Zubehör und Bekleidung AGV 2019 : Workbook | Page 6

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MILESTONES
1971-1973
AGV entered Formula 1
in the early seventies
with Emerson Fittipaldi
and Niki Lauda.
1947 1956 1960 1969 1977 1980 1996 2011 2016 2018
The fi rst AGV motorcycle
safety helmet: leather
and skin to start with. The fi rst fi berglass jet
helmet. The legendary
Renzo Pasolini was still
using one in the
early Seventies. AGV became synonymous
with safety for VIPs too.
Marcello Mastroianni,
Formula One driver in the
Sixties fi lm “A place for lovers”
by De Sica. The fi rst full-face helmet
worn in an Italian race
was an AGV model,
worn by Alberto Pagani.
Then Ago started using one. AGV starts the
“Mobile Clinic” to treat
riders at the site of
motorcycle events
in case of injury. Randy Mamola
sponsored by AGV. Valentino Rossi has been
racing in an AGV since
1996, the year of his fi rst
125 World Championship
race and fi rst victory. A revolution in helmet
design that achieves
tangible and measurable
improvements in:
protection, comfort,
fi eld of vision,
aerodynamics. For Valentino and AGV,
the 2016 season marks a
special milestone: the most
representative rider of the
Italian motorcycling world
has been racing wearing
AGV helmets for 20 years. The world’s fi rst
SportModular helmet is
born: the performance
of a full face, the comfort
of a modular. Entirely built
in Carbon Fiber.
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The birth of the modern
italian crash helmet
made of fi berglass. AGV became the fi rst
company to use a motorcycle
race for its advertising.
Amisano had banners
hung around the most
photographed bends. The fi rst contract with
the motorcycling’s World
Champion Giacomo Agostini. The Imola 200 miles.
High speeds from
the brute power of 750cc.
The best riders in the
world. Short races to
increase the pace. Barry Sheene
and Kenny Roberts
are sponsored by AGV. Wayne Rainey
sponsored by AGV. AGV becomes part of
Dainese. Two leading
companies in the safety
market together. The Pista GP is awarded
with 5 Sharp Stars and
confi rmed as one of the
safest helmets in the
world. The AGV
Extreme
Standards. AGV celebrates
its 70 th
anniversary
Everything began immediately after the Second World War when AGV in 1946
started out as manufacturer of leather seats and bicycle saddles. It was in 1947
that Amisano Gino from Valenza, the historical founder (hence the name AGV),
entered into the motorcycle helmets world; an important step which gained since
the beginning unprecedented commercial success together with the chance of
being part of sport competitions. In 1969 AGV developed the fi rst fi berglass full-face
helmet.
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Since the beginning, AGV’s history has been directly linked to the one of riders who
have made the motorcycle history: Giacomo Agostini, Barry Sheene, Kenny Roberts,
Angel Nieto, Marco Lucchinelli, Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet, Emerson Fittipaldi,
Randy Mamola, Loris Capirossi, Max Biaggi, Valentino Rossi and many others. The
Pista GP was created in 2012 as the fi rst of a new generation of helmets from the
AGV Extreme Standards project. This process revolutionised helmet design and test
methods and, from the outset, the clear aim was to signifi cantly and demonstrably
improve rider protection, ergonomics and comfort. AGV has never doubted its
mission to protect riders and has never wavered in its commitment to Innovation
and Research & Development to let riders enjoy their passion to the full in complete
safety.
From the track to the road, for the Champions of every day.