new onboard camera's

For the first time in history this weekend, all the bikes on the MotoGP grid will have at least three OnBoard cameras fitted, with a total of 90 being used during the MotoGP race alone.

Eleven MotoGP bikes will have the three standard mini-cameras installed (Front, Rear, Tail), and the seven remaining bikes will have four. On these seven an extra special camera is fitted alongside the three standard cameras. For the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya, the distribution is as follows.

1. Valentino Rossi: clutch hand
2. Dani Pedrosa: throttle and front brake
3. Jorge Lorenzo: view of rider from dashboard
4. Casey Stoner: front tyre – Bridgestone
5. Colin Edwards: front tyre – Michelin
6. Toni Elias: side rear cam, front facing
7. Loris Capirossi: right knee


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Good stuff

I wonder how much footage from these will actually be shown though?
They don't show much from the onboards they have now.
Certainly not enough rear views.

lets wait for some video of the new onboard cams showing on youtube soon

This is a conspiracy to reduce the amount of HD bandwidth they need for their site.

Hope they taped, zip tied, bolted down Stone's camera correctly.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (an4rew @ Jun 7 2008, 08:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>3. Jorge Lorenzo: view of rider from dashboard

Jorge Lorenzo: view of rider from headboard

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Jun 7 2008, 11:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Jorge Lorenzo: view of rider from headboard

how about a Jorge Lorenzo helmet cam