“Equality is a value I believe in”
“Only one race, Human race”. This is the phrase on the back of the special helmet chosen by Andrea Iannone for the home race of the Superbike championship taking place this weekend in Misano. The Ducati Go Eleven rider will race with a rainbow helmet and the peace symbol.
The idea was born from Andrea Iannone, then shared with the designer and friend Andrea Adamo, to give voice to a message of peace, respect, equality and global brotherhood that is so necessary today. The aesthetics and graphics of the Nolan X-804 helmet are signed by designer Andrea Adamo and created by Starline Designers. The symbol of peace is combined with the color of the universal nude which then explodes in the shades of the rainbow. The phrase on the back is inspired by “I belong to the only race I know: the human race”a statement made by the famous physicist Albert Einstein he uttered in 1933 when, to escape racial persecution, he arrived in the United States.
The fact that in English the noun ‘race’ is double allows for the ‘play on words’ between race and race. “But Misano is home – the words of Andrea Iannone – and I wanted to celebrate this race with a special helmet. I thought about what to do for a bit, something imaginative or maybe fun. Then, however, I told myself that I couldn’t reduce an occasion like such an important race followed by so many people to something light, fun and that’s it. For this reason, even if it is only a symbolic gesture, I chose to write a sentence on the helmet that can make us reflect even just for a second. The current events that surround us, the images that come to us every day, should not be forgotten. My message will not change the fate of what is happening, but it is my contribution, my thoughts, my wishes for the future. Equality is a value I strongly believe in and I wanted to remember it here.”
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