Avintia Racing’s rider, Loris Baz, crashed at a speed of around 290 km/h during the morning session of the opening MotoGP 2016 season test, at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia, on Tuesday, February 2nd.

The accident happened which caused a loss of control, after a period of around 1.9 seconds, caused Loris to be launched from the bike. The Alpinestars Tech-Air Race airbag system, housed within his leather suit, deployed when Loris was launched and then the first impact with the track took place 60 milliseconds later with the highest energy impact recorded at 29.9g’s on his left shoulder.

From the moment that Loris impacted the track, the duration of the slide lasted for 6.6 seconds.

Despite the speed and level of impact force associated with the crash, Loris was able to walk away and resume testing.