This season, Lauda and American driver Mario Andretti, among others, competed for the first time in race suits sewn from the five-layer fire-resistant fabric Nomex, the material NASA used to make space suits at the time.
Like Kevlar, which is currently widely used, Nomex is a kind of aramid ARAMID fiber, which not only has excellent fire resistance and high temperature resistance, but also resists corrosive gases and acidic liquids.
Such a suit sells for about Euros,
