Sentences with phrase «f1 racing team»

But the 2013 move from Nissan corporate head office in Yokohama to set up headquarters in Hong Kong signaled a sea change for Infiniti's strategy, as did title sponsorship with Red Bull's F1 race team, and the hiring of former Audi of America chief Johan de Nysschen to head the new - direction Infiniti division.

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«The Mark Webber team was telling him to try and take care of the engine a few laps before the finish because they could see from the data that the engine was in danger of breaking down and two laps before the finish it exploded,» he added, referring to the F1 race driver.

There's a chance Vergne is still a little bitter at getting left out of the team - when he started racing in Formula E in at the end of 2014 (once he'd lost his F1 seat) he seemed pretty miffed about the whole thing.

David, nephew of seven - time F1 champion Michael, will compete for the US Racing team — which is run by his father Ralf and former Mercedes DTM chief Gerhard Ungar.

Ferrari: Race to Immortality takes a close look at the early days of the Scuderia in F1 when it was much less of a powerhouse than it was now and when Enzo Ferrari was just trying to establish himself like any other team owner.

In only his third F1 race for Mercedes, Bottas got the better of his team - mate Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.

There was an actual racing game for the Prost Grand Prix F1 team, released in 1998 for PC.

«Ferrari: Race to Immortality» focuses on the Scuderia's early years in F1 and the drivers who raced for the team

A lot has changed in F1 this year — the cars look better, there's some brilliant racing and we have two teams battling at the front of the field.

The greatest and most successful privateer F1 team of all time, Rob Walker Racing Team ran various cars between 1953 and 1970, the famous blue and white livery winning nine races - mostly in the hands of Stirling Mteam of all time, Rob Walker Racing Team ran various cars between 1953 and 1970, the famous blue and white livery winning nine races - mostly in the hands of Stirling MTeam ran various cars between 1953 and 1970, the famous blue and white livery winning nine races - mostly in the hands of Stirling Moss.

Worth noting, however, is the fact that Manor Grand Prix Racing Ltd (whose parent company is JSLR) is not in administration and holds the rights for the team's participation in F1.

Pedro Rodriguez didn't get a regular drive in F1 until 1967, where he promptly took the last ever victory for the Cooper team in the opening race of the season in South Africa.

He was entered in F1 races 108 times for teams like Cooper, Ferrari, March, Matra and Tyrrell.

«Felipe Baby» reacts to his final ever F1 race, thanking Williams after a rollercoaster three seasons with the team and a long career in the sport.

Between 1980 and 1981, the name of McLaren F1 cars went from the M30 to the MP4 with the team's merger with Ron Dennis» Project Four Racing F2 team.

That said one of the races that year was won by a Lotus, which technically makes it the first F1 victory for the team.

Ferrari pulled out of prototype racing at the end of 1973 in order to focus on F1, but 20 years later a Ferrari sports prototype was seen at race tracks once more - although it had actually been built by Dallara and wasn't run by the Ferrari factory team.

Eric van de Poele and Giovanna Amati started the season with the team, but it's most famous for giving Damon Hill his F1 debut when he replaced Amati after the first three races.

The Caterham F1 Team is launching the #RefuelCaterhamF1 to power the team to go racing in Abu Dhabi and hopefully beyTeam is launching the #RefuelCaterhamF1 to power the team to go racing in Abu Dhabi and hopefully beyteam to go racing in Abu Dhabi and hopefully beyond.

His F1 team, McLaren - Honda, has struggled with car reliability this season, and if there was ever a Monaco Grand Prix — one of the best races on the F1 calendar — to miss, this would be the one.

Due to the clash between this year's Le Mans and the European Grand Prix, F1 fans, journalists, drivers and team personnel didn't get to watch the conclusion to one of the greatest Le Mans races ever.

Well the Andretti team have won two of the last three races, including last year when rookie (and F1 refugee) Alexander Rossi took a shock win, proving that anything is possible.

After his F1 career had somewhat fizzled out after driving for his own team, Fittipaldi stayed away from racing for a few years but eventually resurfaced in America, racing in the CART series.

He drove well in the race too, and by the time of the chequered flag he was up in fifth, scoring his first F1 points and equalling the teams best result of the season.

It's all in the hope of bringing F1 fans old and new closer to the action, and it'll be the first time that all race teams have come together outside of a race weekend.

The former F1 star was due to race for the ByKolles team in LMP1 but announced on social media that he has stepped down from the series.

The car Damon Hill made his F1 debut with in 1992 was also the last car raced by the legendary Brabham team.

Having won two races already at such a young age it's no surprise that most F1 teams would like to sign Verstappen, but while there's rumours of him joining both Mercedes and Ferrari in the future, it could prove tricky if he has to partner the likes of Lewis Hamilton or Sebastian Vettel.

The team's been hit by numerous engine and hybrid issues over the first three F1 race weekends, following on from a tough pre-season testing — which can only be described as a «disaster».

In F1, drivers and teams usually lay down a few plans for the opening part of the race in advance, but Alonso has said that just can't be done in IndyCar.

Since team principals John Booth and Graeme Lowdon pulled away from the F1 team at the end of 2015, Manor has been racing in the LMP2 class of the WEC and is now ready to make the step up.

He founded the McLaren team in 1963, debuting in F1 in 1966 and establishing itself as a successful constructor in the sport and sportscar racing before his death.

«Every single team has been asked to provide simulations for their 2017 cars,» said F1's deputy race director Laurent Mekies on stage at the Autosport Show.

There'd also be a «Rookie Night Race» with teams» reserve drivers and those racing in their first F1 season, to take place on the Friday evening of a race wRace» with teams» reserve drivers and those racing in their first F1 season, to take place on the Friday evening of a race wrace week.

In F1 he had a sponsorship deal with Brawn GP in 2009, and then for two years was involved with the Virgin Racing team.

So while I could get all my motorsport news from pages, there was nowhere I could reminisce about old F1 teams, put my racing knowledge to the test or laugh at some of the funnier moments from races and events.

Hamilton and Bottas will race for Mercedes this season and the team's 2017 F1 car will be revealed on the 23 February.

Brawn also said F1 is looking at setting up a live F1 game, where people can compete in a virtual race that happens at the same time as an actual Grand Prix to see how they stack up against the real teams and drivers.

Wolff has helped steer his team to three consecutive F1 titles, and said his perspective on the topic changed during his time competing at the famous Mille Miglia road race in Italy last week.

The French F1 driver competed in 34 races for the Marussia team but sadly passed away in July 2015 from injuries sustained in his crash during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.

As Jenson Button drove to the end of the pitlane to start what's set to be his final F1 race, he got a nice and unexpected message from his former team - mate Fernando Alonso.

Symonds will be part of the Sky F1 commentary team at a selection of races through the year as well as providing technical analysis.

There'll also be a fully functioning F1 garage set up to give guests a closer look at how F1 teams prepare their cars and get set for race day.

Surprisingly Bruce McLaren never managed a pole position in his F1 career - probably because he spent most of it racing increasingly uncompetitive Coopers and then going through the challenges of starting his own team (it's called McLaren - you might have heard of it).

But he signed with NASCAR's most open - wheel - friendly team, Stewart - Haas Racing — run by three - time Cup champ Tony Stewart, a 1997 Indy Racing League titlist; and Gene Haas, a machine tool builder with plans to run an F1 team in 2015.

F1 should not react to recent «unsafe release» incidents by banning teams from using pit stop traffic lights according to race director Charlie Whiting.

He'll drive alongside two - time Formula E race winner and former Marussia F1 driver Jerome d'Ambrosio, who's been with the team from the beginning.

Oh yeah, and he was driving for Osella, a team which achieved just two points finishes in F1 between 1980 and 1990 and failed to qualify for more races than it started.

The first season of new F1 regulations usually shakes things up nicely, bringing the field closer before the development race properly kicks in and the big teams start to pull away from the rest.