Historically, MCN never recommends the Ducati whether it was the 848, 1198 or even up to the 1199R. However, they opined the 899 was > GSX-R > 675R. They didn't really talk a whole about about why, it seems like they're trying to sell their newsprint magazines.
[video=youtube;GQza_TWj8JM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQza_TWj8JM[/video]
[video=youtube;GQza_TWj8JM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQza_TWj8JM[/video]