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Race Balaclavas / Hoods

A racing balaclava is an essential piece of motorsport safety clothing that helps improve comfort levels and adds a layer of fire protection to your face. It is therefore necessary to wear FIA-approved racing balaclavas and fire-resistant underwear, including comfort tops, bottoms, and socks.


A high-quality race balaclava/hood also helps keep your motorsport helmet in much better condition.


The reason is that when you wear a racing balaclava, it helps absorb perspiration from your head when you are competing in a race, or, say, when you're practising for an upcoming rally event. This helps keep, say, your rally helmet much fresher, because the race balaclava can be cleaned much more easily before each race, helping to keep your motorsport helmet fresher for longer.

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A wide range of motorsport disciplines, such as rallying, formula, saloon, and GT racing, will require the driver and co-driver to wear fire-resistant racing balaclavas (FIA Approved).



The purpose of wearing a racing hood/balaclava is two-fold: firstly, to help prevent the face from sustaining fire-related injuries. The second is to significantly improve the occupants' level of comfort.



For example, when competing in hot and arid conditions, all drivers will naturally perspire more.



Imagine, for example, a rally driver competing in 40-degree-plus temperatures, who will naturally need a race balaclava to absorb some of the perspiration.



As our racing hoods and balaclavas are breathable, they help improve your comfort levels and prevent sweat from being absorbed into the helmet's lining. Because a balaclava can be cleaned relatively easily, this leaves your say carbon fibre Stilo helmet being fresher for longer. Whether your looking for a race balaclava made by Alpinestars or P1 Racewear, we stock a wide range of balaclavas made by some of the world's best racing balaclava manufacturers.

How does the race balaclava help to reduce the chances of incurring facial burn injuries?

Most motorsport balaclavas are made from highly breathable Nomex fabrics. This adds an extra layer of fire-resistant fabric to the driver's face. This is why the FIA, for example, will insist that the driver and the co-driver wear FIA-approved underwear such as racing socks, long-johns, a top and a race balaclava.

On top of that, an FIA-approved racing helmet and race suit will be needed for most motorsport events, such as in various rally competitions.

How does an FIA-approved balaclava also help improve driver comfort levels?

A race balaclava, or “racing hood”, as many rally drivers refer to them as, is not just used to help decrease the chance of the person incurring facial burn injuries.

The purpose of the race balaclava is also to improve comfort levels through a process known as “the wick effect”. This basically means that all of the the racing underwear, including the balaclava should be breathable and actively draw sweat away from the body.

Which brands of FIA-approved racing balaclavas do you stock?

We stock a massive range of motorsport safety clothing made by P1 Racewear and Alpinestars as well as many other leading brands.

What makes your motor racing balaclavas such high-quality?

We only stock top-quality balaclavas made by leading manufacturers such as P1 Racewear and Alpinestars.

These race balaclavas are then used by drivers and co-drivers from across the world who participate in rallying, karting and GT racing to name just a few of the motorsport competitions where our FIA-approved race balaclavas are required.

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