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Standards are an essential component in car racing. Regarding safety, standards warrants that a basic safety protection is offered to the different race car participants (Racers, Driver, Crew, Rescue Team, etc.). Sanctioning bodies that generates these standards establish a list of tests that a product must undergo to earn their safety sticker (length of exposure to flame, applied pressure on the product or it components, resistance to different types of impacts, from different angles, etc., etc.). Several samples of each product (according to size, options, etc.) are sent by the manufacturers to test laboratory that are certified by the sanctioning bodies, the certification is delivered if such product passes all test required. Here is a summary of the most common and the most stringent standards for the helmets:
*SNELL & FIA STANDARDS*

*The SNELL* is a non-profit U.S. organization which, since 1957, has defined helmet safety standards regarding areas of activity. The SNELL SA standard is reviewed and updated every five years according to new medical and technical knowledge (unlike the BSI standard which has not changed since 1985). Recognized as the most demanding standard in the world, it is often mandatory in competition. The SNELL SA 2005 standard increases the resistance tests of the helmet in its lower-part which guarantees better shock absorption of your head in case of a violent lateral crash. More information on the official SNELL website at http://www.smf.org	The FIA 8860-2004 standard was first made years back for Formula 1. The FIA standard for helmets has proven its use in amazing crashes in 2009 and will be spread to many more series in the years to come - under FIA authority or not - (it is already the case in GP2, GP3, WTCC, FIA GT, WRC, LMS…) Helmets labeled FIA go through SNELL resistance tests and even more violent tests. It implies a building of the shell in raw carbon and highly absorbing liner. All FIA 8860-2004 helmets are made HANS^® homologated.

Standards

FIA 8860-2010	FIA 8860-2004


SNELL SAH 2010, SA 2010, SA 2005 & SA 2000
Where required
FIA: Formula 1, Formula 2, GP2, GP3, WTCC, FIA GT, WRC, LMS and more other transnational oriented categories. SNELL: Mainly of the local and national competitions (Most particularly in the U.S.A) majority.
Validity period
SNELL SA 2000 helmets will no longer be accepted in any competitions under FIA regulation after 01/01/2015. SNELL SA 2005 helmets will no longer be accepted in any competitions under FIA regulation after 01/01/2019. No date set yet for the FIA 8860-2010, FIA 8860-2004 helmets and SNELL SA (H) 2010 helmets. The BSI BS6658-85 A/FR standard that is used in rally will no longer be valid after 12/31/2013.
More info
www.fia.com (FIA) www.smf.org (SNELL) www.stand21.fr
NEW FIA 8858-2010 STANDARD
You will find herein all possible setups combinations HANS^® - tethers - post anchors – helmets, following the newly released FIA 8858-2010 Frontal Head Restraint (FHR) standard. For reading this matrix, you can either start from the HANS^® / thethers (on the left side of the matrix) or start from the helmet - post anchors (on the right side of the matrix), the arrows show that any combinations allowed on the left side can be used with any combinations allowed on the right side (and vice versa).

Below is a video of a crash implying one of our IVOS SNELL SA 2005 helmets with its explanations and the uninjured driver's testimony:

1. During the first frontal impact, the HANS^® system fulfils its role, restraining head and neck.	2. Seat breaks and there are multiple impacts on the helmet top resulting from violent contacts with roof and rollcage, as well as deformation of the shell basis on the HANS^® system following crushing against the roof during the flips. This last fact has prevented the driver's cervical vertebrae from being wedged.
3. A top peak screw scraps on the tarmac while the car slides on the side.	4. Shearing of the carbon by a metallic object (probably the door handle) which was stopped by the shell and the chin strap support.
A few words from Mr Neil Smith, driver of the car: "I am certain that I am alive today thanks to a HANS^® Device and IVOS helmet supplied by Stand 21. I was lucky enough to be wearing them when another driver hit my left front wheel in a test session at Spa which snapped my steering, sending me into the armco at around 70-80mph followed by at least six rolls. I am amazed that I came out of it without any major injury, and very grateful to everyone at Stand 21 for their commitment to quality and safety."

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