Sentences with phrase «back of the grid»

Unsurprisingly, Alonso will start the British GP at Silverstone from the very back of the grid.

Made a decent start from the very back of the grid but he was the first victim as the Honda curse struck again.

Despite spending most of their 21 seasons at the back of the grid the small Italian team gained legions of fans and are still missed.

Or rather, the fight to get on to the back of the grid.

But it isn't just the front of the grid that makes it memorable, it's also the back of the grid.

There was curveball after curveball, as quick drivers moved up the order from the back of the grid, only to retire later on.

«For a fan to stomach that his hero is on the back of the grid because he had to change the engine, that's not great sport.

The result was the entire field being sent to the back of the grid, while Miller found himself alone at the front with three empty rows behind him.

Di Grassi had started near the back of the grid but even with the extra stop managed to finish 2nd behind race winner and reigning champion Sébastien Buemi after a well - timed pit stop behind the safety car, which came out after Lopez's accident.

He was snapped up the award in this year's Chinese Grand Prix, although his drive to third from the back of the grid was well - deserved.

What is there to get excited about in terms of coming back to drive an underpowered and unreliable car, having had no testing, and probably from the back of the grid?

But then, a technical infringement meant he was excluded and sent to the back of the grid.

With that in mind, we've picked 10 cars that spent most of their time towards the back of the grid which we'd love to see make an appearance in the game.

Starting from the back of the grid?

In 2018, drivers will still get penalties for using too many power unit components, but anyone with more than 15 - places worth will simply be told to start from the back of the grid.

Sadly, as the video above shows, Raffaele Marciello wasn't so lucky at the back of the grid and smashed into the back of Boschung's car.

Unfortunately, Button was given a 15 - place grid penalty for engine changes by the team and started the race from the back of the grid.

He couldn't score any points with the F60 either and frequently found himself towards the back of the grid as he struggled to get on top of the challenges of the new car, in particular the way KERS affected the braking.

Ed had to drive back to the front in the race after collecting debris from the Dixon crash and falling all the way to back of the grid.»

It's all pretty hard to stomach when there are teams at the back of the grid in constant struggles to survive — we've already lost Manor — but it looks like Liberty Media hope to put an end to that.

With all the eyes on the front of the grid and the battles between the top teams it's easy to overlook the battles between teams towards the back of the grid.

We are probably competing to start from the back of the grid.»

Sometimes teams you'd traditionally expect to see in the middle or at the back of the grid can come up with a seriously competitive car, seemingly out of nowhere, only to drop back down the order in years afterwards.

Although all 20 cars got away problem free in the tight first corner, it was a chicane later on in the lap that caused a headache for Formula E when four drivers at the back of the grid all collected each other.

Button clipped Alonso, causing the Ferrari driver to spin out to the back of the grid and collect Schumacher's Mercedes for good measure.

Rain in qualifying left all the fast guys at the back of the grid, Fernando Alonso 16th and Kimi Raikkonen 17th, with Ralf Schumacher on pole for Toyota (no, really).

Qualifying at the back of the grid, Sirotkin and his team - mate Lance Stroll were the last two drivers to finish the 57 - lap Bahrain GP.

The rookie driver is likely to start Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from the back of the grid as he is facing a 10 - place grid penalty.

Sebastian Vettel ended a lengthy drought without victory, while Lewis Hamilton came close to clinching a podium spot after starting at the back of the grid.

Alonso started from the back of the grid thanks to a gazillion Honda - bestowed penalties.

McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne will start Sunday's Mexican GP from the back of the grid as engine penalties come into play.

The Canadian rookie made some costly mistakes early on in Winter Testing and crashed during practice in Australia which would later develop into him starting at the back of the grid for the opening race of the season.

Put ourselves 24 hours ago and I thought we'd maybe be starting at the back of the grid.

Lewis Hamilton says finishing on the podium in the Belgian Grand Prix was more than he hoped to achieve after starting from the back of the grid.

After crashing during practice at the Australian Grand Prix, a gearbox change saw the rookie fall to the very back of the grid.

Despite qualifying near the back of the grid, Marcus Ericsson will start P13 with Pascal Wehrlein in 15th place.

The Lamborghini Huracan of Mirko Bortolotti initially qualified third, but was penalised and sent to the back of the grid after the car failed one of the post qualifying checks.

It was his second win of the season in exciting fashion coming all the way from the back of the grid for the win.

In the last race of the season he had to start near the back of the grid when the team had to replace two tires, the result of an incident during qualifying.

Last year he came from the back of the grid to finish fifth after a post-qualifying tire change.

«Now we'll have to do our work from the back of the grid to get past all of the GT2 cars and get back up to the No. 3 Corvette.

Antonio Garcia piloted the No. 3 Corvette C7.R to P7 but after an engine was diagnosed with an issue after qualifying and was replaced, the points leaders in GTLM will be starting P8 at the back of the grid.

The German outfit poured over data and made major setup changes between sessions in search of extra performance and it was up to Enge and Gavin to lift the # 25 Camaro from the back of the grid in both one - hour sprint races.

Consequently the No. 3 Corvette will start the two - hour, 45 - minute race from the back of the grid.

Tommy Milner and Olivier Beretta fought their way from the back of the grid at the start to fifth at the finish in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R.

The car was moved to the back of the grid at the start after a post-qualifying change of tires.

You can push an enemy to the back of the grid to lower its defence and attack while also damaging it, but you can also string moves together between your party member.