Sentences with phrase «after a few laps»

After a few laps your mind goes into a kind of free - association trance.

They fail - succeed - fail - succeed, and after a few laps around the block, they decide that drama isn't that productive or attractive.

While some racers have included wet weather, only CARS has implemented a comprehensive and evolving weather system where you might begin the race in the rain, which clears after a few laps and then for the remainder of the event you have sun glare and bloom sneak through the clouds.

The pedal goes long after a few laps and the M5 starts to shimmy and dance as the braking performance is tested, but they're going through an extreme and unrealistic regimen: Five fast laps with a half - hearted cool down lap, sit in the pits for three or four minutes soaking up all the heat as drivers swap, then repeat until the fuel tank is dry or the tires are worn out.

After a few laps of hard driving you can expect the pedal to become squishy and indistinct, taking away much of the confidence you have in the brakes.

The 435i's brakes are not racing brakes, of course, and they provided the only letdown, with heavy fade after a few laps.

After a few laps, we pull into the pits, where I take a step back to admire this hot hatch's aggressive exterior.

It roars angrily down the straights, which is great fun but is too much for the brakes after a few laps.

But they hold up well, and although they can smell pretty pungent after a few laps they never showed any sign of fading.

After a few laps, Chiyo returns to the makeshift paddock.

It's a slow burner, the Quattro, but after a few laps it starts to release the magic.

Normally there's little brake - fade on track, but heavy downhill braking into Rivage and the Pouhon sees the pedal go soft after a few laps.

It seems believable, and while the pedal gets deeper after a few laps, performance doesn't appear to fade at all.

Blitzing GingerMan Raceway's back straight in the Lexus GS F at 120 mph all day is easy, but braking for the 90 - degree right hander at the end gets sketchy after a few laps in a street car.

It's a jet on a racetrack, with the brakes hanging in indefinitely and only the tyres calling for a rest after a few laps of belligerence, and it all does a remarkable job of making the driver feel engaged and deep inside the machine, rather than sitting on top of it.

With the choice of manual or automatic — I chose the former — after a few laps I hand» t quite hit my sweet spot, but I was on the right path.

Not exact matches

After a few pace laps, the green flag will wave at 2:18 p.m. Eastern.

Valtteri Bottas clinched his first F1 win after holding off Sebastian Vettel in a tense final few laps.

It all kicked off on lap one, just a few corners after Palmer and Grosjean's shunt, Lance Stroll went for a spin and he fell to 15th.

The promotion goes on to explain that after an upcoming game, for $ 397, fans can skate a few laps around the ice with McDavid, get a picture and take home a signed replica jersey.

After the Brabham had tried out it's new - fangled refuelling startegy and dropped out, Alain Prost took the lead only for his Renault to break a few laps from home.

This year though had even more significance though as Nico Rosberg got to drive his final laps in his title - winning Mercedes F1 W07 just a few days after announcing his shock retirement from Formula 1.

«Atlanta is going to be its ornery old self after you get a few laps on the tires for sure,» Brad Keselowski said.

The only other finish came at Monza, although he was classified 14th in Austria after spinning off a few laps from the end.

After a few installation laps, he then set out for some timed laps — it's so damn cool to see his name back on the F1 timing boards.

The 2017 Paris ePrix looked set to be a fairly processional race after the first few laps, but it soon livened up and then ended with complete confusion.

After a brief error at Turn 9 and a few more charging laps, he gave up the chase with a few laps to go to finish a very disappointing second as a flawless Vettel cruised to his 48th victory and his 100th podium.

When racing resumed he had to fend off pressure from Tom Gamble for the rest of the race, the gap rarely more than a second, but after 10 laps crossed the line to take third, just a few seconds behind winner Linus Lundqvist.

But, he leaves the British GP in a very different position, just one point behind his fierce rival Vettel after a crazy final few laps at Silverstone.

After a few failures to qualify Hill managed to get the car on the grid for both the British GP, where he finished 16th, and the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he finished four laps down in 11th.

Kimi Raikkonen was second fastest in Q3, putting in a strong banker lap and failing to improve on his last attempt after a few little errors.

After a few pace laps, the green flag will wave at precisely 1:18 p.m. Eastern.

At Talladega in 2003 the last few laps were completed without incident, but as the massive pack of cars started to slow down after taking the flag Bobby Labonte got turned around in the middle of the pack, triggering a multi-car pileup.

Nick Heidfeld, who had looked in contention for his first Formula E win after it was announced Bird had received a drive - through penalty, battled Vergne on track during the last few laps of the Hong Kong ePrix.

He slowly closed back up and after sitting behind Buemi for a while launched an attack for the lead with just a few laps to go.

After having a quick lap spoiled by Makar Yurchenko, Canet threw up a few wild gestures.

Following an early safety car, Lewis Hamilton (who started 11th after traffic in qualifying) found himself overtaking Button for sixth place a few laps later.

Damon Hill took victory after teammate Alain Prost had an engine failure with a few laps to go, delaying his fourth championship until the next round in Portugal.

He may be done after a few seconds and try to dump her off his lap.

After a few victory laps, the GOP pulled off the biggest bait and switch ever, making fools of the electorate.

Forza Motorsport 6 continues this legacy, and after many laps, and a few crumpled bumpers and fenders, I have to say that this game is the best in the series yet.

But after a few commuter laps, it was fine.

The grabby clutch and the brakes, which tended to fade after a few very hard laps, dimmed my enthusiasm only slightly, and I was happy to get the Mustang's keys for the long drive home.

After four laps, we push the red button in the center of the drive - mode switch, which engages all of the remaining battery power to provide a few very fast laps.

After a few acclimation laps, I run through the Vette's driver - assistance programs as I get more daring with the throttle.

They make the most sense on the racetrack, as we've found that BMW's steel brakes quickly overheat after a few hard laps.

After only a few laps with R - compound tires, the stock brakes were smoking.

But after getting a few passenger - side hot laps, at least until we drive it, we think it should be changed to Bad - Ass Supercar, as this Corvette is an American GI, storming Europe's beaches bayonet in hand.

After getting a taste for himself, Cammisa hands the reigns over to the venerable Randy Pobst, who wrings the Bentley Continental GT3 - R out for a few hot laps before setting a lap time.

Yes, there are a few damp patches on track after some overnight rain, but it's a cool, breezy day so the tarmac will soon be dry, especially after Chiyo's warm - up laps.