How MotoGP inspired F1’s latest TV innovation

The folk who create the F1 world feed are always looking for new camera angles with which to entertain the fans, and the latest owes a debt to MotoGP.

First tried in F1 on the nose of Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari at Zandvoort last year, and seen again on Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes over the Japanese GP weekend, the gyro camera keeps the horizon steady and gives a clear impression of the angle of the car in banked or cambered bends.

The technology comes…