Sentences with phrase «gtlm race lap»

If they do, then that also means that Audi's race lap record of 3:17.476 from 2015 could be under threat too.

This track blockage in the first race was just one of many incidents in a weekend which saw only four full racing laps completed across both races.

After nine racing laps his gap to the field was a full minute.

At the end of lap eight his lead was 28 seconds, and by lap 12 - after just nine racing laps - he was ahead by a full minute!

The first three laps took place behind the safety car, and by the end of lap four (the first racing lap) Schumacher was running where he started - in third place.

The race only featured one racing lap, as it was stopped after leader Vanthoor's huge airborne flip.

The car was so quick, I think we had the third - fastest race lap.

Drivers and teams disliked the new slow and twisty section (which resulted in race laps of over two minutes), which had the opposite effect to what was intended and actually seemed to reduce overtaking.

1997, September 1 On a damp track, Tommy Kendall sticks his Mustang on the pole, clocks the fastest race lap, and leads the most laps at Mosport Park en route to winning his eleventh consecutive Trans - Am race and third consecutive Trans - Am championship.

America's premier sports car team has made winning America's oldest sports car race almost routine with 10 victories, nine pole positions and six fastest race laps in 18 appearances.

Thanks to pole position, a dominant one - two finish and the fastest race lap, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler is the first team to score maximum points on a race day of the electric racing series.

Corvette Racing's speedy Spaniard raced there twice in the GRAND - AM Rolex Sports car Series» Daytona Prototype class, and he parlayed that experience into the fastest GT race lap in the ALMS» debut last season — 1:47.389 (109.620 mph).

In particular, Oliver Gavin owns a record of four pole positions and five fastest race laps in 13 appearances.

He also is the Series» career leader in pole positions (18) and fastest race laps (20).

The race lap features the 12.9 mile Nordschleife (North Course) that Corvette enthusiasts are well familiar with, as well as the 2.3 - mle F1 circuit for a combined 15.2 mile lap.

In the past three seasons he has won 14 times with six GT1 poles and 12 fastest race laps in class.

The pace of the car was not in question, as witnessed by the fact that Olly set a new fastest GT race lap record!

I think I only had about three racing laps in the car before handing over to Tommy so it wasn't the longest day I've had, but it was certainly one of the weirdest.

They headed the GT class in both practice sessions, Olly took a stunning GT pole position yesterday and set a new fastest race lap record today in a thrilling and unpredictable two - hour race.

He and Tommy Milner were masterful in their No. 4 Corvette C6.R to take the win and finish 6th overall, with the British driver claiming a new race lap record in the process.

Sunday's grid was based off of each driver's fastest race lap from Saturday.

Garcia (who set the fastest GT race lap in 2012) and Magnussen have won twice this year — tied for the most in class.

Jönsson set the second - fastest race lap of the weekend (1:22.238) behind his teammate, but an electrical issue slowed his pace and kept him out of contention.

He recorded the second fastest GT race lap during this period, narrowly beaten to the ultimate honour by his ALMS team mate, Jan Magnussen, in another GM Camaro.

The team has six victories at the track since 2004, five pole positions — including three straight by Magnussen from 2007 - 09 — and seven fastest race laps.

In the previous seven attempts, the team has totaled 8,730 racing laps and nearly 30,000 racing miles — more than the circumference of the Earth at the equator.

Gavin was on pole position and set the fastest GT race lap in 2012, and Magnussen was the fastest driver in the 2011 race.

Milner picked up where his teammate left off and set the car's fastest race lap in his first three stints.

Oliver Gavin, co-driver with Tommy Milner in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette, owns a particularly strong record with three race victories, four career pole positions and four fastest race laps.

The span includes six class victories in the ALMS along with a plethora of pole positions and fastest race laps.

Restored by Legendary Motorcar it features a correct interior, including dash mounted pod with 8,000 rpm tach and oil pressure, factory racing lap belts, 15 - inch wood rimmed steering wheel and factory radio delete plate.

Milner also set the fastest GTLM race lap at 1:18.954 (89.733 mph).

Magnussen started in the No. 3 car, and his fastest race lap was quicker than his qualifying time by more than half a second.

Gavin also fought high tire pressures but still had the fastest race lap in class for most of his stint.

Marciello, in his first Lime Rock Park appearance, set the fast race laps (51.686 second, 102.66 m.p.h.) and will start on the pole in GT SprintX Round 6 Monday set for 4:35 p.m. EDT.

Other examples were never as successful, and on July 2, 1989 at Watkins Glen, NY, HU - 8810 / 01 ran its final IMSA race laps marking the end of an era.

Testing with M1 GT Racing at the NOLA facility earlier in 2015, Pegram was able to turn fast and competitive race laps and will be a great fit behind the wheel of the M1 GT branded Audi R8 LMS.

Gavin, who set the fastest race lap at VIR, and Milner lead all GTLM drivers with podium finishes in six of nine IMSA races.

At Sebring, Connor De Phillippi took the class pole and Jesse Krohn set the fastest race lap.

Despite track temperatures of 105 degrees and differing choices of Michelin tire options, the eight factory backed GTLM entries posted best race laps within a range of 0.392 of a second.

The seven posted best race laps within an incredibly tight 0.332 of a second range on the difficult, slick 1.968 - mile circuit.

Michelin technical partner teams; BMW Team RLL, Corvette Racing, Dodge Viper SRT, Porsche North America and Risi Competizione Ferrari all contributed to the championship and have combined for 10 GTLM class wins, 10 poles, 10 fastest race laps and 29 of a possible 30 podium finishes.

Led by pole sitter Joey Hand's Ford GT best race lap at 1:17.640, the top seven cars in the fierce GTLM field broke the previous track record.

«Our goal is always to keep a consistent pace through the whole stint and to maintain consistent lap times even as the fuel load lightens and the tires wear,» said Werner who set the fastest GTLM lap of the race and a new class race lap record on lap 63, or 33 laps into his 43 lap stint.

The Porsche North America team's Fred Makowiecki and Patrick Pilet and the BMW of Edwards and Lucas Luhr completed a Michelin sweep of the top five GTLM finishing positions together with new Long Beach qualifying and race lap records.

The top Michelin technical partner team cars from BMW, Corvette Racing and Porsche North America all turned race laps within 0.5 seconds of that mark.

led by drivers Bill Auberlen and Dirk Werner, has a pair of poles (Sebring and Long Beach) and fastest race laps (Sebring and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park) in 2016, but is anxious to deliver the first victory for the BMW M6 GTLM.

Each Michelin technical partner team has scored at least one class pole, set a fastest race lap and earned three or more podium finishes.

«SuperCharged» Chilton shattered Tony Kaanan's 1997 track record in the qualifying race, broke the race lap record set by Helio Castroneves in 1996 and ended the season on the Indy Lights podium for Carlin.

The maps aren't particularly big, but I'm still racing each lap as if it's my first.