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CARLOS PACE fixing up his balaclava before practice for the 1977 SOUTH AFRICAN GRAND PRIX
#the only driver that has a circuit in brazil named after him that matters 🥰🥰🥰#i hope every time they go to interlagos they think of carlos. because i just have to see the word and i think of him.#carlos pace#classic f1#formula 1#f1#1970s
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Happy birthday RENÉ ARNOUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (04/07/1948) 💛⚡
René Alexandre Arnoux was born in Pontcharra (Isère), in a family from a poor backgroud, at a young age he moved to Moncalieri (Italy), where he later would start working as a mechanic and used to polish engine cylinder heads (he would later state that this experience helped him in the following years to develop the cars that he raced in); in those years René got interested in racing, and started competing in karting races in Italy.
In 1972 he took the occasion to sign up to the ELF driving school, which the following year would help him to enter the French and European Formula Renault championships. The talented French driver shone immediately by winning both championships in his inaugural year of racing, and of course all the success gained, caught the eye of many racing teams, but René was very hesitant to enter 'officially' the world of motorsport, and considered racing no more than just an hobby; it took a second round in the Formula Reanualt in 1975 (that he won again), to actually convince him to make the big step and join Formula Two. In 1976 he joined Formula Two, where he won three races but ended up narrowly losing the title to, fellow French driver, Jean-Pierre Jabouille; but in 1977 he managed to win the championship.
That was the step that led him to his debut in Formula 1 at the '78 South African grand prix, racing for the Martini team, with whom wasn't able to demonstrate his racing abilities: the team could not afford to race in Formula 1, and would later abandon the sport in the middle of the season, having run out of money. René found himself racing for the Surtees racing team, that unfortunately, was at the edge of failure. Even though Renè thought that his Formula 1 experience ended at the end of '78, his old rival, and friend, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, remembered his worth. In 1979 Renè joined Jean-Pierre in the Renault team, which was the first team to race with turbo charged engines. The following years in Renault were characterised by the unrelieability of the turbo engines and later by the arrival of the young Alain Prost, with whom he didn't get along too well. In 1983 he would join Ferrari with whom spent two difficult years, that ended with him being fired by the Italian team after only one gran prix in 1985; he would spend the rest of the year without a seat and looking for a contract. In 1986 he came back to Formula 1 racing for Ligier and stayed with the team until 1989, before retiring from the sport.
After retiring from F1, René started an indoor karting business and still to this day manages two factories.
Among motorsport fans he's mainly remembered for the intense and thrilling, but fair, battle between him and the French-Canadian Gilles Villeneuve, at Dijon in 1979; both regarded the battle as one of their highest moments of their careers.
By many, he's considered one of the best drivers of the sport, but that unfortunately never really had the chance to demonstrate his true talent, but for sure René left an indelible mark in the sport's history.
#happy bdaaaaaay bby!!!!!#rene arnoux#classic f1#f1#formula 1#retro f1#f1 1970s#f1 1980s#unfortunately there weren't as many informations as I hoped ugh#not even on the french wiki lmao#f1_bdays
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Jean-Pierre Jabouille: First Renault driver to win a Formula 1 grand prix dies aged 80
Jean-Pierre Jabouille, right, with Renault team-mate Rene Arnoux at the 1979 French Grand Prix, where he earned Renault's first victory in Formula 1
Former Grand Prix driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille, the man who took Renault's first Formula 1 win, has died aged 80.
The Frenchman was a key part of Renault's 1977 entry into Formula 1 - and they were the first manufacturer to use a turbocharged engine.
Jabouille took Renault's maiden win in the 1979 French Grand Prix.
His final victory came in Austria in 1980, but his career was ended later that year when he broke a leg in a crash in Canada.
He had been in any case due to leave the Renault team because his seat had been taken by rising star Alain Prost for 1981.
Jabouille tried to return with the Talbot Ligier team, but was clearly unfit and retired as a driver after failing to qualify for two of his four attempts.
The Alpine team, owned by Renault, said in a statement that it was "incredibly saddened" by Jabouille's death.
"A humble racing driver, brilliant engineer and a pioneer of our sport. Jean-Pierre was a true racer.
"He spearheaded Renault's journey into F1 in 1977 with his resilient and dare-to-do attitude. He was Renault's first Grand Prix winner in 1979, a landmark moment in Renault's journey in Formula 1.
"His determination and dedication to succeed inspired many, and these values remain central to the current team in its now blue colours of Alpine.
"We are where we are today because of Jean-Pierre and his legacy lives on."
Jabouille, an engineer by trade, joined the Renault F1 project from its start to help develop its new turbo engine.
At the time, F1 was dominated by naturally aspirated three-litre V8s but Renault was the first to see the potential of an equivalence formula that permitted the use of 1.5-litre turbos.
Initially, the car was a laughing stock, dubbed the "yellow teapot" by British rivals because of its poor reliability.
But the engine was immediately more powerful than the V8s used by other teams. Assiduous work improved the engine's reliability and, by 1979, the team also had a competitive chassis.
Their maiden victory could not have come in more ideal circumstances for a team representing France's national car company: it came on home soil at Dijon-Prenois, with a French driver in a French car with a French engine using French Michelin tyres.
Jabouille in the Renault F1 car at the 1979 US Grand Prix
The sadness for both Jabouille and Renault is that the race was destined to be more famous for the gripping racing between his team-mate Rene Arnoux and Ferrari's Gilles Villeneuve for second place.
One of the greatest duels in F1 history was eventually settled in Villeneuve's favour after a final few laps marked by improbable overtaking moves, regular position swaps, off-track moments and wheel-banging incidents.
Jabouille had earlier in the season taken the team's first pole position, aided by the high altitude at the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami, and he took two further poles that year in Germany and Italy, although poor reliability prevented any further wins.
In 1980, Jabouille took two more poles along with his win in Austria, while Arnoux won twice in South Africa and Brazil.
After his retirement from F1, Jabouille was briefly a manager at the Ligier team, before stepping away.
He returned as head of the ill-fated Peugeot engine programme in the 1990s.
Peugeot, fresh from winning Le Mans in 1993, joined forces with McLaren for 1994, but the relationship was a tense one and it ended early - after just one season of poor performance and reliability. Peugeot switched to Jordan from 1995-97 and then to Prost's team from 1998 before withdrawing at the end of 2000.
via BBC Sport - Formula 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/
#F1#Jean-Pierre Jabouille: First Renault driver to win a Formula 1 grand prix dies#aged 80#Formula 1
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Aftermath of Tom Pryce's fatal crash at the 1977 South African Grand Prix March 5, 1977 in Midrand, South Africa.
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The field barrels into the first turn at Kyalami.
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On this day, it’s been 25 years since his passing. His death not only had a devastating impact on his million of fans around the world but also on formula 1 and motorsport as a whole. Because of him, safety has improved and the numbers of fatalities have decreased rapidly. His death showed us, like Jim clark in 1968, that even the best drivers are mortal.
Since the first official formula 1 grand prix in 1950, there has been many accidents, and some of them ended in fatality. In the 69 full seasons of formula 1, 32 drivers have lost their life in the dangerous sport. Every one of them has been tragic, but their passings has also helped form the sport, that we know today. Safety in motorsport is at its peak, and we can thank all of those, who have died as a consequence of crashes in formula 1.
Chet Miller * 19 July 1902 - 15 May 1953 * Indianapolis 500
Onofre Marimón * 19 December 1923 - 31 July 1954 * German Grand Prix
Manny Ayulo * 20 October 1921 - 17 May 1955 * Indianapolis 500
Bill Vukovich * 13 December 1918 - 30 May 1955 * Indianapolis 500
Keith Andrews * 15 June 1920 - 15 May 1957 * Indianapolis 500
Pat O’Connor * 9 October 1928 - 30 May 1958 * Indianapolis 500
Luigi Musso * 28 July 1924 - 6 July 1958 * French Grand Prix
Peter Collins * 6 November 1931 - 3 August 1958 * German Grand Prix
Stuart Lewis-Evans * 20 April 1930 - 25 October 1958 * Moroccan Grand Prix
Jerry Unser Jr. * 15 November 1932 - 17 May 1959 * Indianapolis 500
Bob Cortner * 16 April 1927 - 19 May 1959 * Indianapolis 500
Chris Bristow * 2 December 1937 - 19 June 1960 * Belgian Grand Prix
Alan Stacey * 29 August 1933 - 19 June 1960 * Belgian Grand Prix
Wolfgang von Trips * 4 May 1928 - 10 September 1961 * Italian Grand Prix
Carel Godin de Beaufort * 10 April 1934 - 2 August 1964 * German Grand Prix
John Taylor * 23 March 1933 - 8 September 1966 * German Grand Prix
Lorenzo Bandini * 21 December 1935 - 19 May 1967 * Monaco Grand Prix
Jo Schlesser * 18 May 1928 - 7 July 1968 * French Grand Prix
Gerhard Mitter * 30 August 1935 - 1 August 1969 * German Grand Prix
Piers Courage * 27 May 1942 - 21 June 1970 * Dutch Grand Prix
Jochen Rindt * 18 April 1942 - 5 September 1970 * Italian Grand Prix
Roger Williamson * 2 February 1948 - 29 July 1973 * Dutch Grand Prix
Francois Cevert * February 25 1944 - 6 October 1973 * United Stated Grand Prix
Helmuth Koinigg * 3 November 1948 - 6 October 1974 * United States Grand Prix
Mark Donohue * 18 March 1937 - 19 August 1975 * Austrian Grand Prix
Tom Pryce * 11 June 1949 - 5 March 1977 * South African Grand Prix
Ronnie Peterson * 14 February 1944 - 11 September 1978 * Italian Grand Prix
Gilles Villeneuve * 18 January 1950 - 8 May 1982 * Belgian Grand Prix
Riccardo Paletti * 15 June 1958 - 13 June 1982 * Canadian Grand Prix
Roland Ratzenberger * 4 July 1960 - 30 April 1994 * San Marino Grand Prix
Ayrton Senna * 21 March 1960 - 1 May 1994 * San Marino Grand Prix
Jules Bianchi * 3 August 1989 - 17 July 2015 * Japanese Grand Prix
More drivers have also been killed in an f1 car, but either as part of a test or in a non-championship event.
It isn’t just the drivers who risk their life while driving at 200 mph. The marshalls make it safer for the drivers on track, but sometimes even they lose their life trying to help others.
Günther Schneider * 4 August 1963 * German Grand Prix
Jansen van Vuuren * 5 March 1977 * South African Grand Prix
Paolo Gislimberti * 10 September 2000 * Italian Grand Prix
Graham Beveridge * 4 March 2001 * Australian Grand Prix
Mark Robinson * 9 June 2013 * Canadian Grand Prix
I hope no other driver or marshall will die during what they love in the future. It’s a dangerous sport, and I admit, I like a crash, but I don’t want to see anyone get hurt.
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South African Grand Prix, 1977
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4 AD – Augustus adopts Tiberius.
221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.
684 – Pope Benedict II is chosen.
699 – En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.
1243 – Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
1295 – Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
1407 – Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
1409 – Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
1460 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
1483 – Richard III becomes King of England.
1522 – Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
1541 – Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
1579 – Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
1718 – Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1723 – After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
1740 – A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
1794 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
1830 – William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.
1843 – Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
1848 – End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
1857 – The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
1886 – Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
1889 – Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
1906 – The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
1909 – The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
1917 – World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
1918 – World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
1924 – The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
1934 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
1936 – Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
1940 – World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
1941 – World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
1942 – The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
1944 – World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
1945 – The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
1948 – Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
1948 – William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
1948 – Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
1952 – The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
1953 – Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
1955 – The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
1959 – Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
1960 – The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
1960 – Madagascar gains its independence from France.
1963 – Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
1967 – Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
1977 – Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
1978 – Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
1981 – Dan-Air Flight 240, flying to East Midlands Airport, crashes in Nailstone, Leicestershire. All three crew members perish.
1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
1995 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.
1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
2000 – The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
2003 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
2006 – Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
2007 – Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
2008 – A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
2012 – The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
2013 – Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
2013 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
2015 – Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.
2015 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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Niki Lauda, Ferrari, 1977, South African Grand Prix, Paul Guyer
Niki Lauda, Ferrari, 1977, South African Grand Prix
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1977 Formula One season Vol. 1
1 Argentine Grand Prix Buenos Aires
2 Brazilian Grand Prix Interlagos
3 South African Grand Prix Kyalami
4 United States Grand Prix West Long Beach
5 Spanish Grand Prix Jarama
6 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco
7 Belgian Grand Prix Zolder
8 Swedish Grand Prix Anderstorp
9 French Grand Prix Dijon-Prenois
10 British Grand Prix Silverstone
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Kork Ballington becomes a MotoGP™ Legend
Four-time World Champion inducted into the Hall of Fame in Australia
Four-time World Champion Kork Ballington is now a MotoGP™ Legend. The South African, who took the 250 and 350 World Championships in both 1978 and 1979, was inducted into the MotoGP™ Hall of Fame on Friday at Phillip Island.
Ballington took his first podium in 1976 when he came second in the 250cc race at the West German Grand Prix and he followed it up – this time in the 350 World Championship – with his first win, taken at the Spanish Grand Prix. 1977 saw more podiums and wins – with his first 250 victory coming at Silverstone – before the South African made his charge for the crowns.
He began 1978 off the podium in both Championships before he made his first visit to the rostrum that season in the 350cc race at the Salzburgring. Repeating the feat next time out, the eventual Champion in both classes then took both the 250 and 350 wins at the Nations GP at Mugello, something he also did in Finland and at Brno. Ballington took four 250 wins and six 350 wins on the way to winning both titles that year.
1979 was a similar story as the South African on the Kawasaki dominated. Seven 250 wins – achieved three-in-a-row and then four-in-a-row – saw him defend the crown, and five wins in the 350 World Championship wrapped that up title for the second year running, too.
Ballington decided to target the 250 and 500 Championships in 1980 and was runner up in the lower category after another five wins, alongside taking some top ten results on the 500. That laid solid foundations and his first podiums in the premier class came the following season in the Netherlands and Finland. A final year of competition in 1982 prefaced the four-time World Champion’s retirement.
“What an occasion! This is fantastic, I’m deeply humbled for starters, and honoured,” smiles Ballington. “I’m amongst friends again, this is my fraternity, and to be put alongside the other fantastic Legends is an honour and a privilege.”
Quizzed on a stand out memory of his time racing, Ballington goes right back to basics: “My first Grand Prix win was in Montjuic Park in Barcelona in 1976, as a privateer against the factory Yamahas, factory Harleys…my brother and I just had our little 350 Yamaha going so well that nobody could see me on that day. It was a big stepping stone because to win your first Grand Prix sets you up to win your second. I suddenly believed it and realised I could do it – the consequent Grand Prix wins then came a little bit easier. That’s a stand out for me.”
Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta equally expressed the honour he felt in inducting Ballington into the Hall of Fame: “It’s an honour today and I had the honour to see him racing. He was racing at Jarama when I was the director of the circuit and I remember it well. For me he’s one of the mythical names in the FIM Road Racing World Championship, it’s also a great honour to have the first South African and African Champion here. For everyone in the MotoGP family it’s a great honour to nominate Kork here today.”
Ballington has now joined a long list of greats that have been made MotoGP™ Legends that includes Giacomo Agostini, Mick Doohan, Geoff Duke, Wayne Gardner, Mike Hailwood, Daijiro Kato, Eddie Lawson, Anton Mang, Angel Nieto, Wayne Rainey, Phil Read, Jim Redman, Kenny Roberts, Jarno Saarinen, Kevin Schwantz, Barry Sheene, Marco Simoncelli, Freddie Spencer, Casey Stoner, John Surtees, Carlo Ubbiali, Alex Crivillé, Franco Uncini, Marco Lucchinelli, Randy Mamola and the late Nicky Hayden. Dani Pedrosa will join the ranks at the season finale.
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Two brands, one mission. Dainese and sub-brand AGV are celebrating 115 years of combined experience in providing safety for riders and other sport enthusiasts.
On the occasion, the duo have released a special Anniversario Collection with Dainese’s 45 years and AGV’s 70 years of history been painted on the canvases of 14 themed T-shirts and two exclusive leather jackets. The painting on canvases represents the evolution of the brands’ technology and a tribute to three motorcycling legends.
ANNIVERSARIO COLLECTION
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CHAMPION T-SHIRT
This is the ultimate Dainese symbol: 12 world champion suits, all belonging to riders that raced for the Veneto brand. A round-up of art and colours that not only represents Dainese’s significance in the world of motorcycle racing but also allows us to take an unparalleled journey through time in just one image. Where there is motorcycling and victory, there is Dainese.
LOGO DAINESE MOTO 72
This logo recaptures the imagery found on a significant Dainese garment, the Moto 72 jacket. The”Patriotic” colours of red, white and blue are key in America. In the centre, there is a stylised café racer.
ESSENCE T-SHIRT
This “demonic” figure is one of the sketches that Lino Dainese had an architect friend of his draw at the start of his project: to create clothing for motorcyclists with his name on. Another suggestion was then chosen, a faun, the current stylised devil that, over the course of its 45 years, has undergone various updates.
GLOVE T-SHIRT
One of the iconic garments created by Dainese is the glove as we know it today. When starting to think about the hands of riders in 1980, there was a turning point when, in 1995, Max Biaggi debuted a glove with composite protection in carbon and Kevlar for the knuckles and back of the hand. It was a momentous change and the reason why it is used today as the symbol on the Anniversary t-shirt.
PROTECTION T-SHIRT
If we had to choose just one garment that is symbolic of Dainese, it would without a doubt be the back protector. Created in collaboration with Barry Sheen in 1978 and designed by Marc Sadler, it recalls the scales of a lobster, which is how it got its name. But three years later, in 1981, it gains definitive recognition: Freddy”Fast” Spencer suffers a disastrous fall during the Kyalami Grand Prix trials. He is left uninjured despite crashing into dangerous South African curbs at high speed, thanks to his back protector. From then on, this accessory becomes as important as the helmet for every rider.
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D-AIR T-SHIRT
When you think of Airbags, you think of Dainese. It was back in 2000 when the first D-air® system was developed by the Veneto company, which officially presented it at the exhibition in Munich. In 2004, the patent receives a specific definition thanks to the participation of the Safety Research Project, headed by the engineer Cossalter. In 2006, it sees its first real activation on the track. In 2007, D-air® Racing is created, designed for sporting use: during the Valencia Grand Prix trials, Simone Grotzky activates it for the first time. In the following year, 2008, the D-air® street tests begin. From 2009, specifically during the German Grand Prix, at least one rider from each class wears D-air® racing. From 2011, the system is available to the public.
SPEED DEMON T-SHIRT
Speed Demon, the red triangle in the shape of a stylised devil, is Dainese’s symbol. It was created in 1972, when the company was founded, and is based on a faun, a figure of Roman mythology and a god of nature. In 1981, it is radically redesigned, then finally becomes what it is today after its last redesign in 2005.
ESSENCE LETTER T-SHIRT
The Dainese logo that symbolises the name of the company underwent significant restyling in 2016. Here is the text, cleaner than it was in the past and elongated, for a more dynamic look.
AGV 1947 T-SHIRT
The company’s historic trademark stands out against the clothing’s brown colour, which recalls the leather of the first AGV helmets. Red and green are the colours of Piedmont, while the five intersecting circles are the same as those of the Olympics, designed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914. The AGV acronym stands for Gino Amisano, the founder’s name and surname, and Valenza, his place of birth.
AGV 1970 T-SHIRT
This logo was an important part of AGV’s success in the Seventies, which depicts Giacomo Agostini’s helmet as seen from behind (just as his rivals so often saw him). The three colours have always been a key part of the brand; the font, on the other hand, changes from upper case – as in the early days – to lower case.
AGV ESSENCE T-SHIRT
On the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary (2007), AGV radically restyles the brand. The shield shape is kept and is very visible, being placed on a spherical shape that is the upper part of the helmet. The lettering is more modern, but doesn’t lose its previous identity. The colour black appears and there is more of the colour white, and an outline is added, which increases its visibility when placed on backgrounds of the same colour.
BARRY T-SHIRT
One number, one champion. One colour, and one rider. It’s a rule in every sport, when representing a champion. And the number 7, in motorcycle racing, just like red, white, yellow and black, immediately makes you think of Barry Sheene. Born in 1950 in England to a father who was a mechanic and a mother who was a cook, Barry entered all the Motorcycle GP classes from 50 cc to 750 cc, but achieved far less than he could have (twice champion of the 500 cc, in 1976 and 1977). But he won 23 races and made his mark, because he was the biggest character of them all. Known for his exuberant riding and resulting falls, Dainese tested its first back protector with him.
AGOSTINI T-SHIRT
There is no one like him. We are talking about”Mino”, also known as Giacomo Agostini, the most successful Motorcycle GP rider with 15 championships and 122 races. He began collaborating with Dainese in 1975 and, through him, we saw the introduction of colour (suits were all black before), thicker leather and double protective straps that do not compromise the fit. The partnership between Agostini and Dainese didn’t just last until his final race but continued into his later career – which was also a success – as team manager. Today, Giacomo is an ambassador for the Molvena brand.
ROBERTS T-SHIRT
In 1978, a “Martian” landed at the Motorcycle GP, an overseas rider who, thanks to his dirt-track and Goodyear tyre experience, rode his Yamaha 500 with a unique and personal style that made the motorcycle glide. His name was Kenny Roberts, and he won his first Grand Prix and those of the next consecutive two years. He drove a black and yellow motorcycle, is a Dainese rider and helped to create the first knee slider, which protects the knee as it continuously hits the ground. When you see yellow and black, you think of him. Here is the t-shirt that celebrates the umpteenth Dainese champion.
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Dainese and AGV celebrates 115 years launching Anniversario Collection
Two brands, one mission. Dainese and sub-brand AGV are celebrating 115 years of combined experience in providing safety for riders and other sport enthusiasts.
Dainese and AGV celebrates 115 years launching Anniversario Collection Two brands, one mission. Dainese and sub-brand AGV are celebrating 115 years of combined experience in providing safety for riders and other sport enthusiasts.
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Two brands, one mission. Dainese and sub-brand AGV are celebrating 115 years of combined experience in providing safety for riders and other sport enthusiasts.
On the occasion, the duo have released a special Anniversario Collection with Dainese’s 45 years and AGV’s 70 years of history been painted on the canvases of 14 themed T-shirts and two exclusive leather jackets. The painting on canvases represents the evolution of the brands’ technology and a tribute to three motorcycling legends.
ANNIVERSARIO COLLECTION
(From Brand Website)
CHAMPION T-SHIRT
This is the ultimate Dainese symbol: 12 world champion suits, all belonging to riders that raced for the Veneto brand. A round-up of art and colours that not only represents Dainese’s significance in the world of motorcycle racing but also allows us to take an unparalleled journey through time in just one image. Where there is motorcycling and victory, there is Dainese.
LOGO DAINESE MOTO 72
This logo recaptures the imagery found on a significant Dainese garment, the Moto 72 jacket. The”Patriotic” colours of red, white and blue are key in America. In the centre, there is a stylised café racer.
ESSENCE T-SHIRT
This “demonic” figure is one of the sketches that Lino Dainese had an architect friend of his draw at the start of his project: to create clothing for motorcyclists with his name on. Another suggestion was then chosen, a faun, the current stylised devil that, over the course of its 45 years, has undergone various updates.
GLOVE T-SHIRT
One of the iconic garments created by Dainese is the glove as we know it today. When starting to think about the hands of riders in 1980, there was a turning point when, in 1995, Max Biaggi debuted a glove with composite protection in carbon and Kevlar for the knuckles and back of the hand. It was a momentous change and the reason why it is used today as the symbol on the Anniversary t-shirt.
PROTECTION T-SHIRT
If we had to choose just one garment that is symbolic of Dainese, it would without a doubt be the back protector. Created in collaboration with Barry Sheen in 1978 and designed by Marc Sadler, it recalls the scales of a lobster, which is how it got its name. But three years later, in 1981, it gains definitive recognition: Freddy”Fast” Spencer suffers a disastrous fall during the Kyalami Grand Prix trials. He is left uninjured despite crashing into dangerous South African curbs at high speed, thanks to his back protector. From then on, this accessory becomes as important as the helmet for every rider.
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D-AIR T-SHIRT
When you think of Airbags, you think of Dainese. It was back in 2000 when the first D-air® system was developed by the Veneto company, which officially presented it at the exhibition in Munich. In 2004, the patent receives a specific definition thanks to the participation of the Safety Research Project, headed by the engineer Cossalter. In 2006, it sees its first real activation on the track. In 2007, D-air® Racing is created, designed for sporting use: during the Valencia Grand Prix trials, Simone Grotzky activates it for the first time. In the following year, 2008, the D-air® street tests begin. From 2009, specifically during the German Grand Prix, at least one rider from each class wears D-air® racing. From 2011, the system is available to the public.
SPEED DEMON T-SHIRT
Speed Demon, the red triangle in the shape of a stylised devil, is Dainese’s symbol. It was created in 1972, when the company was founded, and is based on a faun, a figure of Roman mythology and a god of nature. In 1981, it is radically redesigned, then finally becomes what it is today after its last redesign in 2005.
ESSENCE LETTER T-SHIRT
The Dainese logo that symbolises the name of the company underwent significant restyling in 2016. Here is the text, cleaner than it was in the past and elongated, for a more dynamic look.
AGV 1947 T-SHIRT
The company’s historic trademark stands out against the clothing’s brown colour, which recalls the leather of the first AGV helmets. Red and green are the colours of Piedmont, while the five intersecting circles are the same as those of the Olympics, designed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1914. The AGV acronym stands for Gino Amisano, the founder’s name and surname, and Valenza, his place of birth.
AGV 1970 T-SHIRT
This logo was an important part of AGV’s success in the Seventies, which depicts Giacomo Agostini’s helmet as seen from behind (just as his rivals so often saw him). The three colours have always been a key part of the brand; the font, on the other hand, changes from upper case – as in the early days – to lower case.
AGV ESSENCE T-SHIRT
On the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary (2007), AGV radically restyles the brand. The shield shape is kept and is very visible, being placed on a spherical shape that is the upper part of the helmet. The lettering is more modern, but doesn’t lose its previous identity. The colour black appears and there is more of the colour white, and an outline is added, which increases its visibility when placed on backgrounds of the same colour.
BARRY T-SHIRT
One number, one champion. One colour, and one rider. It’s a rule in every sport, when representing a champion. And the number 7, in motorcycle racing, just like red, white, yellow and black, immediately makes you think of Barry Sheene. Born in 1950 in England to a father who was a mechanic and a mother who was a cook, Barry entered all the Motorcycle GP classes from 50 cc to 750 cc, but achieved far less than he could have (twice champion of the 500 cc, in 1976 and 1977). But he won 23 races and made his mark, because he was the biggest character of them all. Known for his exuberant riding and resulting falls, Dainese tested its first back protector with him.
AGOSTINI T-SHIRT
There is no one like him. We are talking about”Mino”, also known as Giacomo Agostini, the most successful Motorcycle GP rider with 15 championships and 122 races. He began collaborating with Dainese in 1975 and, through him, we saw the introduction of colour (suits were all black before), thicker leather and double protective straps that do not compromise the fit. The partnership between Agostini and Dainese didn’t just last until his final race but continued into his later career – which was also a success – as team manager. Today, Giacomo is an ambassador for the Molvena brand.
ROBERTS T-SHIRT
In 1978, a “Martian” landed at the Motorcycle GP, an overseas rider who, thanks to his dirt-track and Goodyear tyre experience, rode his Yamaha 500 with a unique and personal style that made the motorcycle glide. His name was Kenny Roberts, and he won his first Grand Prix and those of the next consecutive two years. He drove a black and yellow motorcycle, is a Dainese rider and helped to create the first knee slider, which protects the knee as it continuously hits the ground. When you see yellow and black, you think of him. Here is the t-shirt that celebrates the umpteenth Dainese champion.
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Dainese and AGV celebrates 115 years launching Anniversario Collection Two brands, one mission. Dainese and sub-brand AGV are celebrating 115 years of combined experience in providing safety for riders and other sport enthusiasts.
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221 – Roman emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir and receives the title of Caesar.
363 – Roman emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sasanian Empire.
684 – Pope Benedict II is chosen.
699 – En no Ozuno, a Japanese mystic and apothecary who will later be regarded as the founder of a folk religion Shugendō, is banished to Izu Ōshima.
1243 – Mongols defeat the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Köse Dağ.
1295 – Przemysł II crowned king of Poland, following Ducal period. The white eagle is added to the Polish coat of arms.
1407 – Ulrich von Jungingen becomes Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights.
1409 – Western Schism: The Roman Catholic Church is led into a double schism as Petros Philargos is crowned Pope Alexander V after the Council of Pisa, joining Pope Gregory XII in Rome and Pope Benedict XII in Avignon.
1460 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
1483 – Richard III becomes King of England.
1522 – Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
1541 – Francisco Pizarro is assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego de Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
1579 – Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory begins.
1718 – Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him.
1723 – After a siege and bombardment by cannon, Baku surrenders to the Russians.
1740 – A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
1794 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
1830 – William IV becomes king of Britain and Hanover.
1843 – Treaty of Nanking comes into effect, Hong Kong Island is ceded to the British "in perpetuity".
1848 – End of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
1857 – The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
1870 – The Christian holiday of Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.
1886 – Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
1889 – Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
1906 – The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
1909 – The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
1917 – World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
1918 – World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
1924 – The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
1934 – United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
1936 – Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
1940 – World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
1941 – World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
1942 – The first flight of the Grumman F6F Hellcat.
1944 – World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
1945 – The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
1948 – Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
1948 – William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
1948 – Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
1952 – The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewide labour parties.
1953 – Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
1955 – The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
1959 – Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
1960 – The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
1960 – Madagascar gains its independence from France.
1963 – Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
1967 – Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
1974 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
1975 – Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
1977 – Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
1978 – Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.
1995 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani deposes his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, in a bloodless coup d'état.
1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Communications Decency Act violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
2000 – The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
2003 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that gender-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
2006 – Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
2007 – Pope Benedict XVI reinstates the traditional laws of papal election in which a successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the votes.
2008 – A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people.
2012 – The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
2013 – Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
2013 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5–4, that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
2015 – Five different terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia, Somalia, Kuwait, and Syria occurred on what was dubbed Bloody Friday by international media. Upwards of 750 people were either killed or injured in these uncoordinated attacks.
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