Sentences with phrase «championship this season following»

Not exact matches

Schemes like the Red Bull programme and its Mercedes / Ferrari counterparts pretty much cover all the costs of a race season, meaning that in the championships that followed such as Formula Renault 3.5 and GP2 Gasly didn't need to find money or a good seat, because Red Bull was helping to sort it all out for him.

It doesn't matter what sport you follow, if you look back at any team that's every won a championship, there's always one game during the season that players and fans can point to as the turning point that made a season something special.

That performance uptick carried over to the following season where Truex would score one win and qualified for the championship four.

So when Dixon won his second championship in 2008, he passed on the chance to again run the No. 1 and maintained his No. 9 the following season.

There is value in going for the younger guy in a long - term view, but Rubio is not old (will be 28 next season) and if we view Gobert's current contract as our first championship window to gear towards, then we have to wonder who will be better for the next 3 years, instead of the following 2 - 5 years at this time.

The locations for the national championship games following the 2015 and 2016 seasons are out, as the two finalists from the four - team Playoff will square off in Glendale and Tampa, ESPN's Brett McMurphy is reporting.

The following season, when Baltimore went 12 - 4 and won the championship, Lewis was named the league's Defensive Player of the Year and the Super Bowl MVP.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Neel Jani joined Dragon Racing Formula E team for the championship's fourth season following Porsche's LMP1 departure from the World Endurance Championship.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

Before the start of the season, Florida (+500) was listed as the favorite to the national championship, followed by Louisville (+800), Vanderbilt (+1000), Texas A&M (+1200) and Miami (+1400).

The 10 - 2 championship season of 1976 had followed a 2 - 8 clunker in 1975.

Astra, the southernmost team in the country, were the Romanian champions last season (they finished first in the regular season and also following the championship round played by the top clubs) and qualified for the third qualifying round of the Champions League as a result, but were eliminated by FC Copenhagen.

That ended any realistic chances of a further championship win early on, but he followed up his victory in the opening race of the season with wins at Spa and at the final round in Brazil.

He did and now, following a season - opening performance of 6.63 in France at the end of last month — his first race since June — the 2014 world indoor champion has every intention of being in contention to find out what it feels like to win at a major championships in front of a home crowd in Birmingham in a few weeks» time.

Coaching the 95 - 96 Chicago Bulls to a 72 - 10 season followed by a championship and then going on to coach the Lakers up until 2004.

Following his dramas about competitive robot - building, competitive one - armed surfing, and semi-competitive high school performing arts, McNamara's The Miracle Season is a drama about competitive girls» volleyball, and how a championship high school team from Iowa worked to rebuild following the loss of their staFollowing his dramas about competitive robot - building, competitive one - armed surfing, and semi-competitive high school performing arts, McNamara's The Miracle Season is a drama about competitive girls» volleyball, and how a championship high school team from Iowa worked to rebuild following the loss of their stafollowing the loss of their star player.

Early season disappointment at Silverstone, where the winning Audi was disqualified for a too - thin skid plate, has been replaced by tentative optimism following a hard - won victory at Spa - Francorchamps in the second round of the WEC championship in May.

The Volkswagen Polo R WRC will enter the world - renowned rally series for the 2013 season, and the following video shows that VW has created what appears to be a true competitor for the World Rally championship.

«Following such a successful Super Trofeo season in 2017 with Prestige Performance and Wayne Taylor Racing, I believe our goals are to defend both the North America and World championship titles, but I can not say that we expect this to happen or magically come easier to us in 2018,» Hindman said.

New Corvette C6.Rs and New Driver Lineup to Highlight 60th Annual Sebring 12 - Hour Race SEBRING, Fla. — Following an intense preseason testing program, Corvette Racing will begin its quest for the American Le Mans Series GT championship in the season - opening 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday, March 17.

Sebastian Vettel has completed a commanding third win of the season in the Singapore Grand Prix after keeping his cool on a challenging evening around the Marina Bay Circuit, while Lewis Hamilton has seen his championship lead shrink following a first retirement of the year.

SEBRING, Fla., March 9, 2012 — Following an intense preseason testing program, Corvette Racing will begin its quest for the American Le Mans Series GT championship in the season - opening 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday, March 17.

SEBRING, Fla. — Following an intense preseason testing program, Corvette Racing will begin its quest for the American Le Mans Series GT championship in the season - opening 60th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on Saturday, March 17.

American Le Mans Series 12 - Hour Season - Opener Marks Corvette's 50th Year in Racing SEBRING, Fla. — Corvette Racing's championship - winning Corvette C5 - R is a tough act to follow, but the new Corvette C6.R race car is up to the task.

«We will continue to run the existing car in the British championship through 2013, with the intention to then introduce the new turbo - charged Clio Cup car the following season.

International city - based teams recruit top Overwatch players to compete in a five - month season, followed by championship playoffs with a $ 1 million bonus for first place.

The same can be said for Max Verstappen's route into F1 with Red Bull and their sister team Toro Rosso, while McLaren Honda have recruited Stoffel Vandoorne with McLaren's rising star Lando Norris racing in Formula 3 while being tipped to be a future F1 champion at McLaren and Williams have brought in Lance Stroll who are all young promising drivers with the potential to be future world champions by following in the footsteps of arguably the best ever product of a young driver development programme in the form of Lewis Hamilton's debut season for McLaren in 2007 when he came 1 point away from winning the world driver's championship.

Grand Prix mode doubles up as a customisable championship mode in which any number of 1 to 24 races can be added to the season calendar in any order, while players can repeat their favourite track throughout the entirety of the championship with an updated world driver's and constructor's championship table following each race.

Unless you're a die - hard fan of the sport and absolutely must play each new season's championship, then this game is probably best skipped in favour of the inevitable follow up in 2016.

ALL WORK ALL PLAY: The Pursuit of eSports Glory Live will give fans a deeper look as they follow Season Nine of the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM), a global pro-gaming tour that takes the best teams and players from around the world to compete for the championship title in their particular eSports.