Sentences with phrase «around race circuits»

Whether setting lap times around race circuits, engaging the driver on a favourite country road or providing day - to - day comfort, an exceptional engine requires an exceptional transmission.

Bits of debris floating around a race circuit isn't uncommon, especially on a parkland track like Albert Park.

A significant technical effort went into camera placement on cars and at strategic locations around the racing circuit in order to caption the elements of excitement, tension, and danger.

The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, August 13 - 16 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, will feature an abundance of sights and sounds of hundreds of historic race cars throttling around the race circuit, being worked on in the pits or seen driving through the bustling paddock.

I was so intimidated by the prospect of driving Porsche sports cars around a racing circuit that I had butterflies in my stomach a full 24 hours before...

While it still has a long way to go before it ventures comfortably around a racing circuit, its «fun - to - drive» quotient has earned a few more points and its driving dynamics are finally where they should have been several years ago.

In broad terms, this means that the automaker wasn't on a quest to make its vehicles faster around a racing circuit.

Not exact matches

The video features Abt taking his Abt Audi Sport Formula E car in 170Kw race mode around the Varano circuit in Italy.

The video takes us onboard the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing machine of Graham Rahal for a series of laps around the challenging Belle Isle circuit.

Most of the opposition fell apart trying to keep up with Fangio and Kling, who battled for the lead for much of the race around the high - speed Reims circuit.

The circuit uses the longest district road in Italy as the start / finish straight the Via Cristoforo Colombo and will race around the Obelisco di Marconi with the Colosseo Quadrato making for a pretty backdrop to the race.

All of these F1 cars raced around the Adelaide circuit in period and will do so again during a display at the festival, which uses part of the track.

Those which turn up in races of less than three hours probably will carry the kind of optional equipment Duntov used at Daytona Beach — small racing windscreen in place of the standard, speed - cheating wrap - around windshield, a streamlined cockpit cover, modified camshaft and a rear - axle ratio to suit the circuit.

Races around the Circuit de Monaco aren't known for constant action, and it usually takes rain showers to throw up unpredictability and excitement.

So when the penultimate race of the season rolled around in Monza, the organisers decided to take advantage of that fact and use the combined road and oval layout of the circuit.

Racing game fan ADRIANF1esp saddles up in the McLaren MP4 - 12C GT3 that Sébastien Loeb drove in the 2013 Blancpain GT Series and takes it for a spin around two laps of the Nurburgring GP circuit.

The event was organised by American Race Car Experience, who run driving experience days around the oval circuit at Rockingham Motor Speedway in Corby.

It's not the official lap record, that has to be set in the race to count, but it's still the fastest ever lap around the circuit and that's pretty damn cool.

The first ever Olympic road race in 1896 completed two circuits of the marathon route, measuring 87 km in total, while at London 2012 Mark Cavendish and co raced 250 km around London and Surrey.

Many years ago, I had for several years a summer job at Silverstone racing circuit - on several occassions I drove around the circuit in a Sherpa Van (not quite like Nigel Mansell at that time) and at several Grand Prix I painted the white lines on the grid.

Plus, Jeff Glor reports on the craze for drone racing - and the «pilots» in virtual headsets who are having the time of their lives; Mo Rocca horses around with the pageantry and pretty people that make up the U.S. equestrian circuit; and Sharyn Alfonsi walks the course with Bubba Watson to see - and hear - what makes one of the PGA's winningest players tick.

Australian motor museum — Peter May finds one where the Avon runs through Yorkshire / Churchill's Daimler — The just restored Daimler that Winston Churchill used in the early 30's / Howard's Way — We visit the London premises of C.A.R. Howars vintage car dealer / VSCC Lakeland trial — Tom Threlfall has been mud - plugging in the Lake District / Circuit des Remparts — Toby Ross reports on a race around the old walled town of Angouleme / Down - under London to Brighton.

It seems the race taxi role will involve parading around the circuit before races flying the flag for Audi and it's e-tron range.

I've had the pleasure of driving a load of factory race cars this year, including the Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE, and Acura NSX GT3, but this was my first time riding with a pro around a circuit as fabulous as Silverstone and a car as fabulous as the Mercedes - AMG GT3.

A «driving coach» function is integrated into the car, which can provide you, videogame - style, with ideal racing lines, braking, turn - in and acceleration points, and other useful data around your circuit of choice — helping you build up your skills just as a real instructor might.

Before lapping Ferrari's private Fiorano race circuit, I spent a few hours powering the Superfast through the hills and valleys around Maranello for some real - world impressions.

I figured I'd be rocketed around Circuit de la Sarthe by someone like Audi's Tom Kristensen, the recently retired nine - time 24 Hours of Le Mans champ and the grand marshal of the 83rd running of the world's most famous endurance race.

After which comes the stirring sights and sounds of the Le Mans Legends storming around the circuit and reminding us of the iconic race cars that got us all interested in the famous 24 - hour race in the first place.

Finally, customer driving events in the P1 GTR will be held at race circuits around the world, all of which will be supplied with over 80 tonnes of equipment from the P1 GTR workshop.

Few will ever get to experience the surely gut - wrenching sensation of 887 hp and 944 lb - ft of torque at over 213 mph, but a first - person video of Porsche factory racing driver Patrick Long taking a hot lap around Texas's Circuit of the Americas might be the next - best thing.

We drove the GS F in and around Madrid, Spain, including a stint on the semi-historic Jarama circuit, which hosted eight Formula 1 races up through 1981, when it was correctly deemed too narrow with insufficient runoff, and no real room to expand.

The TwinRun was flanked by a Renault 5 Turbo and phase 2 Clio V6 as it debuted around the Monaco GP circuit on the Friday of race weekend, with Caterham F1 driver Charles Pic in the Clio and rally legend Jean Ragnotti driving the 5.

And this year, for the first time, eCOTY has moved to Portugal, based around the spectacular Portimao race circuit in the Algarve.

This is still considered to be a hardcore sports coupe, a competition - ready grand tourer that saw a heap of success on racing circuits around the world that is expected to fetch $ 10 - $ 12 million.

We could find no better test for the car, which could be one of the least expensive ways into motorsport, than racing it for 24 hours around the Anglesey circuit in Wales.

Finally, Lieberman leaves France to tackle the famed Circuit de Spa - Francorchamps race course in Belgium in the Lexus GS Hybrid F Sport with four - time Nürburgring 24 champion Marc Duez coaching him around the course.

Built around race course sector training, this method allows participants to get acquainted with all of the race track's particular features before proceeding to tackle the entire circuit.

The Test Day is broken up into a pair of four - hour sessions around the 8.5 - mile Circuit de la Sarthe, which is a mix of permanent race track and public roads.

Compared to the high - powered performance of Corvettes today, the 1953 Corvette was quite mild; however, the second - generation Corvette, the Corvette Stingray introduced in 1963, enjoyed considerable success on race circuits around the world.

Just look at this guy's big smile as he's turned into jelly by the face - bending Gs of the British supercar around the Thermals Race Circuit, Palm Springs, California, as part of the Michelin Pilot Sport 4s tire event.

He's raced on both the previous 1.9 - mile circuit and the longer 2.4 - mile that was created in 1988 with the addition of the Andretti Hairpin and a section that races around the infield lake.

Test Day goals accomplished; Gavin fourth and Magnussen sixth LE MANS, France — Corvette Racing successfully ran through its test program ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans today as the two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs turned their first laps around the circuit in the Sarthe region of France.

LE MANS, France — Corvette Racing successfully ran through its test program ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans today as the two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs turned their first laps around the circuit in the Sarthe region of France.

With weather conditions changing frequently throughout the session, Corvette Racing driver Jan Magnussen recorded the quickest time in the GT1 category with a 3:57.876 lap around the 8.47 - mile circuit in the No. 63 Compuware Corvette C6.R.

By the same token, in standard form, its dynamic weaknesses are exposed on a race circuit; the front biased all - wheel drive system isn't exactly liberating and the understeer - laden dynamics need to be driven around.

With 1000 Km to travel, the 195 lap race got underway at 11.30 am and was expected to last unto six hours, which gave ample opportunity for spectators to walk around the Silverstone circuit an visit every corner.

Now in its 29th season, the Pirelli World Challenge brings some of the most exotic machinery from around the world with the likes of Audi, Bentley, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Ford, Ginetta, Lamborghini, Maserati, McLaren, Mercedes - AMG, Panoz, Porsche and SIN Cars in a doubleheader Sprint races (50 minutes) weekend over the fast and demanding 2.459 - mile, 10 - turn permanent road circuit northeast of Toronto.

With weather conditions changing frequently throughout the session, Corvette Racing driver Jan Magnussen recorded the quickest time in the GT1 category with a 3:57.876 lap around the 8.47 - mile circuit in the No.

Corvette Racing successfully ran through its test programme ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans today as the two Chevrolet Corvette C7.Rs turned their first laps around the circuit in the Sarthe region of France.

The two Corvettes recorded almost 100 laps together around the 8.3 - mile circuit and, with the top six cars LMGTE Pro cars all within two seconds, the Corvettes» performance bodes well for a competitive race.