No, we're facing Bowser in between the two tracks but still ahead of us. As our car starts turning away to go around him, we keep facing him by rotating slowly to compensate for the turn. Not facing all the way to the right or left, more like a 45 degree angle towards bowser while he is still up ahead, if that makes sense.
EDIT: Scene 10
This is just a theory, but something like this:
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