MotoGP Helmets: A Marvel of Engineering
MotoGP helmets must guarantee maximum protection and stability.
Credit: Box Repsol, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
When a driver takes to the track, every gesture is calculated down to the millimetre. But there is one element that must always work, with no margin for error: the helmet.
Beneath the graphics and sponsorships, a true engineering masterpiece is hidden.
Today a helmet used in MotoGP, FIM (International Motorcycling Federation) approved, is capable of withstanding devastating impacts, weighing less than one and a half kilos and cutting through the air at over 350 km/h.
Each layer has a precise role:
- the outer shell distributes the impact
- the intermediate layers absorb the energy
- the internal padding deforms to reduce the residual force on the head
Author summary: MotoGP helmets are engineering masterpieces.
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