Sentences with phrase «chief test driver»

Former chief test driver Valentino Balboni has also kindly called in to offer some advice on the new car, and it's with a knowing grin that he lists the main areas that are likely to feel different to the earlier 6.2 Murciélago.

New Aston Martin hirings include the former McLaren chief test driver and Alfa Romeo and Maserati's performance testing engineer

Even the driving dynamics are true to the original, and Le Mans winner Andy Wallace, whose XJR - 9 it is sat out front, has been brought in as chief test driver.

«In the 458,» says chief test driver Raffaele De Simone, in explaining the layout, «the driver takes the main role, whereas the California is to share with another person.»

A rollcage extending to the rear shock towers offers 46 percent more torsional stiffness compared to the outgoing Gallardo Super Trofeo and «at least 70 percent» more rigidity than the road - going Huracán, according to chief test driver Giorgio Sanna.

Chief test driver Chris Goodwin casually drops the phrase as we're discussing the calibration work needed to rationalize the P1's twin - turbo V8 (727 hp at 7300 rpm, 531 lb - ft at 4000) and its electric motor (177 hp, 192 lb - ft).

According to Shelby American's chief test driver Vince LaViolette, all these changes bring significant handling improvements, allowing for more grip for later braking, earlier acceleration out of corners, and more feedback to the driver.

«Adding approximately four inches to the car's rear track and two and a half to the front, opened up new opportunities to maximize handling,» Vince LaViolette, Shelby American Vice President of Operations and Chief Test Driver stated.

Chris Goodwin, McLaren Automotive's chief test driver, says, «We've put everything we learned in the development of the McLaren P1 into improving the McLaren MP4 - 12C and producing this new car.

Andy Wallace, who drove the Le Mans winning XJR - 9 in 1988, is the chief test driver for the facility.

Kenny Brack has joined McLaren Automotive as the marque's chief test driver.

Over the last decade Giorgio Sanna, who was born in Rome, has been actively helping in the development of both Lamborghini production models and special versions, starting with the Murciélago over the Gallardo, Aventador and now the Huracan... since 2009 he was the chief test driver that was behind the wheel of the racing cars under development in Sant «Agata.

Also, in case you haven't noticed, that's Chris Goodwin, McLaren's Chief Test Driver, behind the wheel.