Sentences with phrase «car world champion»

Frank Hawley stands near the drag strip at Lucas Oil Raceway Park in Indianapolis and the two - time NHRA Funny Car world champion puts modern - day automotive performance into perspective.

He was Formula 1 car world champion.

Not exact matches

The takeover, valued at $ 8 billion including debt, has been broadly welcomed in a sport featuring famous car brands such as Ferrari, McLaren and world champions Mercedes, and which has the Monaco Grand Prix as its jewel in the crown.

(Founder James Stuart compares the experience to buying a high - end car from Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher.)

The world's biggest champion of clean - energy vehicles has opened its arms to embattled electric - car maker Tesla Inc..

The comments came after the Spaniard's test in a Formula E car and received a lot of backlash online including that of 2009 F1 world champion, Jenson Button.

McLaren is a highly successful team with an opinionated double world champion and incredibly talented young rookie driving its cars.

Alonso and Vandoorne are completing 100 km of running in Navarro and the Spanish double world champion has given his first impressions of the car

The reigning world champions revealed their 2017 Formula 1 car on Thursday morning, before it was officially unveiled in front of the waiting media.

During practice and qualifying runs earlier in the week, Ferrari's world champion Lauda managed to shear two drive shafts, proving that the highly touted «traction» of the Italian cars was as susceptible to destructive overtorque as any others.

Vettel became the first world champion in the history of the sport to acknowledge that he was driving a car.

Nelson Piquet Jr started the race on pole and lead early on, but lost the lead to Same Bird when Bird's team mate, triple World Touring Car champion and former USF1 (remember them?)

«We all gave him the opportunity to become world champion in a fantastic car — and then he tells us he wants to retire.

Sure, Toyota will benefit from having the double world champion in one of its cars at its home race, the WEC will benefit from the publicity and Fernando will benefit from potentially being able to realistically challenge for the championship now, but what about everyone else?

Although López is a three - time World Touring Car champion he's probably best known for his long and memorable F1 career with the incredible USF1 team.

Sarrazin's place alongside Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi in the # 7 car has been taken by triple World Touring Car champion Jose Maria Lopez after he seriously impressed the team in tests last yecar has been taken by triple World Touring Car champion Jose Maria Lopez after he seriously impressed the team in tests last yeCar champion Jose Maria Lopez after he seriously impressed the team in tests last year.

The Flutie years: the 11 - car train to New Haven for the Yale game; the 10,000 BC fans who flew to the Tangerine Bowl in what one Eagle follower calls «the largest airlift from Boston to a single destination since World War II»; beating Alabama at Foxboro; tying national champion Clemson at Clemson and then beating Clemson at home the next year.

I don't think we can offer him a car to be world champion next year - and also maybe in two years.

The reigning world champion's reveal takes place from 12.10 pm UK time Thursday, with the actual covers coming off the car at 12.30 pm.

This oneness with a racing car has been described before by other drivers, including America's 1961 world champion, Phil Hill, but coming from the taciturn Scot it seemed eloquent.

Even after being world champion, I recall going to a car park and doing drills on the bike.

BT60B - 04 is the last Brabham car to race in the Formula 1 series and was world champion Damon Hill's first F1 drive.

Two world champions in one team can be an explosive combination but for Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button it was usually the car which was blowing up.

Other honorees include African - American world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson, who was sentenced to jail time for his relationship with white women, and Detective Omar Edwards, a police officer who was fatally shot chasing down a man who broke into his car.

The two new tracks are: Circuit De Barcelona - Catalunya Rallycross, and Brands Hatch Rallycross Historic The eight new cars include two current WRX runners: Matthias Ekstrom's Audi S1 EKS RX Quattro, and Petter Solberg's Citroën DS3 RX Supercar Three rides from Professional Fun - Haver and drifting world champion Vaughn Gittin Jr.: The Ford Bronco «Brocky», Ford Mustang RTR Spec — 5D, and the Mustang ’66 RTR Three Group B legends: The Ford RS200 Evolution, Renault R5 Maxi Turbo, and Audi Sport quattro S1

Like the basketball world champions, Pixar is an East Bay powerhouse that knows how to execute key plays with creative and technical ingenuity and deliver slam - dunks (not counting «Cars 2»).

The Nuon Solar Team is a team of eleven students that with the Nuna, a solar - powered car, has become three - time world champion during a race for solar - powered cars, which takes place in Australia.

One such car is a special P1 coupe that pays homage to four - time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost.

The safety car made its debut at the Villajoyosa Rally on April 1st, and will continue to serve for the remainder of the season; World TT champion Marc Blázquez will pilot the car.

Douglas Blain reveals what made the works cars so successful, and drives a faithful re-creation for Super Six: Hudson's racer reborn / A new series of books reveals the hidden talent of a world champion racing driver, Phil Hill: photographer.

Back in February, when I first traveled to England for the unveiling of the Senna prototype, I remarked on the considerable, seemingly impossible challenge McLaren had undertaken in attempting to produce a road car worthy of its namesake, the late three - time Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna.

Not only has the championship attracted one of the world's most successful drivers with Sebastian Loeb, rally stars Petter Solberg and Gigi Galli as well as circuit drivers Jacques Villeneuve, Yvan Muller and DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom have all got behind the wheel of WRX cars.

Seven - time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher will mark his career end by lapping a 2011 Mercedes F1 car round the Nurburgring Nordschleife

The McLaren F1 owners club was set up by Ray Bellm — former GT racer, sportscar world champion, and the man who was instrumental in turning the F1 road car into a race car back in the 90s.

With F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton as one of these customers, I can't think of any higher praise for a car and company to receive.

With 314bhp, double world champions Sébastian Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia have marginally more power at their disposal than last year from the car's mighty turbocharged four - cylinder engine.

Lancia's Delta rose from family car to six - time rally champion — the Evo II delivers the best of both worlds

In the revamped F1 paddock will be Red Bull, Williams, McLaren and current World Champions Mercedes, with each running a car up the famous 1.6 - mile hill.

But this particular car has a different sporting story, having been owned from new by British boxer and former World Featherweight champion «Prince» Naseem Hamed.

Seven - time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher is to drive a 2011 - spec Mercedes F1 car around the Nurburgring Nordschleife next month.

Derek Hill, son of Formula 1 world champion Phil Hill, will be driving a 1931 Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix — the 12th of 40 such cars built — at the Motorsports Reunion.

At the top of the Korean automaker's current range is the rear - wheel - drive Genesis sedan, a car that Hyundai launched in 2008 and championed as having «capabilities and features comparable to the world's leading premium sport sedans.»

Helping the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion to celebrate the Corvette and the 50th anniversary of the exceptional Stingray model will be various luminaries, including Corvette Racing team driver Tommy Milner, who will take part in Saturday's popular Picnic in the Park discussions along with three - time world champion Sir Jackie Stewart, comparing the past of long - distance sports car racing with the present.

The international field includes former world champion cars like the ex-Mario Andretti 1974 Lola, a 1969 Gurney Eagle that hasn't been seen since 1970, and Tony Adamowicz's 1969 Gurney Eagle that Adamwicz will once again drive.

Fittipaldi is a two - time Formula 1 world champion and Indy 500 winner, so expect something extreme since he's lending a helping hand in the development of the car.

Fresh from a recovery drive to fourth in Interlagos, Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton expressed concerns that the 2017 cars will feel «like a NASCAR.

Danish sports car racing legend, nine - time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, six - time 24 Hours of Sebring winner, and 2013 FIA World Endurance champion Tom Kristensen will share his experiences as the highlighted guest speaker at the annual Picnic in the Paddock on Saturday, Aug. 19.

The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia series has been going on for five years already, and the PRO champion for the 2016 season has already been found, Toshiyuki Ochiai and Afiq Yazid are coming to Spain in December to try and become World Champion with their Huracan Super Trofeo race car.

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In 2016, Pirelli World Challenge founded the new scholarship initiative for Touring Car class champions to advance into a higher division the next year.