Sentences with phrase «as a racing driver»

«I think it would be great for our series to have him, and personally I have a lot of time for Juan because I know what he's done and what he is capable of doing in the future as a race driver,» Hull told Autosport.com.

«Obviously, the support I've had has been incredible, but I'm looking forward to getting back behind the wheel and doing what I love: being my old self and being known as a racing driver.»

What I realised is that we completely made an abstraction of speed as racing drivers.»

It seemed pretty obvious that runaway Formula 2 champion and Ferrari junior driver Charles Leclerc was going to get a drive with Sauber this year, and indeed he's now been confirmed as a race driver for 2018, just days after the team announced a tie - up with Alfa Romeo.

series catches up with Istanbul hero Jerzy Dudek hoping to make the grade as a racing driver.

As director of the Center for Automotive Research, he championed the development of a supremely cool autonomous Audi TTS that laps racetracks as quickly as race drivers.

It's not for others to decide what I am as a racing driver.

And rather than cutting in automatically during the drive (or indeed race) cycle, the electric power is made available KERS - style, as the racing driver requires it for a six to eight second boost.

The Audi was generally looked upon as the comfort leader and the BMW as the race driver's choice, but all three boasted snug, supportive seats, grippy steering wheels and big, readable gauges.

«The electronic power steering is very precise, and from my point of view as a race driver that's very, very important.

«As a race driver, I'm very impressed by the instant, lag - free response from the two turbos as soon you step on the gas.

It was the Shelby Daytona Coupe that enabled one of Bondurant's greatest accomplishments as a racing driver: securing the FIA GT Championship for Ford and Shelby in 1965, having won seven out of the ten races that season.

While it speaks volumes about Tung's ability as a race driver, it also puts light on the capability of a Range Rover Sport PHEV.

Such success proves that winning GT Academy is a genuine opportunity to launch a dream career as a racing driver.

Inside the cockpit of the Maserati GranSport MC Victory each and every driver will be able to experience the same exhilaration as the racing drivers of the Maserati MC12.

Cooper, from Great Britain, and Abarth, an Austrian who later moved to Italy, both gained prominence as racing drivers and car builders, the latter more so with his rear engine Formula cars and Abarth with his souped up little Fiat 500s and motorcycles.

As a race driver, he won the 24 - hour race at Le Mans, France, and a national driving championship.

Montoya was born on 11 September 1974 in Bogotá, the second of three children in an enterprising family; besides running a cacao plantation, his father has worked variously as a racing driver, pilot, ship's captain and fisherman.

When a person like former Lotus Formula One development driver Carmen Jorda talks about how women are less capable as racing drivers than men — and she does, a lot — there's an urge to treat it as an offhand comment with no merit.

Not exact matches

What do you consider the highlight of your racing career as a driver?

For Michelle Westby, working as a promotional model in motorsports led to a successful career as a stunt driver and a drift racing driver.

So as far as restarts and traffic and racing other drivers, that's where I was worried about getting rusty.

In racing, sponsorship can be as simple as just picking a famous driver or team and writing a check.

You retired as a driver and rolled right into the NASCAR on FOX booth, of the top jobs in race broadcasting.

For me, as a race car driver used to things happening in fractions of a second, two more years was almost more than I could deal with.

They provide insight and information for the team and the driver to adapt their strategy as the race unfolds.

DC Shoes founder Ken Block grew his latest apparel company 50 percent in the last year, all while continuing to compete as a motor racing driver.

In a decade of Formula One racing, Lewis Hamilton has established himself as one of the best drivers to have ever lived.

Starting in 2005, GoDaddy ran a series of racy Super Bowl commercials featuring women such as race car driver Danica Patrick and supermodel Bar Rafaeli — usually in some state of undress.

His legacy as one of the world's greatest race car drivers in history lives on in a film directed by Asif Kapadia.

The 20 - year - old NASCAR driver was racing in just his second Sprint Cup competition and is now etched in the record books as the youngest driver to win the sports» biggest race.

The year - long agreement between Sparkling Ice and Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) driver Pritchett was officially announced at this weekend's 34th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals, and will continue throughout the remainder of 2018 with Sparkling Ice as the exclusive sponsor in the sparkling water category.

He stayed on as third driver for Manor with the hope of returning to a race seat at some point.

It proved to be the decisive move for the race lead, as Newgarden went on to claim victory and take the lead in the drivers» standings.

After a bit of a clash with Verstappen on the second lap, Hamilton then referred to the Red Bull driver as «such a dickhead» in the cooldown room following the race.

After the race restarted the traditional Texas pack racing continued, and as the laps clicked down drivers started to really go for it.

MILEPOSTS — DIED: JEAN BEHRA, 38, of France, one of the world's most brilliant race drivers (winner of Grand Prix de Pau, Nurburgring, Bari, co-winner with Juan Fangio in 1957 Sebring), who started career as motorcyclist, switched to racing autos in 1951, of a fractured skull when his Porsche skidded during preliminary for Grand Prix of Germany (see page 31).

Specific test sessions are one thing, but Ross Brawn wants to introduce more ways for young drivers to gain F1 experience during actual race weekends so that they are better prepared for when they get their chance as F1 drivers.

Stage racing has stimulated the middle portions of races that before often saw drivers prefer a conservative approach, and the new rules package is a large contributor as to why the on - track product is improved with increased passing.

Since his few races for Manor in 2015 Rossi ended up making a name for himself in IndyCar, winning the 2016 Indy 500 as a rookie and establishing himself as one of the championship's most talented young drivers.

If it had been though it would have been by the finest of margins, which would be kind of understandable as drivers attempt to anticipate the moment the lights go out and the race begins.

Of course, he still deserves criticism (as would any driver), because his performances in the last couple of races have been completely awful.

With three race wins to his name he's established himself as one of the top drivers in the sport, and in 2017 was arguably up there with Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel as one of the three best drivers of the year.

Magnussen had to watch on as the Italian driver, who raced twice for Sauber earlier this year, lost control of his car at Turn 11 and hit the wall.

«Red Bull has always shown their faith and belief in me with actions; inviting me in to the young driver programme as a 16 - year - old, then giving me my start in Formula 1 when I was just 17, and then the opportunity to race with Red Bull Racing where I had such a dream start with this team.

As reserve driver, Kubica did a couple of half - days alongside the race drivers and both times ended up being the quicker of the two.

It's great to see all these F1 drivers thinking about spreading their wings and trying other disciplines, even as the F1 calendar threatens to swell to even more races.

The idea was that the fastest drivers and teams would have to do more overtaking and push harder throughout the race to beat the cars that didn't have to pit (remember that pit stops weren't as common at the time), making it more exciting to watch.

Drivers will also be allowed to do some practice starts at the end of the Friday free practice sessions this weekend (which isn't normally the case at Albert Park) so that the first time they experience the new setup isn't just as the race is about to start.

Raikkonen pipped the troubled McLaren drivers by a single point, and with Felipe Massa in the other car winning three races Ferrari won the Constructors» as well.