Dainese: airbags debut “Street” at TT 2010

After passing the final testing phase and be entered in Standard equipment Dainese suit of MotoGP, a new D-air phase of the project has begun: the racing system is ready for market launch and passes the baton to the definition of the road system, the objective pursued by the most ambitious of Molvena since 2000.

Years of study, design and testing venues and circuits, closely Dainese with drivers, from large samples to young newcomers, have finally led to the finalization of the D-air racing. The competitions have always been a valuable test to check the progress of the project and to make the correct changes: Falls by Marco Simoncelli, the high side of Michi Ranseder ongoing commitment of Jorge Lorenzo made it possible to feed a fast lead times.

It is the Isle of Man is that ideally ‘smeeting between the two systems: The Tourist Trophy is the link, the passage for integrating the know-how with the development of D-air racing in the project dedicated to the road version. Since 2007, Dainese, along with Guy Martin, Perform important tests on the Mountain Course. The first two years were devoted to data collection for the development of the racing version: the airbag system integrated into the suit of Martin, has revealed fundamental data to define the average behavior of the system on a bumpy like the TT, very different from the Moto GP circuit.

This year, the pilot of Lincolnshire will be equipped with an acquisition differentSpecifically designed to collect data useful to the development of the road project.

Jorge Lorenzo and Guy Martin then pilots Dainese two protagonists of the ambitious project Dair, who have contributed and are contributing significantly to sustain and grow. Their meeting at the TT is an important symbol of the continuity of the development of two systems. In the third year of sponsorship of the Tourist Trophy as Safety Partners, Dainese reiterates the importance of competition for a research and development aimed at improving technological and innovation systems protection in sport. In this perspective, the Isle of Man circuit acquires a fundamental importance: not more dangerous and race ban, but brave and true testing ground on which to conduct tests and work specifically for security.