Helmet saved him

[The Joker]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YYBujIn9Y_A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>..

 

[The Joker]

http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/260676/1/lorenzo-baldassarri-stable-after-horror-highside.html

 

[Snafu]

Some drivers wear suits with airbags, you can see bags going off when he lands:
https://www.redbull.com/int-en/alpinestars-explain-how-their-motogp-leathers-are-made


i guess Lorenzo (not that crash above) wears one from now on... he wasn't wearing ab-suit...
http://www.sportrider.com/motogp-did-lorenzos-airbag-deploy-in-motegi-crash#page-8 <- sorry about ad


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