Sentences with phrase «by famous drivers»

At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, brands set up their stands in a parkland setting and attempt to lure show - goers who are primarily there to see historically significant racecars driven at high speeds by famous drivers.

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In London, it has fended off attempts by drivers of the city's famous black cabs to have the app ruled illegal, and transport bosses decided earlier this year not to impose tough new rules on the app.

The legal battle pitches one of the world's richest cities against a tech giant known for its forays into new markets around the world that have prompted bans, restrictions and protests, including by drivers of London's famous black cabs.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is basically Glastonbury for motorsport fans, with every type of racing car and bike you could ever imagine being driven by world famous drivers from across the globe.

GONYEA: With the taxi driver - obviously, your most famous creation is that character, Travis Bickle, played by, of course, Robert De Niro, but many of your films have - while they have varied in subject matter, in a panel discussion following a screening this week of «First Reformed,» you talked about how you keep returning to, kind of, a version of Travis Bickle's character.

2446 made famous by F1 driver Jochen Rindt was the favorite.

Started eight years ago by an experienced motorsports coordinator and a former rally driver, the Simola Hillclimb's current format is similar to that of the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Loeb only managed to set the second fastest time in Saturday's qualifying, but saved the best till last with a timesheet topping 44.60 sec sprint on Sunday, beating former GT1 World Champion and ex-grand prix driver Michael Bartels in his Maserati MC12 «Goodwood Cent 100» by 1.22 sec - cementing the 208 T16 as the fourth fastest car ever at the world famous event.

Taruffi's racing career Part 2 — Charlie Rous concludes his article on the famous racing driver with an account of the years 1934 to 1950 / Our anniversary competition — Enter our motoring quiz competition and you could win a special day at the National Motor Museum / 1929 Sunbeam special — An enthusiastic report from David Hawtin on this exciting20 hp non-standard Sunbeam / The Lea - Francis story 1924 - 37 — Michael Worthington - Williams continues with part 2 of his history of the Coventry make / VSCC's December driving tests — This annual event is described by Tom Thelfall in his Diary of a dilettante / Type 35 Bugatti — The Editor writes about his encounter with a superb example of the archetypal Bugatti / 1908 TT: The» 4 - inch» race — The story of this early event with a curious name is recounted for us by Bryan Goodman / 1939 Lancia Aprilia — Zoe Harrison talked to the proud owner of this far - ahead - of - its - time Lancia / Shaft - drive C.N. — The early history of G.N. and the cars that were not propelled by chains.

Then came mid-engine, street - legal racing cars like the Porsche 550 Spyder and 904 Carrera GTS; the former most famous for claiming the life of actor James Dean in 1955 and the latter as a car raced in the early 1960s with great success by drivers like Ben Pon, the builder of Bernardus Lodge.

By then, Maranello's gearbox software had been integrated with the car's traction control and E-diff systems, giving adjustable levels of performance and driver control, all operated via the now famous wheel - mounted manettino switch.

Numbers POO 489R, POO 504R and POO 505R were used by famous Rally Drivers Roger Clark, Ari Vatanen and Hannu Mikkola in the mid Seventies on their works Escorts.

The Spring Classic vintage motorsport gathering, which debuted last year at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca, and which is sanctioned by the Historic Motor Sports Association, added both dragsters and famous dragster drivers to this year's springtime lineup.

The Veloster retains the single driver's door, two passenger door setup made famous by the last model, but should hopefully improve in areas of build quality and driving dynamics.

The exclusive track - only car, of which just 24 examples will be made, was driven up the famous hill climb route by Aston Martin driver Darren Turner.

On the Thursday (13 August), Sir Stirling Moss will open the field for the Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance in a Mercedes - Benz 300 SL «Gullwing» (W 198)-- chauffeured by an equally famous racing driver: Jochen Mass..

These aspects were finely tuned by some of the world's best test drivers in an extensive programme of track testing, using some of the world's most famous circuits.

They employed a famous driver, «Scotty» Allan as a trainier and dogs were shipped from Nome to Quebec by rail car, where they were trained in keeping quiet whilst on the ship so that they wouldn't attract the attention of the German submarines whilst being transported in crates chained to the deck.

Even more useful for most travelers is the mile - by - mile Driver's Guide to Beautiful Belize, published annually by the famous Emory King.

Your Emirati Safari driver guide will come and pick you by a private 4x4 vehicle from your hotel or a famous mall in Abu Dhabi and you will be heading to the red dune of Al Khathim Desert, approximately a 45 - minute journey.

The Glass boat dinner cruise starts at 8 pm from the famous Dubai Marina, you will be picked up by our driver from your hotel at 7 pm so kindly be ready at the hotel's lobby.

The video shows Toro Rosso — Ferrari's Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo taking on the famous circuit and is narrated by Anthony Davidson, former FORMULA ONE ™ driver and Technical Consultant on F1 2013, who describes how drivers should attack each corner and carry as much speed as possible through the tight and twisty track in the battle for points this weekend.

It started out with the Vostok curves of CO2 and temperature going back 450,000 years (made famous by Al Gore), where someone asked Alley why the CO2 changes followed the temperature changes by several centuries, if CO2 was supposed to be the driver.

In addition, states can enter into compacts which are agreements between two or more states on matters of law that the Federal Government can not enforce (the most famous being that a drivers license issued by any state is valid as another state's license.