Sentences with phrase «circuit race tracks»

This lets the driver experience the dynamism of the sports car, such as on mountain roads with lots of bends or on circuit race tracks without the shifting pleasure being spoiled by strenuous clutch work.

This makes the Mission E fit for the circuit race track; its lap time on the Nürburgring Nordschleife is under the eight - minute mark.

Yas Island is already world - renowned for its Yas Marina Circuit race track, the venue of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and attractions such as Ferrari World Abu Dhabi and Yas Waterworld Abu Dhabi.

Not exact matches

Not just because the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is an old school track and has a great atmosphere, but because for some reason something weird often seems to happen in the races.

In true F1 fashion, the circuit changed for rFactor 2 and while it was turned into a proper race track with multiple layouts, it missed out the best corners on the track.

Formula 1 has raced on a wide variety of race tracks since its inception in 1950, from tight and twisty street circuits to undulating old - school venues and airfield runways.

It also was incredibly quick, and makes for a great onboard lap of the old Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in Mexico — well before it was transformed into the track F1 races on today.

He added that F1 won't be seeing too many purpose - built tracks in the future, with a fairly good split between city races, old - school venues and purpose - built circuits.

The Monterey Motorsports Reunion event at the epic Laguna Seca circuit is one of the stand - out historic racing events of the whole year, as all sorts of different cars take to the track for a series of short demonstrations and races.

That is, even though the horses have gone on to another track, the horseplayers would turn out as usual, watch piped - in tote - board figures and see closed - circuit telecasts from the distant tracks (both before and during the races) and make their bets at the old familiar windows.

That's what happened in this cool little karting track promo, with short course off - road truck racing legend Carl Renezeder taking to an indoor kart circuit in one of his machines.

Next year will be the first time a Formula E race takes place on the same track layout as a Formula 1 race as the Monaco ePrix is being «upgraded» to take place on the full Grand Prix circuit.

Bits of debris floating around a race circuit isn't uncommon, especially on a parkland track like Albert Park.

All of these F1 cars raced around the Adelaide circuit in period and will do so again during a display at the festival, which uses part of the track.

As well as racing on traditional F1 circuits, F3000 also visited some bizarre tracks such as the tight and twisty Pau street circuit and the bonkers Enna - Pergusa.

Spinning off track on the formation lap isn't the best way to start a race, but that's what happened during race two of the MRF Challenge Formula 1600's visit to the Buddh International Circuit.

The narrowness of the Baku circuit at turns eight and nine is pretty much begging for a track - blocking incident during a race, and that's exactly what happened in the Formula 2 feature race.

On race day the huge grandstands are absolutely packed, turning the whole circuit into more of a stadium than a race track.

It's is being designed by Driven International, a company which has worked on several British race tracks including Silverstone's upcoming Rallycross circuit.

The Buenos Aires circuit in Argentina often produced exciting racing, and in 1980 a crumbling track surface only added to the drama.

The current trend of exciting F1 races continued, with the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve retaining its reputation of producing great on - track action.

A damp circuit meant pretty much everyone was ready to start the race on wet tyres, but shortly before the start, everyone decided that actually, the track was probably dry enough, so pushed their bikes to the pitlane to swap to one with slicks.

Following on from Piquet's third World Championship in 1987 the circuit was renamed Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, and he therefore became the only driver to race in a Grand Prix on a track bearing his own name, which he did in 1988 (when he finished third for Lotus) and 1989.

Funnily enough though there's also another Brazilian circuit named after Nelson Piquet, in Brasilia, meaning that for a time he had two race tracks named after him.

There's also circuit artwork, so you can have your favourite race track on your wall or as a coaster.

Racing first forBMW Williams and then for McLaren Mercedes on the F / 1 circuit, the most popularracing series worldwide, Montoya had in five seasons won seven Grands Prix andearned more than $ 50 million on and off the track.

That's because Monza is theoretically a reasonably easy circuit to make up places at compared to some of the upcoming tracks, and also because many of the teams taking the penalties expect to be good in the next race at Singapore.

I like motorcycles and cars - In April, me and a friend go to the Circuit of the Americas race track in Austin to watch the Moto GP.

In the Dubai City Circuit track, a sandstorm blurred my vision during a race.

While the game offers a few other challenge types that don't feature the Top Gear brand (like passing challenges or racing on a track with pedestrian traffic), much like the regular circuit races, they grow old quickly.

A light romantic drama set on the horse racing circuit, Harlow is a socialite back from Europe, where he's picked up a lot of aristocratic attitude and a swell of a beau (Walter Pidgeon as a high society bachelor with old family money), and Clark Gable is a race track bookie and friend of the family who alternately competes with her and for her.

Howard and screenwriter Peter Morgan look to the drama off the racing circuit to give Hunt and Lauda an emotional backbone to justify their actions on the track.

As a first for the franchise, PCARS2 also introduces rallycross and snow - racing, complementing the traditional circuit and karting tracks.

The online mode will give gamers the chance to vote for the circuit, bike class, and number of laps before they take to the track and compete in an online Arcade racer or Career mode championship. Once the race comes to an end it's over to the online leaderboards to see where you rank against the rest of the world. Not only will you find competitors» lap times but the option to upload and download racing ghosts and riding lines, which will help you compete against the very best or for those new to the series learn the skills they need to race to the top of the leaderboard. There will also be a demo available on XBox Live and PSN before the game launches.

Each setting presents you with an assortment of races like circuit based tracks, checkpoint races, elimination, time attack, and smash - up.

A first for the franchise, you can now participate in the formation lap before the start of each race, and further to the official championship courses, gamers have access to four shorter track variants — Silverstone, Suzuka, Circuit of the Americas and Bahrain.

The game will also feature many fictional racing tracks, from street roads, to grand prix raceway circuits.

The expectations for the track were perhaps not quite as high as, during the coverage of the Formula 1 races, it is often referred to with derision as a «Mickey Mouse circuit» or a «glorified karting track.»

In fact, the world - class facility, which features a learning - focused 1.6 - mile circuit with multiple configurations, 8 - acre multipurpose asphalt pad, along with three other tracks used for «advanced» classes, looks more like a Dodge dealership than a racing school.

Assuming you've done some research into the series or championship you want to race in and been on a track a few times to familiarise yourself with circuit driving, the first thing you need to do is order an MSA «Go Racing» starter pack, that costs # 99.

With famous race circuits pre-loaded into the car's memory, drivers who take their Pistas out on track can view detailed maps, analyse their performance and receive helpful tips.

As the years went by, I attended events such as the Formula 1 race and vintage events at the track, but never drove the actual Silverstone circuit.

As well as being Lotus's road car test track the circuit at Hethel has also been the location where many of its race and Formula One cars have been put through their paces.

As the longest road course in North America, Spring Mountain's 6.1 - mile circuit hosts various group track events along with Corvette and Cadillac V - Series racing schools.

Lapping the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), the 3.4 - mile racing circuit outside Austin that has hosted three Formula 1 races and is America's only F1 track, is a fitting start to a farewell voyage for such a peculiar performanCircuit of the Americas (COTA), the 3.4 - mile racing circuit outside Austin that has hosted three Formula 1 races and is America's only F1 track, is a fitting start to a farewell voyage for such a peculiar performancircuit outside Austin that has hosted three Formula 1 races and is America's only F1 track, is a fitting start to a farewell voyage for such a peculiar performance car.

The track, much of which is still comprised of runways, is the roughest, bumpiest, chunkiest circuit in auto racing.

AUSTIN, Texas — The speedometer needle is closing in rapidly on 140 mph as we fly underneath the pedestrian bridge on the back straight at Circuit of the Americas, a track that caters to ultra-high grip, and horsepower Formula 1 race cars.

The scars of repairs, sometimes on the racing line, painted road markings and drain covers, and the general hilly and bumpy nature of the circuit, all contributed to an unpredictable track surface.

«Driving on a race circuit is all about laying the groundwork first,» O'Gorman agrees as we novices file back into the paddock for a quick recap before our next track outing.

Built around race course sector training, this method allows participants to get acquainted with all of the race track's particular features before proceeding to tackle the entire circuit.