will have to sustain this for year 2015 to be considered in his league.
Coming to the season, i don't particularly consider Qatar as a worthy track, its silly. its at night, and hardly points to whats to come later on. (other than the points that is)
Also Stoner always has these ridiculous dominating practice/qualifying weekends and looks ominous for the race then ends up coming 2nd-3rd or out of races. This has happened like more than dozen times in last 2+ years.
Still not convinced by him for that reason.
If Rossi is unable to recover in time, its going to be Lorenzo again, He's far more consistent (provided also the bike development is on track). Bike supremacy is not the be-and-end-all of Championship. Consistency matters more.