Sentences with phrase «as safety cars»

The British Superbike Championship (BSB) has chosen Nissan as its official vehicle supplier, with two Nissan GTRs scheduled to act as safety cars.

A shiny new Mercedes - AMG GT R will be used as the safety car for the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship, the most powerful car ever used in this capacity.

Add to this the wind tunnel approved, extensive aerodynamic features on the car and we have a pretty stunning vehicle serving as the safety car this season.

He definitely had one of his occasional off weekends, and even if Mercedes had brought him in for a stop as the safety car was called, the only rubber available to him was either a new set of ultrasofts or a used set of softs.

Trulli crashed out of second place, Coulthard lost the lead as the safety car came in (thanks to a gearbox problem) and Montoya and Schumacher duelled for the lead.

Dailysportscar reported that the Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 car would act as the safety car for the Porsche Supercup, taking the opportunity to have a dig at F1 and Formula E along the way.

Alas it all ended in a DNF - 2, thanks to Daniel's fragile gearbox that meant as soon as the Safety Car had closed the field up he couldn't risk challenging Lewis Hamilton.

The first thing that will happen to the SLS, though, is that it will gain a set of orange lights on its roof and be put into service as the safety car for Hamilton, Massa and the other F1 boys for 2010.

The Alfa Romeo 4C has been chosen by Eurosport Events as the safety car of the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).

The brand is staying tight lipped as to what the system actually is, but it's no secret BMW has been experimenting with performance upgrades, as seen with the water injection system used on the M4 GTS Coupe to be used as a safety car in top - line MotoGP bike racing.

The Nissan GT - R will be returning to Australian Supercar as a Safety Car in 2009.

Based on the race car that Bernd Schneider used to take the chequered flag in the German Touring Car Master Series, but more commonly known and seen as the Safety Car in countless Formula One Races.

Seeing the 370Z make its debut as a safety car in North America isn't surprising at all.

The MINI Clubman JCW will be seen in the 2008 Mini Challenge Championship as a safety car featuring an uprated 1.6 liter turbocharged engine, a body kit and tweaked suspension.

The Audi R8 is used as a safety car in Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and British Superbike Championship racing series.

In 1995, Diablo was used as the Safety Car in Formula One, most notably at the Canadian Grand Prix where, however, it did not need to be officially deployed.

There are also several other aspects of the sport that are strangely missing, such as the safety car, warm up laps, and the drivers spraying bottles of bubbly on the podium.

Not exact matches

As a result, California's DMV likely has more data than any other state agency on the safety and progress of self - driving cars.

In their investigation, South Korean car safety regulators found that a step in the manufacturing process known as «ceramic printing» — used to coat some of the glass, creating a darker area that hides mechanical parts — can make portions of the pane weaker and more vulnerable to shattering.

Last month, a committee of House lawmakers advanced a bill that would help companies like GM and Google seek more exemptions to federal safety rules, perhaps allowing them the ability to test as many as 100,000 experimental self - driving cars in the United States.

Under Lyft's rules, a car must be a 2004 or newer (in some cities the vehicles must be at least a 2008 model), have four doors, and pass other basic safety requirements such as functioning lights and seat belts.

Prototypes are purpose - built, but GT cars are production cars that started their journey as a vehicle coming down the assembly line in a factory — then they get modified for performance and safety.

«We will review the full details of Transport Canada's regulations as soon as they are released and will work closely with both the railroad industry and the government to improve tank car safety.»

«The crash is probably going to highlight some of the uncertainties around the safety of electric cars, especially as Tesla starts to introduce more and more autonomous features,» Shah said.

This order, as amended, designated the number, dimensions, location, and manner of application for safety appliances on box cars, hopper cars, gondola cars, tank cars, flat cars, cabooses, and locomotives.

For the past week, as the electric - car maker Tesla has been buffeted by a barrage of negative news, Elon Musk, its chief executive, has offered no public comments on the company's shaky finances, its slumping stock price or the increasing questions about the safety of its self - driving technology.

Such as: Self - driving cars have to become legal to drive without a safety driver; users will have to want to get in a self - driving Uber; and, perhaps most importantly, Uber will have to buy and trick out enough cars with self - driving technology to make it worth the investment.

One of the direct consequences of the crash is that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) started to investigate 25,000 cars from the same line as with Brown's 2015 Model S.

As for whether the company will have steering wheels and pedals in the initial versions of its cars, Krafcik said that because of the regulatory limitations of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, cars have to have steering wheels right now.

David Friedman, Director of Cars and Product Policy and Analysis for Consumers Union, said, «After another tragedy involving Autopilot, Tesla should commit to put safety first — and to stop using consumers as beta testers for unproven technology.

In the months since these top engineers have left, the 43 self - driving cars Uber had on the roads as of March 8 saw little progress when it came to decreasing the frequency of disengagements — or how many times a safety driver would have to take back control of the system.

Combining safety, performance, and efficiency, Model S has reset the world's expectations for the car of the 21st century with the longest range of any electric vehicle, over-the-air software updates that make it better over time, and a record 0 - 60 mph acceleration time of 2.28 seconds as measured by Motor Trend.

In early March, he authorized self - driving vehicle companies to run tests without a person in the car to act as a safety operator.

The majority of millennials — 84 percent — said they planned to buy new cars instead of used ones, as they seek newer technologies and advanced safety features, according to Mintel.

But as Singapore's official partner, nuTonomy is laser focused on its goal of meeting the many technical milestones — of deploying self - driving cars without safety drivers, for example — that the government has set.

And it's no wonder, Edwin Jagger uses the same method in chroming their safety razors as Rolls - Royce uses to chrome their accents on their cars.

No. 4: CAR - T takes a backseat Research into chimeric antigen receptor T - cell (CAR - T) therapy has captured the attention of investors over the past two years, but safety risks could emerge as trial sizes increase, and that could help shift attention to other promising anti-cancer approaches, including NantKwest's (NASDAQ: NK) natural killer cell approach and soon - to - IPO Editas» CRISPR / Cas approach.

Safety car back but out again as # 13 @RebellionRacing @MathiasBeche crashed between T6 and T7.

The 6th time Safety Car has been deployed as the heavy fog is back again.

By loading the car up with fuel he was able to stay out and gain places during the long safety car period, and he kept his head as track conditions deteriorated - not only were there tyre marbles everywhere, but the surface itself was breaking up in places.

Unsurprisingly, the safety car was deployed as a result.

Then, Raikkonen shunted into Vitantonio Liuzzi as he tried to lap the Toro Rosso, in a bizarre accident, and the safety car was deployed.

Of course, ideally the safety car should be deployed as rarely as possible — but when we have to safely bunch up the Formula 1 field and lead it around the track, we will be superbly equipped with the AMG GT R.»

As well as being amazing to watch, it also highlighted just how dominant Mercedes was that year - in the last 10 laps following the safety car, the two pulled out a 25 - second gap to third place despite fighting hard with each otheAs well as being amazing to watch, it also highlighted just how dominant Mercedes was that year - in the last 10 laps following the safety car, the two pulled out a 25 - second gap to third place despite fighting hard with each otheas being amazing to watch, it also highlighted just how dominant Mercedes was that year - in the last 10 laps following the safety car, the two pulled out a 25 - second gap to third place despite fighting hard with each other.

Whenever the safety car is deployed in a Grand Prix, the pace of the competitors is significantly reduced and as spectators, we are prone to fall into the assumption that the safety car leading the pack is sluggish and heavy.

If it came out in the middle of the race the cars would stop, as you'd expect, but when the race got underway again behind the safety car, it was almost like a completely different race.

It appears to have taken place during the safety car, just before the restart as drivers were warming up their tyres (and Valtteri Bottas dropped his Mercedes) after the switch to dries.

For much of the F2 feature race in Jerez it looked as though Leclerc was cruising to the title, but a late safety car changed everything

During the opening race of the Paul Ricard round, Shwartzman was closing down leader Fenestraz as they entered the tight and twisty chicane, after a safety car restart.

A safety car wasn't required though as the marshals made quick work of clearing his MCL32.