Superimposed, we see that Rossi is leaned out farther from the bike, while Lorenzo is down lower to the pavement. (In this case, you can click on the image above to see a larger version.)

Lorenzo’s head is tucked closer into the bike, his right shoulder is closer, his wrist angle is greater so his elbow is only an inch or so above the pavement.

Lorenzo’s head position has him looking closer to straight than Rossi’s, whose head is pointing down and to the right, so he looks just under the top of his visor where Lorenzo has a nice clear view of the track ahead.

Bradley Smith is quite similar in body position to Rossi, though perhaps a bit lower and a bit less off to the side. But his head position is very similar, looking more down and to the right than Lorenzo. Though he has a dark visor on which prevents us from seeing for certain, he’s probably looking up and just below the top edge of the visor as Rossi is.

When superimposed, we have a similar problem to the last post, where one rider’s line is different enough as to make a good comparison tricky. Smith’s rear wheel is farther from the curb, so his entire body position is also not aligned with Rossi. But again, if we could magically line up the rear wheels, I believe we’d see that Smith’s right shoulder and head would be very similar to Rossi’s, though the younger rider has a sharper break in his wrist and thus has his elbow lower to the ground.

Pol Espargaro has a riding style that is fully Moto2, similar to Marquez and Redding. Pol is tucked under the bike rather than off to the side, and he is another rider who wears out elbow sliders. Just check out the difference in the superimposed image with Rossi.

Notice the difference in head position and the lower elbow. Each rider’s right knee is in nearly the same spot, though. Pol just tucks himself down closer to the bike and the pavement.

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