Happy New Year 2011 - Dainese rumors

Happy New Year to all AGV and Dainese fans around the world! Wishing a great 2011 season to all our riders!

As we were all finalizing our plans for the NYE celebrations, a shocking rumor was hitting the moto media press rooms: 2010 MotoGP World Champ Jorge Lorenzo would be switching leathers, moving from Dainese to its Italian competitor, Alpinestars.

Of course, media all had different theories, more rumors than Prince Harry's wedding would generate and all had the info on the reason why. Very funny to read I have to say. I will be able to write more on this very soon but let's just say that Lorenzo did not leave Dainese, but rather, Dainese was not willing to do what was needed to sign Lorenzo for 2011 and was focused on bringing someone else to the team, someone that would do more than just win a championship for Dainese. Relationship between sponsors and riders are not always only about wins and salaries, it's meant to be a relationship, a partnership, a friendship; it is a win-win for both, it is based not only on the amount of zero on a check but on the groove, the cool, the fun both parties can have together, about the understanding, the feeling. 

So... we have pursued a gentleman we wanted to bring to the Dainese family for a while. A gentleman racer we believe is a perfect candidate to join teammates like Valentino Rossi, Marco Simoncelli, Aksel Svindall, Guy Martin and crew.

Follow up coming soon

Backstage with Rossi, Lorenzo & Guy Martin at Dainese 2010 advertising campaign

Backstage of Dainese Motorbike ADV Campaign 2010 from dainese on Vimeo.

Lorenzo's Dainese Championship Edition Gloves

Dainese brought a new pair of Full Metal Racer Pro to the #99 at the Phillip Island MotoGP, in honor of his 2010 MotoGP World Championship.

MotoGP Japan 2010 at Motegi

It got hot between Dainese teammates Rossi and Lorenzo.

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Lin Jarvis:
“I think that Valentino’s actions in the race today were not very correct towards Lorenzo, but I have to make some clear points. First of all, I want to say that a third and fourth place finish is good for the team, and good for Lorenzo in terms of the championship. Of course we would have preferred to win.”

Team Dainese 2010 riders

On the eve of the first MotoGP of the 2010 season, here's a quick recap of who are the Dainese racers:

Moto GP
Jorge Lorenzo
Marco Simoncelli
Valentino Rossi

Moto 2

Stefan Bradl
Yannick Guerra
Simone Giorgi Grotzkyj
Fonsi Nieto

125 cc
Marcel Schroetter
Luca Vitali
Lorenzo Salvadori

National Championships

Europe: Danilo Dell’Omo, Marco Borciani (Italy); Maxime Berger (France); Guy Martin (UK); Michael Ranseder (Austria); Joan Lascorz (Spain); Niklas Ajo (Finland)
USA: Geoff May, Aaron Yates, Blake Young, Steve Rapp, Chris Ulrich, Martin Cardenas, James Rispoli, Tray Batey, John Jacobi, Steve Atlas, Mark Junge, Sammy Halbert

Dainese: No problem with Lorenzo's D-Air System during Valencia MotoGP

From a press release issued by Dainese:

During the fourth lap of the MotoGP race in Valencia, Jorge Lorenzo’s D-Air® opened instantly when the racer’s bike underwent an exceptionally violent yaw, in this way providing precious technical information for the perfection of the system.

The telemetry data derived submitted to careful examination showed that the D-Air® system reacted correctly without perceived influence on the racer’s riding.

The analysis of the times in that section of the racetrack revealed a modest delay of 6-7 tenths of a second caused primarily by the loss of balance and the opening of the air-bag, which successively deflated in the established time of around 20 seconds.
All this goes to show the system’s harmlessness above all: instant inflation does not compromise the rider’s ability to control the vehicle or continue the race in any way, obviously whenever the skid does not lead to a fall.

The yaw of Lorenzo’s bike as faithfully recorded by telemetry, was sharp and abrupt. Even if rare, events of this degree can be particularly dangerous for riders if they develop into a high-side. Detecting the danger, the Dainese D-Air® Dainese triggered and inflated before the impact took place: a “delayed” inflation is no use in the event of a high-side. In this case, the Spanish ace’s enormous talent enabled him to regain control of his M1 bike.

Another extremely interesting bit of information provided by telemetry analysis showed that the trigger level set for the opening of the D-Air® was exceeded by a mere less than 1%. This demonstrates that the system has reached highly-advanced levels of development and reliability and that it now only requires “fine tuning” in its electronics and ergonomics.

Last but not least, at the end of Sunday’s race when he was informed of the first analysis results, Jorge Lorenzo declared that he‘s more willing than ever to continue wearing the Dainese racing suit with built-in D-Air® system in both tests and races because he considers it a protector that he simply can’t go without!

Lorenzo's Dainese gloves: Mission Accomplished!

Mission accomplished for the technical protective wear used by Jorge Lorenzo during the Australian Grand Prix. Suit, gloves, boots, protections and D-air racing system have worked together to best protect the young Spanish rider who didn’t actually receive any significant injuries even though he was at the centre of a disastrous fall during the opening stages of the race.

The dynamics of the crash were quite remarkable: coming into contact with Nicky Hayden’s Ducati at over 240 km/h, breaking the front disk brake of Lorenzo’s M1 so he could not Jorge prepare for the first bend. At the start of the fall he was going at 200 km/h, which dropped slightly before his impact with the ground at an awesome acceleration of over 10g.

On this occasion the activation of D-air racing was essential, its deployment dampened the compression on Lorenzo’s shoulders and collar bone (this part of the body had already been injured), saving him from much more severe damage.
Notwithstanding the severity of the fall, the Full Metal Racer gloves were perfect in protecting the Majorcan champion’s hands thanks to their reinforced backs in Kevlar-Carbonium with Titanium inserts: after over 6 seconds of rolling and skidding he only received a slight scuffing on the little finger of this right hand.

Vale finish 2nd at Phillip Island and gets closer to 2010 title

Valentino Rossi finished second of the Australia MotoGP behind an excellent Casey Stoner on the Ducati. 3rd going to Pedrosa, 19 seconds behind the 2 leaders.

 

 

With Dainese rider Jorge Lorenzo crashing in the first corner of the race, this is a very positive result for Vale who is inching closer to the 2010 title and his9h World championship.

Lorenzo, Rossi, fastest at Estoril Saturday

Pole position for Jorge "99" Lorenzo followed by VR46. Stoner is back and on the first row with a 3rd fastest.

MotoGP Estoril Qualifying Results:
* 1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha 1′36.214
* 2 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha 0.260
* 3 Casey STONER Ducati 0.314
* 4 Dani PEDROSA Honda 0.488
* 5 Colin EDWARDS Yamaha 0.928
* 6 Randy DE PUNIET Honda 1.234
* 7 Loris CAPIROSSI Suzuki 1.275
* 8 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Honda 1.327
* 9 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati 1.440
* 10 Mika KALLIO Ducati 1.599

2009 U.S. Red Bull Indy MotoGP Highlights

Danese victory weekend at U.S. Red Bull Indy GP

Despite Valentino Rossi's disappointing crash during Sunday's MotoGP race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, AGV Dainese leaves Indy with 2 great victories in the hands of Fiat Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo in MotoGP and Marco 'SuperSic' Simoncelli in the 250cc race.

Dainese Photo of the week

Brilliant photo by the brilliant photographer Andrew Wheeler.

MotoGP Donington 2009

The last MotoGP at Donington was a nail-bitter to the finish but unfortunately not including the 2 Dainese stars on their Fiat Yamaha. Jorge Lorenzo took the control of the race in the early stages before crashing and pulling out. Valentino then took the lead ahead of a very strong Andrea Dovizioso on his Repsol Honda before making a small mistake and crashing towards the end. Vale manage to remount his bike and raced back to the front, passing James Tosseland in the last lap, finishing an excellent 5th considering his race.

First time winner Dovizioso took the top spot ahead of a very happy Collin Edwards and Frenchman Randy De Puniet on his Playboy LCR Honda.

Rossi achieved big by remounting and finishing 5th while title rivals Lorenzo, Pedrosa (9th) and Ducati's Stoner (14th) lost valuable points on the Doctor.

MotoGP World Championship Point Standings (after 10 of 17 races):

1. Rossi, 187 points
2. Lorenzo, 162
3. Stoner, 150
4. Pedrosa, 115
5. Edwards, 103
6. Dovizioso, 94
7. Melandri, 79
8. De Puniet, 74
9. Vermeulen, 67
10. Capirossi, 66
11. De Angelis, 60
12. Toseland, 55
13. TIE, Hayden/Elias, 47
15. Kallio, 34
16. Canepa, 28
17. Sete Gibernau, 12
18. Yuki Takahashi, 9
19. Talmacsi, 5

Race summary video:

Outstanding Rossi and Lorenzo at the "Ring"

What a race, what a battle!

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo took their Dainese leathers to another epic battle this Sunday at the Sachsenring for the Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland.

Congrats to the Fiat Yamaha riders for another 1-2 finish. Vale extending his lead in the champioship by a few points.

Dainese riders Rossi and Lorenzo give a racing lesson at MotoGP of Catalunya

Fiat Yamaha, and Dainese riders, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo offered the crowd and fans one of the most epic racing battles of the decade when they took it to the final corner at Montmelo, for the 2009 MotoGP of Catalunya, this past Sunday.

VR46 passes Lorenzo in the last corner, signing his second victory of the season and tying in points and race wins with his teammate and Ducati's Casey Stoner.

The GP in Montmelo marked Valentino's 99th race win.

The last lap...



Valentino Rossi - 1st

“As we say in Italy, “Mamma Mia!” I think I can honestly say that this was one of the best and hardest wins of my career. Maybe Laguna last year was more important but this was a great, great victory because it went to the very last corner and it’s a long time since that has happened. I have dreamed about that move for the last two weeks and today it worked and I am so happy to have this 99th win. We did a perfect job all weekend and my M1 and Bridgestone tyres were brilliant, but we knew that Lorenzo was in the same situation and for sure he was very strong today. I had to be very brave and take it right to the limit in order to beat him. This victory today is more important than the 25 points and anyway now we all have the same, what a championship this is! As well as thanking my team, I especially want to dedicate this win to my Crew Chief Jeremy Burgess because his mother sadly died yesterday. I have to say thank you to her and to him because without him, for sure, I would never have arrived at 99 wins. Now I am going to go to sleep for quite a long time because I need to recover from this excitement!”

Jorge Lorenzo – 2nd

“This was an incredible battle today and a brilliant show for everyone, I am happy to have been a part of it. Of course I am sad to have lost because I put my heart on my bike and in my career I am more used to winning these last-lap fights, but today Valentino was maybe a little bit cleverer or a little bit braver than me at the very end and he was able to beat me. In fact during that last lap, after I passed him, I expected him to pass me back on the brakes much earlier but he didn’t come, and then I just didn’t close the line enough on the final corner and that was it. I am proud however because I am young and I still have a lot to learn in this class. My team have worked so well all weekend so thanks to them, if we can continue as strongly as this all season then who knows what can happen?”

Dainese's Jorge Lorenzo wins in France

Last weekend in Le Mans, Lorenzo passed the checkered flag first, scoring his second win of the season and taking over the points lead in the 2009 FIM MotoGP championship.

Fiat Yamaha, and Dainese, teammate Valentino Rossi crashed while running second to Jorge.

In the Grand Prix de France 250cc race, on a wet track, AGV Dainese rider and world champion Marco "SuperSic" Simoncelli took his second podium in two races, with his first win of the year, going some way to make up for his pointless visits to Qatar and Japan.

Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, Rossi rules, Simoncelli scores

It was another very rewarding weekend for the AGV Dainese riders at the Spanish MotoGP and 250cc races, despite a crash and DNF for MotoGP pole sitter Dainese's Jorge Lorenzo.

Valentino Rossi started 3rd and made his way to the front for his first win of the year, after short battles with Stoner and Pedrosa. Jorge Lorenzo who started a disappointing 4th was making his way back on Casey Stoner when he low-sided and lost all chances to score points.

All at AGV Dainese are proud to see Vale take the points lead ahead of Ducati's Casey Stoner and Fiat Yamaha team mate, Jorge Lorenzo.

Gran Premio bwin.com de España, Jerez, Spain, results:

1	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha	Yamaha
2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda	Honda
3	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro	Ducati
4	Randy De Puniet	LCR Honda	Honda
5	Marco Melandri		Kawasaki

MotoGP Championship standings for round 3, Jerez, Spain 2009

1	ROSSI Valentino	ITA	65
2	STONER Casey	AUS	54	(-11)
3	LORENZO Jorge	SPA	41	9-24)
4	PEDROSA Dani	SPA	41	(-24)
5	DOVIZIOSO Andrea	ITA	30	(-35)

In the 250cc races, Mrco Simoncelli who injured his wrist in a motocross crash 5 weeks ago, was in a 4-way battle with Aoyama, Barbera and Bautista for the full race. Marco took the lead a few times but ended 3rd, scoring his first podium of the year. This is a great result for the Gilera rider who is making his way back in the title chase.

The other 250cc Dainese riders had rather positive results as the MotoGP scene is moving to the French Grand Prix in 10 days.

Gran Premio bwin.com de España, Jerez, Spain, 250cc results:

1	4	Hiroshi AOYAMA	HONDA
2	19	Alvaro BAUTISTA	APRILIA
3	58	Marco SIMONCELLI	GILERA
4	40	Hector BARBERA	APRILIA
5	12	Thomas LUTHI	APRILIA
6	75	Mattia PASINI	APRILIA
7	28	Gabor TALMACSI	APRILIA
8	16	Jules CLUZEL	APRILIA
9	15	Roberto LOCATELLI	GILERA
10	35	Raffaele DE ROSA	HONDA
11	63	Mike DI MEGLIO	APRILIA
12	48	Shoya TOMIZAWA	HONDA
13	52	Lukas PESEK	APRILIA
14	55	Hector FAUBEL	HONDA
15	14	Ratthapark WILAIROT	HONDA

FIM 250cc Championship standings for round 3, Jerez, Spain 2009;

1	AOYAMA Hiroshi	JPN	58
2	BAUTISTA Alvaro	SPA	54	(-4)
3	BARBERA Hector	SPA	43	(-15)
4	LUTHI Thomas	SWI	29	(-29)
5	CLUZEL Jules	FRA	28	(-30)
6	TALMACSI Gabor	HUN	28	(-30)
7	PASINI Mattia	ITA	26	(-32)
8	DI MEGLIO Mike	FRA	21	(-37)
9	DE ROSA Raffaele	ITA	21	(-37)
10	SIMONCELLI Marco	ITA	16	(-42)
11	PESEK Lukas	CZE	15	(-43)
12	LOCATELLI Roberto	ITA	14	(-44)
13	TOMIZAWA Shoya	JPN	14	(-44)
14	DEBON Alex	SPA	13	(-45)
15	AOYAMA Shuhei	JPN	10	(-48)

Great Racing Weekend ahead, MotoGP and AMA Superbike

Keep an eye on all AGV and Dainese riders this weekend with the boys of MotoGP battling it down at the Gran Premio de Espana inJerez, Spain and the AMA American Superbike down in the U.S. South at Barber.

For sure, some good racing for race fans.

Dainese riders dominate MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan

Fiat Yamaha team mates Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi took early control of the 2009 FIM MotoGP series today in Motegi, Japan. It is a long championship and plenty can happen before a new champion is crowned but this weekend in Japan the two Dainese riders proved they are both title contenders.

Jorge signs his first victory in Japan and 2nd in his MotoGP career while Vale takes his AGV GP-Tech to the second podium spot ahead of a fast Pedrosa.

Grand Prix of Japan:

1. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)

2. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha)

3. Dani Pedrosa (Honda)

4. Casey Stoner (Ducati)

5. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda)

2009 MotoGP Championship Standings:

1. Jorge Lorenzo - 41 pts

2. Valentino Rossi - 40 pts

3. Casey Stoner - 38 pts

4. Andrea Dovizioso - 22 pts

5. Dani Pedrosa - 21 pts

Dainese riders on top at Polini GP of Japan

On a roll after their performances at the first round, AGV Dainese's Valentino Rossi and his Fiat Yamaha and Dainese team mate Jorge Lorenzo, finished top 3 after Friday's Free Practice 1 at the Polini Grand Prix of Japan in Motegi.

Valentino clocked the fastest time (1'48.545) ahead of Ducati's Casey Stoner (1'48:601) and Jorge with 1'48.965.