Inadvertent opening of the system D-Air ®? Dainese explained.

Suit Dainese Lorenzo Moto GP

By Alexander Hubner-Loriol -

The D-Air home Dainese is still controversial. In short the Valencia Grand Prix (November 8 last week), the Italian air bag system has enabled the fourth lap. Following a violent lurch of Lorenzo, the D-Air ® has triggered without the pilot hit the ground. While inadvertent activation or not? According to the manufacturer Alpine, the activation is successful, in fact, telemetry showed a rapid movement and sudden analyzed as a dangerous situation by the D-Air ® Dainese which could result in an impact. The Italian manufacturer says that inflation delayed when, for example, a high side would be no effective ... The timing analysis section of this circuit has determined that the Spaniard has lost between 6 and 7 tenths of a second due to the opening of the airbag and loss of balance. Note that the system D-Air ® from Dainese took about eight seconds to deflate. But what does the main interested? Jorge Lorenzo, after the initial analysis of the results, said it would continue to wear the Dainese airbag during testing and racing