Mooresville (NC, United States), February 12th, 2025 – OMP and Bell Racing, brands of Racing Force Group, have boosted their presence on the grid of the NASCAR Cup Series, the most popular stock-car championship in the United States. The renowned Daytona 500, to be held on February 16, will be the first round of the […]
Last December, Bell Racing announced the introduction of the innovative SmartLock™ visor locking system, which had already been tested by Fernando Alonso during the free practice sessions at the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The solution immediately aroused enormous interest among drivers and motorsport professional, who will find it progressively introduced in the Bell Racing’s […]
Versatility is a characteristic that has made a lot of drivers unforgettable in motorsport history. This old-style approach has also characterized the 2024 of Conor Daly, who due to a set of circumstances, has been able to measure himself in different categories in the United States: INDYCAR Series, where he boasts over 100 starts, but […]
From today comes the future. Having celebrated 70 years of history in the production of racing helmets, Bell maintains its leading position in the industry with sporting and technological successes. The year 2024 was full of achievements for the brand, starting with the historic triumph in the World Rally Championship. Twenty-three years after Richard Burns’ […]
Alongside OMP within Racing Force Group, Bell joined one of the dominant brands in rally competition, with several world titles won by equipping the most successful teams and drivers with racewear, seats, harnesses and other safety and performance components. For Bell, this created an incredible opportunity: the mission was to bring the Bell brand back […]
In 2019, negotiations were concluded for the purchase of Bell Racing Helmets by OMP, the famous Italian brand that is among the leaders in the production of racewear and performance parts. Bell Racing and OMP have the same mission, to provide protection for racing drivers, but in a complementary way. The agreement created a giant, […]
Imagine that your dream is to race in the Formula 1 World Championship, and to fulfill it at just 18 years old. This is what will happen to Andrea Kimi Antonelli in 2025, as officially confirmed a few weeks ago. “I haven’t realized yet that I’m going to compete in Formula 1, I’ll probably fully […]
In 2004, Bell reached the half-century mark as a helmet manufacturer. Coincident with this milestone is the birth of the HP1, the first model homologated to the new FIA 8860 standard. The goal was to ensure higher levels of protection in all potential impact areas, absorbing 50 percent more impact energy and improving load spreading […]
In the nineties, aerodynamics also became a major area of exploration in the design of racing helmets. While in closed-cockpit cars the shape of the helmet shell has no influence on performance, it represents a key aspect in single-seater racing, where the lid is directly exposed to the outside, and can thus adversely affect drag […]
From the very beginning, the motorsport world has been distinguished by the quest for continuous technological improvement, innovating or knowing how to seize change to find more performance and greater safety. In the 1970s, the first significant studies of composite materials, derived from the aviation sector, capable of combining great weight savings with superior strength, […]
