Sentences with phrase «driver championship at»

Not exact matches

Giuseppe Farina won the first championship race in F1 at Silverstone on 13 May in 1950 and went on to claim the drivers» title too.

Schumacher wrapped up the drivers» championship with second place at the next round in Belgium.

It also puts Vergne at the top of the drivers» championship and Techeetah at the top of the teams» standings - not bad for a customer squad!

At different times in that race, three drivers held the championship lead.

Whichever of the four drivers still in the Chase finishes highest at Homestead - Miami Speedway wins the championship.

NASCAR's annual postseason knockout format will again see four drivers eliminated every three races, while a win automatically advances a participant to the next bracket, culminating in a one race best - finish - wins - the - championship finale Nov. 19 at Homestead - Miami Speedway.

Well, only once in the Chase era has a driver finished worse than sixth in the fall race at Loudon and gone on to win the championship (Johnson, in 2006, when he came in 39th at the 1.058 - mile oval).

Brad Keselowski finished second at Martinsville in March, and is one of the eight drivers still in the hunt for the 2015 championship.

The Chase field will be trimmed from eight drivers to just four after the next three races, with Texas and Phoenix following Martinsville, before the final championship race at Homesead in Miami on Nov. 22.

And Jimmie Johnson doesn't at all resemble the driver who's won a record - tying seven Monster Energy Cup Series championships.

That is how the NASCAR world turns heading into the AAA Texas 500 Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway (2:15 p.m. ET, NBCSN), the second of three semifinal races that will determine the four drivers who will vie for the championship in two weeks at Homestead - Miami Speedway.

The other five playoff drivers can qualify for the best - finish - wins - the - championship finale by winning next week's elimination race at Phoenix Raceway.

After years of coming close to winning the championship for Ferrari, everything finally came together in 2000 and at the penultimate round in Suzuka Schumacher became the first driver to win a championship for Ferrari since Jody Scheckter in 1979.

Vitaly Petrov was runner - up to Nico Hulkenberg in the 2009 GP2 championship, and like Hulkenberg he was promoted to F1 for the 2010 season, replacing Romain Grosjean at Renault to become Russia's first Formula 1 driver.

He scored no points whatsoever, becoming the only full - time driver to fail to score at all when their team mate won the championship.

Hamilton hopes that changes soon as he's said he'd like to be part of a championship battle with who he sees as the four best drivers in the sport at the moment - himself, Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen, and Fernando Alonso.

It's quite easy to see why Ferrari picked Leclerc up to join its Driver Academy at the start of last year, and he then went on to claim the GP3 championship.

Still, it's incredible to see two of the greatest F1 drivers of all time — eight world championships between them — going at it like this.

Larson was the only non-Toyota driver who's proved capable of keeping pace with Truex, and his ability to run the high groove gave him the distinct advantage in the championship - deciding race at Homestead - Miami Speedway.

But even under the most pessimistic of perspectives, it's hard to foresee a scenario where at least one Penske driver doesn't win multiple races and contend for the season championship.

A nasty accident in at Barbagallo during the Western Australia Formula Vee championship shows the nasty consequences of what happens when drivers unexpected slow down

The Furniture Row Racing driver and current championship leader took the checkered flag in the Hollywood Casino 400 Sunday at Kansas Speedway.

With just one more race left before the championship race at Homestead - Miami there couldn't be more on the line for the drivers wanting a spot at a chance to win a championships.

And as we saw with Truex last year, if Harvick can amass such a volume of playoff points he then is a near lock to be among the four drivers vying for the championship at Homestead - Miami Speedway where the only way he wouldn't qualify is him completely collapsing in the semi-final round.

Ever since, the lucky charm has had a permanent place in his trophy case — until Friday, when he gave it Truex, who was one of four NASCAR drivers vying for the Monster Energy Cup Series championship at Homestead - Miami Speedway.

Those «exceptional drivers» are likely to be Antonio Giovinazzi, who impressed in GP2 last year and as a sub for Pascal Wehrlein at the start of this year, and Charles Leclerc, runaway championship leader in Formula 2 and a seriously hot prospect for the future.

Adrian Newey became the first designer to oversee constructor titles with three different teams, but the drivers» championship was still up for grabs with a record four drivers in contention heading into the finale at Abu Dhabi.

Although Simon Pagenaud walked the championship in 2016, with Josef Newgarden as a team mate at Penske and a whole raft of driver and team changes it unlikely that he (or anyone else) will have such an easy time of it in 2017.

He went on to win four more races that year (all on ovals) and win the title, becoming the first driver to hold the F1 and IndyCar championships at the same time.

Whilst all eyes were on the dramatic, tyre - bursting conclusion to the championship up at the front, Tambay came home in last place, 12 laps down and unclassified - not a fitting end from the former Ferrari driver and two - time race winner.

With the Formula V8 3.5 Series ending this year, we take a look at some of the quality F1 drivers the championship has given us

Though Alonso had won the drivers» title at the last race, McLaren and Renault were still fighting for the constructors» championship.

Busch and Keselowski, along with Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr., are the four drivers who've qualified for Monster Energy Cup Series playoff championship final Sunday at Homestead - Miami Speedway.

There was a dramatic crash in the Uruguay Superturismo championship when driver José Luis Matos made contact with another car at the start.

Most series would just be happy to have the championship go down to the final race with two drivers in the hunt, but IndyCar has a bumper crop of seven drivers who could take glory in the season finale at Sonoma this Sunday.

Will Power makes it four from four Penske drivers in with a chance of the title, though his chances are very much a long shot - he'd need to win with pretty much all those ahead of him in the championship needing to finish at or near the back.

While Mansell fumed at the arrival of Alain Prost for 1993 it didn't knock the team off its stride — they easily retained their constructors» title and Prost retired after claiming his fourth drivers» championship.

Nico Rosberg claimed victory at the Belgian Grand Prix to close the gap in the drivers» championship to nine points to Lewis Hamilton, who finished third.

Lightning McQueen ends up in a championship duel with the Italian driver Francesco Bernoulli (John Turturro at full throttle).

In the four years since rejoining endurance racing's top level in 2014, Porsche has scooped a trio of drivers» and constructers» championships, plus three Le Mans 24 - hour wins, beating both the previously dominant Audi squad, which abandoned the series at the end of 2016, and Toyota in the process.

The 2018 season of the BTCC will open at Brands Hatch in early April, but for the moment, Honda's development will be based on returning to the top of the BTCC championship after its top driver in 2017, Gordon Shedden, finished in fourth.

For the last of our mini-interviews, Anthony Davidson talks about his strong desire to win, and the excitement he has at taking on some of the world's best drivers and teams in one of motorsport's fastest growing championships.

FRANKFURT, Germany — Mercedes - AMG is celebrating three consecutive years of Formula 1 Manufacturers World Championships (and corresponding drivers» championships for Lewis Hamilton, twice, and Nico Rosberg) with a car aimed at the heart of Bugatti, a marque that hasn't competed in Grand Prix since the 1930s.

The pace at the front of the grid is outrageously hot — there are guys who have won races in the Renault Clio Cup (win that championship and you'll probably become a British Touring Car driver), career - minded youngsters with a very modern, holistic approach to their racing and older guys who have decades of experience.

In Munari's hands, the Stratos won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1975, 1976 and 1977 amongst other notable victories, and Munari himself became FIA Cup Champion in 1977 (there was no drivers» world championship at that time).

It became Motor Trend's Import Car of the Year and also made Car and Driver's 10 Best, plus it was introduced at the same time Toyota partnered with Dan Gurney's All American Racers to win a string of championships in IMSA sports car racing.

The team would finish out the season with five more wins, at A1 - Ring, Suzuka, Donington, Sebring, and Laguna Seca, allowing them to secure the team championship as well as the drivers championship for Bernd Schneider.

A win for the Toyota TS040 Hybrid of evo contributor Anthony Davidson, and team mate Sebastien Buemi, also moves the pair further into the drivers» championship lead following two unlucky weekends at Le Mans and Circuit of the Americas.

Launched at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, AMR amplifies and accentuates the sporting prowess of the British marque's road cars, by taking inspiration or direct influence from Aston Martin Racing's participation in the FIA World Endurance Championship; a series with which the marque tasted world championship success with factory drivers Nicki Thiim and Marco Sørensen just last season.

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