Sentences with phrase «r race car i drove»

Competition for Ogier will come from a Ford Fiesta RS race car driven by Robert Kubica — who won the first two stages of last year's opener, pulling 36.8 sec clear of Ogie.

The test car's clutch was even stiffer than the one on the last Cobra R race car I drove, so I suspect it was just this example, as other street Cobras I've driven were not this extreme.

Not exact matches

You stopped driving race cars in the early»60s... what is one current track you most wish you could race?

A lifelong adrenaline junkie, the Ottawa - born software pioneer fell in love with the fastest and most dangerous sports there are: professional race car and motorcycle driving.

Even though I was driving for a team I hadn't driven for, and the pedals in the car were different than what I'm used to... the weirdest thing was driving to the race track knowing I was actually going to race.

Early on I wanted to drive high horsepower, fast cars, but those types of cars just weren't racing in competitive series where I lived.

Tesla is the only major player in the race to autonomous cars that has no patents in recent years related to self - driving.

Now I not only know all these things about myself and how I should train, my team can let me know during a race if I need to change not just how I'm driving the car but how I'm performing as an athlete.»

Other Chinese companies, such as Alibaba, Baidu, and DJI, are racing ahead in ecommerce and logistics; artificial intelligence and self - driving cars; and drone technologies.

While Tesla's Autopilot driver - assist feature is frequently impressive, and a huge edge in the race to true self - driving cars, one Tesla driver was recently reminded we're not quite to Autonomy Heaven yet.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 - Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 (Reuters)- Uber was so driven to «win at all costs» in the race to develop self - driving vehicles that it cheated, a Waymo lawyer told a jury on Monday, the opening salvo in a trade - secrets lawsuit between the two technology companies that could help determine who emerges in the forefront of the autonomous car business.

3M has a product that is a handheld, fire - suppressant product, they use it in the rooms where they keep their big servers, and now it's in the 3M race car driven by Greg Biffle.

And here's a sign of how quickly things move in neuroscience: Earlier this year, another paraplegic man, Rodrigo Hübner Mendes, became the first person to drive a race car solely with his mind.

The bold move suggests that the ridesharing giant is pulling ahead of rivals Google and Tesla, who are also in the race to develop self - driving cars.

The day of the race, even at the qualifying event, when you saw all of these people getting there cars kind of working, you could really feel there was something special about «Wow, it would be really cool if a car could show up and drive somewhere.»

Waymo's strategy so far appears to be attempting to prove that Kalanick was fixated on beating Google and winning the self - driving car race at all costs, which could in turn serve to explain his motivation to conspire with Levandowski.

Newman's wife originally bought the watch for him at Tiffany's back in 1968... right when he was getting into driving race cars.»

Waymo claims Uber was worried about getting beat in the self - driving car race so it stole Waymo's trade secrets when it hired one of its former executives.

Other causes of accidents attributed to human behavior are car racing, speeding, road rage, and drowsy driving.

Meanwhile, as all the major ride companies and automakers race to develop self - driving car technologies, Google's driverless vehicles are already traversing the streets of Mountain View, California.

And in what could emerge as a self - driving - car arms race, the players are investing in, or partnering with, or buying outright the specialty companies most focused on the requisite hardware, software and artificial intelligence capabilities.

The race to develop a self - driving vehicle fleet has intensified since February when Bloomberg reported that Google was developing a rival to Uber Technologies Inc., most likely in conjunction with its driverless - car project.

Apple is joining the self - driving car race, but may need the help of a certain Elon Musk - owned marquee EV brand to do...

For some folks it's rock climbing, or race car driving, or extreme skiing, or base jumping.

We all have a righyt to own and drive a car but that car must be street legal because of the danger associated with a drag car racing through the streets.

One - on - one appointments were all business, and the event was capped with heart - pounding race car driving at the Bondurant School of High Performance Ddriving at the Bondurant School of High Performance DrivingDriving.

Wine barrel race cars are people - powered where one person drives and the other pushes or pulls the vehicle.

It's impossible for me to believe that he will not suffer with some of the races with this car that we're driving that is a lot more difficult physically.

Best of all for the team, it was the No. 8 car of Sebastien Buemi / Kazuki Nakajima / Anthony Davidson which won (although Davidson didn't even get to drive in the race!)

They're racing to see who can be the first one to hop in his car, drive through the infield tunnel and disappear into the darkening Carolina afternoon.

Senna didn't really want to drive for McLaren in 1993 as he didn't think the car (with its underpowered Ford engine) was worthy of his talents, and instead of signing a contract for the whole year famously drove for the team on a race - by - race basis.

Although he managed to avoid having them amputated he was told he might never walk again, let alone drive a racing car.

In the second hour of the 2017 Le Mans race, the No. 88 Proton Competition Porsche of Khalid Al Qubaisi in the GTE Am class was hit by the No. 26 G - Drive LMP2 car of Roman Rusinov.

It got so bad that Fernando decided that he'd prefer to do the Indy 500 than race at Monaco, and on a few occasions even retired a car that had nothing wrong with it because he couldn't be bothered to drive around near the back with no hope of achieving anything meaningful.

I would like maybe one day to test a car, and after that, driving the car, I probably will know how enjoyable it would be racing.

The updated car is supposed to reduce the dependency on the upper - body aero and therefore make the racing much closer, whilst also appearing more spectacular to drive.

The once in a lifetime experience of being driven at speed by a racing driver at iconic race circuits in dream cars is truly unique.

«It's the first time for me in an endurance race, first time in a prototype car, first time driving at night, first time driving with GT cars around so many new things that will come step by step.

«I've never raced an IndyCar car before, and neither have I ever driven on a super-speedway, but I'm confident that I'll get to grips with it fast.

On Sunday that's due to happen at 5:45 am local time, so tune in a bit before that and enjoy the cars driving at «the golden hour» - so called because this is when track conditions are usually at their best and cars often set their fastest laps of the race.

Richard is one of those guys that has driven the race cars and understands what comes with being inside the car — the frustrations.

He drove with far more verve than finesse, had far more than his share of accidents, and his wrinkled cars were his racing trademark.

Driving drunk is always wrong, but it's especially unacceptable when the person who committed the offense drives race cars for a living.

My friend and I (both race car drivers) were coming home from Philly and I was driving his car since he had a few drinks.

Once long and lean and fiery, now thicker, quieter, deliberate in movement, Jones may be the most remarkable active sportsman in the U.S. Forty - seven years after he drove (and won) the first heat he ever entered, 34 years after he pulled his dying brother from a race car in Valdosta, Ga., Jones remains as competitive and skilled as rivals one third his age.

From being fastest by 11 seconds in a wet practice session, to driving his car flat out with three wheels, to managing to win races with an absolute dog of a car (and so much more), Gilles cemented his place as an all - time great.

Driven by a plethora of Italian F1 stars such as Michele Alboreto, Alessandro Nannini, Ricardo Patrese and Teo Fabi, the Ferrari - powered cars took pole positions here, there and everywhere in the WSC, but were just too fragile to get to the end of the race.

Which racing car is the best you've ever driven and why?

«I've been racing since I was 10 years old so it was my dream to drive a Formula 1 car since I was very young.