Gratuitous Doohan 500GP pic, but check out the difference between his body position on a ill-tempered, no TC two stroke and what the current generation look like on their torque-vectored, ground effect missiles. Mick is keeping a bit on top so when it spins up, he doesn't get fired into orbit. These days, the fast guys would have their helmet on the deck, down by the front axle if they could stretch that far.
Gratuitous Doohan 500GP pic, but check out the difference between his body position on a ill-tempered, no TC two stroke and what the current generation look like on their torque-vectored, ground effect missiles. Mick is keeping a bit on top so when it spins up, he doesn't get fired into orbit. These days, the fast guys would have their helmet on the deck, down by the front axle if they could stretch that far.