Sentences with phrase «driver championship by»

Gavin and Milner now unofficially lead the GT driver championship by 28 points over teammates Magnussen and Milner (124 - 96).

Teammates Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta can lock up their second straight drivers championship by completing 70 percent of the laps.

Not exact matches

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.

Nissan, Lexus and Honda all field highly developed cars which are driven by proper works drivers and, unlike many championships nowadays, there's even a tyre war.

That would be the first of three wins for Wilson that season, which along with seven other podiums was enough to give him the championship by a record margin over runner - up and future fellow F1 driver, Mark Webber.

On that basis, BMW driver Antonio Felix da Costa sticks around for another season with the team, whilst the luckless Robin Frijns is out, replaced by another driver from BMWs books - Tom Blomqvist, runner - up to Esteban Ocon in the 2014 European F3 championship (although Kamui Kobayashi will drive in the first round in Hong Kong).

Here are seven drivers who have shown enough promise to earn promotion for 2018 and are aiming to take their respective championships by storm.

Now they knew their driver had the championship, if by the skin of his teeth — and that they would win the Sears Craftsman pit crew championship, a title earned by a crew's car spending the least amount of time in the pits in 10 selected races during the season.

Powered by a monstrous Honda V6 Turbo engine, it was an advanced car for its time and won both constructors» titles in 1986 and 1987 (as well as the drivers» championship in the former).

How will the sport enforce sitting a driver not cleared by doctors when championship and future sponsorship considerations are on the line?

Our staff and group of contributors are no different, represented by track - day rookies all the way to a professional championship - winning sports car driver and everything in between.

The exterior of the car was designed by Formula 1 ace designer, Adrian Newey, Red Bull Racing's former chief designer who led the team to four straight world constructor's and driver's championships with the help of Sebastian Vettel.

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.

Chevrolet and Corvette Racing lead Aston Martin Racing by 14 points (151 - 137) in the GT1 manufacturers and team championships, while Gavin and Olivier Beretta have an 18 - point advantage over Ron Fellows, O'Connell and Aston Martin driver Tomas Enge in the drivers championship.

CORVETTE RACING AT DAYTONA: Roaring Toward Chance at Three Straight Wins Three - day test at Daytona for three - time Rolex 24 class winner First step toward defending Manufacturer's, Driver's and Team's championships All six Corvette Racing endurance drivers set to attend Corvette Racing finished 1 - 2 in 2016, separated by just 0.034 seconds at finish DETROIT (Jan. 4, 2017)-- It's time for Corvette Racing to again head back to the high banks of Daytona International Speedway for the first testing laps of...

A third - place finish by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Sept. 30 gave the pair an 11 - point lead (157 - 146) over Aston Martin driver Tomas Enge in the drivers championship with one race remaining.

Gavin and Beretta lost the war for the GT1 drivers championship to their Corvette Racing teammates Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen by 23 points, but they scored a victory in the final battle of the season Gavin and Beretta completed 139 laps in the winning No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R, finishing 12 seconds ahead of the runner - up No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R of O'Connell and Magnussen.

Chevrolet and Corvette Racing have a seven - point lead in the manufacturer and team championships; Beretta and Gavin lead the drivers» standings by 11 points.

Corvette Racing and Chevrolet are coming off a second straight sweep of the GTLM Manufacturer, Driver and Team championships in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship — titles won by combining driver skill with smart engineering strategy and team execDriver and Team championships in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship — titles won by combining driver skill with smart engineering strategy and team execdriver skill with smart engineering strategy and team execution.

A victory by Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen and Ron Fellows in the 1,000 - mile Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on October 4 clinched the GT1 drivers» titles for O'Connell and Magnussen, the seventh straight drivers championship for Chevrolet's factory sports car racing team.

BRASELTON, Ga. — Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen closed the American Le Mans Series era by winning the GT drivers» championship Saturday at Petit Le Mans.

Unofficially, the pair lead the class Driver's championship standings by 22 points heading into the 1,000 - mile / 10 - hour Petit Le Mans â $ «the final race of the year in two weeks at Road Atlanta.

BRASELTON, Ga. (Oct. 19, 2013)-- Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen closed the American Le Mans Series era by winning the GT drivers» championship Saturday at Petit Le Mans.

Gavin and Beretta Clinch Manufacturers, Team and Drivers Championships with Runner - Up Finish in Season Finale MONTEREY, Calif. — Corvette Racing capped Corvette's 50th anniversary in international road racing by sweeping the American Le Mans Series manufacturers, drivers and team championships in tonight's season finale at Mazda Raceway LagunDrivers Championships with Runner - Up Finish in Season Finale MONTEREY, Calif. — Corvette Racing capped Corvette's 50th anniversary in international road racing by sweeping the American Le Mans Series manufacturers, drivers and team championships in tonight's season finale at Mazda Raceway Lagundrivers and team championships in tonight's season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

Founded by Swedish DTM driver Mattias Ekstrom, EKS managed to win the 2016 team championship, while Ekstrom took the drivers» championship.

A runner - up finish by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R at the Monterey Sports Car Championships wrapped up Chevrolet's sixth consecutive manufacturers» title and gave the pair their second straight drivers championship.

MONTEREY, Calif. — Corvette Racing capped Corvette's 50th anniversary in international road racing by sweeping the American Le Mans Series manufacturers, drivers and team championships in tonight's season finale at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

In GT Cup, Colin Thompson had a dominating season winning the inaugural GT Cup presented by MOMO drivers» championship with an impressive 13 wins in 18 races.

To earn the drivers» championship for Elivan, the TCA team championship, plus rookie of the year awards for Matt Fassnacht (TCA) and Anthony Geraci (TC) shows the 24/7 efforts by everyone on the team.

With solid results acquired over the weekend by drivers Sandberg, Plumb and Ziegler, ANSA Motorsports bridged the gap with the team leading the championship and went from third to second, now only 6 points behind the team - championship leader.

Because of a schedule alteration due to track conditions, Friday's qualifying sessions were cancelled and the grids for the finale race of the season were set by point standings coming out of Sonoma, putting Sofronas on pole and in the driver's seat to claim the championship.

The RSR Racing team led by championship - winning team owner and driver Paul Gentilozzi and sons Tony and John Gentilozzi has announced two Prototype Challenge entries for the 2014 Tudor United Sports Car Championship.

Gavin and Magnussen's win in Mosport narrowed the ALMS GT championship race; the Corvette duo is second in the drivers» standings, 23 points behind BMW's Dirk Mueller and Joey Hand, and Chevrolet is second in the manufacturer standings by 22 markers.

The pair leads the drivers» championship by 13 points — 44 remain over the final two rounds.

«Shrinkabulls Rusty» owned by NASCAR DRIVER AUSTON DILLON / Rookie of the Year winner & Truck Series championship winner.

However, the Off - Road Masters varies the gameplay further by introducing smash - up to cross country events which sees the player attempting to avoid all of the red boards in favour of driving through the green boards on the way to setting a fast lap time to compete with another 7 competitor's lap times, while elimination is integrated into wild rush events as the driver in last place is eliminated every 30 seconds; time attack is included in multiple event types such as speed cross and wild rush as the player is tasked with setting the fastest lap time in competition with 7 drivers and only 3 laps to set the pace, alongside championships including differing event types.

Everything has an air of TV style presentation with pre-race build up that provides an overview of the track layout accompanied by a full grid line - up which carries through to the gameplay with data overlays of the gaps between two drivers; fastest lap; track and tyre temperatures; formation lap, alongside post-race coverage for the latest championship standings presented exactly as you would expect to see it when watching professional television coverage.

There is mostly an air of TV style presentation with pre-race build up that provides an overview of the track layout accompanied by a full grid line - up which carries through to the gameplay with data overlays of the gaps between two drivers; fastest lap; track and tyre temperatures; formation lap, alongside post-race coverage for the latest championship standings.

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.