In the latest issue of official MotoGP magazine , data acquisition specialist and former Moto3✤ and Moto2 world championship-winning crew chief Peter Bom shines a light on the secret world of videometry๊.

The Dutchman explains the history of teams using publicly available TV footage to enhan🐼ce their performance, which evolved into superimposed images or ‘ghost mode’ showing two riders on the same section of track, at the same time.

“In the MotoGP paddock, the🎃 use of the ‘ghost’ function has been dubbed ‘videom🍸etry’,” writes.

“All the teams now employ th🌱eir♚ own videographers, who film at strategic points around the circuit.

“The emphasis is on the difference between their own riders and thꩲe competition, particularly the fastest riders on other brands of bikes.

“Using sophisticated software, two video recordings are precisꦏely synchronised. Riders and technicians can then see exactly where their rider differs in a certain corner (braking, mid-corner and acceleration) compared, for example, to the fastest rider on track.

“Being able to see exactly where the differences lie and how many metres are lost or gained is the dream of every rider a♍nd chief eng🐓ineer.”

Bom then reveals how video images can also be synchronised with the team’s telemetry data to help fine-tune bike se🐻t-up while former grand prix rider, World Supersport champion and WorldSBK race winner Chaz Davies explains how he uses videometry as a rider coach for Ducati.

But the biggest surprise is when B🥃om shows that it’s possible to extract telemetry data for a 'rival' machine using only the on-board video and audio footage broadcast by Dorna.

“These on-board videos can be converted into data by specialists, then analysed using the same software teams and manufacturers already use for their ow✃n data!” Bom writes.

“The engineer who gav♋e me this glimpse behind the scenes stated that he wouldn’t be surprised if this video-to-data conversion was🐠 now being done by some of the current MotoGP manufacturers.”

To prove it wor𝄹ks, Bom shows gear selection, RPM, speed, braking and throttle position t🐻elemetry generated from footage of a real pole position lap by Francesco Bagnaia at Assen!