ALPINESTARS TECH-AIR RACE SUIT PERFORMANCE

摘要

MotoGP riders have the opportunity to test and ride in the latest safety gear. That's the good news. The bad news is that they'll, generally speaking, also end up conducting a more thorough evaluation of that safety gear than the average consumer would. In the first preseason MotoCP test of 2016, at Sepang International Circuit, Loris Baz reaffirmed that point in a 180-mph crash that not only made headlines but also put his Alpinestars Tech-Air airbag-equipped race suit to the ultimate test. The crash itself was a result of the soft-compound Michelin tire that Baz was using coming apart, which resulted in Baz sliding feet first down Sepang's long front straight. In photos, it was a grim scene, and in person we're sure something even worse. Fortunately, Baz walked away unscathed, his bike narrowly missing him as it bounced off a guard rail and back across the track, the Frenchmen coming to a stop a few feet farther back. In the end, Baz would credit his Alpinestars safety gear for keeping him in one piece and enabling him to continue testing.