Jorge Lorenzo may have left Dainese for Alpinestars, but the Italian company will sponsor not only Nicky Hayden, but also Leon Haslam.

We obviously missed the fact (shame on us) that the BMW rider during the Eastern Creek test had given up his Spidi sponsored leathers to don Dainese leathers, boots and gloves and protections.

Haslam’s leathers are fitted with D-Air technology, which has helped ward off couple of broken shoulders and collarbones, including a certain Marco Simoncelli who spent a lot of time crashing rather than riding at the beginning of last season.

Leon Haslam:

“I’m very happy to be rejoining Dainese. Having visited the Dainese headquarters it’s clear that the heritage of motorcycle racing and safety protection is synonymous with the Dainese name. I’m also very much looking forward to having the D-Air technology - I just hope I don’t need it! The technical guys at Dainese are excellent and the suits I’ve tried so far are extremely practical, lightweight and - following my small crash at Cartagena two weeks ago - offer the necessary protection. I hope with Dainese, BMW and my other partners that we are also all celebrating success at the end of the 2011 World Superbike Championship.”

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Next time anyone scoffs about the idea of wearing a helmet, no matter what type of motorcycle or scooter he or she rides, show them this pic of Marco Simoncelli’s AGV helmet.

The Italian rider highsided at the Sepang 2 tests at the speed of 115 km/h and came out of the crash with a badly scraped lid and a couple of rips in his Dainese D-Air leathers. Simoncelli suffered a mild concussion after he hit his head and taking some bumps and bruises on his body, but he’s walking and talking and ready to get back in the saddle.

Would someone not wearing a helmet end up the same way?

Source | dainese

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The comic is from Luca Ruggeri over at Motoblog and perfectly depicts how Jorge Lorenzo’s D-Air leathers looked like after his crash at Brno.

After Jorge Lorenzo’s D-Air leathers did not deflate immediately after his crash at Brno, Dainese investigated the incident to avoid further mishaps that could compromise a rider’s chances of getting back into the race if the system doesn’t deflate promptly.

Lorenzo was wearing the more evolved version of the air bag system equipped with new and lighter material for the air sacks.

Dainese technicians found that Lorenzo crashed in a front lowside at 120km/h and that the system deployed correctly but found a defect in the deflation system. To avoid further incidents of this type Dainese has decided that:

Continue reading: Dainese on Jorge Lorenzo's D-Air Leathers

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