Arctic Heat Motorsport Vest Prototype Being Trialled Internationally

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The Arctic Heat motorsport cooling vest prototype has been developed and is currently being trialled by drivers around the globe.  The 800 gram light weight cooling vest which gives up to 2 hours of core body cooling is the end product of collaboration between Arctic Heat and Dr Raj Jutley and Andy Blow from Porsche Human Performance, Silverstone, United Kingdom. 

The vest has additional torso cooling pockets as well as others strategically located to promote head and neck cooling.  This increases heat reserve capacity and increases driver performance.  Tests are presently being undertaken at the Porsche Human Performance laboratory to demonstrate improved cognition and reflexes with less heat stress to the brain.

Prototypes of the cooling vest will be trialled by an entrant in a MotoGP race in Malaysia in October 2009 as well as Porsche Carrera Cup guest drivers with Porsche Mobil1 Supercup in Abu Dhabi.  Vests will also be worn by 3 teams (Perez, Khan and Bhamrah) entering the arduous 10-day East Africa Classic Safari Rally in Kenya where cockpit temperatures often exceed 50°C.  Initial feedback from drivers has been very encouraging.

1.       Rommy Bhamrah, seen airborne in his 1974 Datsun 240Z during the last East Africa Classic Safari Rally in 2007 is one of the drivers trailing the Arctic Heat Motorsport cooling vest developed by Dr Raj Jutley and Andy Blow in the 2009 event.

 

 

 

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