Formula 1 team’s amazing vests
READERS Felix Naughton and Fergal Toohey are probably not the only ones who find it hard to understand why the top Formula 1 racing team Red Bull has signed up FIR-TEX (Far Infrared Rays TEXtile) as an “innovation partner”.
Announcing the deal at bit.ly/BullTEX, Red Bull says somewhat ungrammatically: “The agreement means that the team’s pit crew will wear their revolutionary FIR-TEX underneath its team clothing during the 2010 grands prix.”
The announcement goes on to state: “Shown to improve circulation, balance and wellbeing, the FIR-VEST is one of the new products produced by FIR-TEX.…
