At first glance, the butt cam appears a bit pervy. For a sport that relies so much on skillful balance, though, it’s the best way to see how racers achieve such high speeds without ending up a splat on the course.
As explained at Jalopnik:
Really fast pro motorcycle racers chuck their butts from side to side multiple times during a lap of a road course. Paying attention to their movements can be rather accurate guide for the angle, speed and difficulty of an upcoming corner.
Those are all items that can be hard to judge on wide-angle action cameras…
This video of the Aprilia Team on a lap of Circuit of the Americas Circuit demonstrates why, in this case, it’s all about the butt.
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