Sentences with phrase «driver championship race»

Not exact matches

Unfortunately for young driver Todd Hazelwood, that's exactly what happened when he tangled with Jonathon Webb during the first qualifying race for the Sandown 500, the first of three endurance events in the Supercars championship.

Since the start of the U.S. Grand Prix, has any driver won that race and gone on to win the world championship?

From that came the implementation of a three - stage format that incentivizes drivers with bonus points that apply toward the championship so that they push hard from green flag to checkered flag in every regular season race.

Since his few races for Manor in 2015 Rossi ended up making a name for himself in IndyCar, winning the 2016 Indy 500 as a rookie and establishing himself as one of the championship's most talented young drivers.

On this day in 1992 three drivers battled for the championship in one of the most iconic races in British motorsport history

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.

Whilst Arnoux was a race winner and qualifying beast (he took 18 poles, more than any other driver without a championship), Cheever never quite managed to reach the top step during his time in F1 from 1978 to 1989.

As well as going off and winning championships in both Formula E and WEC, he's still a reserve driver for Red Bull Racing, and Helmut Marko once said that of all the drivers that slipped off of Red Bull's ladder, Buemi was the best.

10 years later and a Ferrari driver is once again way behind Lewis Hamilton in the championship with only a few races to go.

Firstly, he looks like a driver ready to fight for a championship and secondly, the future of the Red Bull Racing team is very much built around keeping Verstappen happy.

In 2007 Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was able to win six races and the championship in an incredibly closely - fought season with McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and a rookie Lewis Hamilton.

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

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.

Since then, the duo has formed one of the best driver - crew chief combinations in NASCAR history, winning six championships and 69 races.

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).

NASCAR team won a combined 53 races, two driver championships and one Truck Series owner 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.

We are down to just eight drivers still alive for the championship with four races remaining, though most eyes are on Joey Logano, winner of each of the last three weeks.

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.

Drivers under the Hendrick banner have won 11 Cup championships and 219 races.

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.

It certainly did the job too, winning all - but - one of the races in which it was entered and both the 1952 and 1953 championships for driver Alberto Ascari.

Former F1 driver Tiago Monteiro won while Comini finished fourth in another half - points race, enough for him to win the championship.

Now 43, he has won more national offshore powerboat championships (five) and more races in one season (six) than any driver in history.

It was everything a driver could want from a racing car and it dominated the 1990 championship.

The British racing driver has had an unusual journey up the single - seater ladder, enjoying success in Formula BMW before winning the 2012 British Formula 3 championship and taking race victories in GP3.

Red Bull Junior driver Pierre Gasly finished out of the points in 9th in the GP2 finale in Abu Dhabi but won the championship anyway, thanks in part to a dominant performance in Saturday's feature race.

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.

He was D4D's Driver of the Year in 2007; in 2009 he he was named Rookie of the Year and became the first D4D driver to win a touring series race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West; and in 2010 he added a third victory and finished third in the West champioDriver of the Year in 2007; in 2009 he he was named Rookie of the Year and became the first D4D driver to win a touring series race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West; and in 2010 he added a third victory and finished third in the West champiodriver to win a touring series race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West; and in 2010 he added a third victory and finished third in the West championship.

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

The intent was to bring the performance level of the three manufacturers closer inline where one doesn't hold an overwhelming superiority like Toyota had last season where its drivers combined to win 16 of 36 races and saw Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch finish 1 - 2 in the championship and each lead over 2,000 laps.

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver is competing against Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. in the championship final where the best finish among them is crowned series champion.

There are plenty of things to look out for, from teams and drivers and in their final race and championships to be decided.

Carlin driver Devlin DeFrancesco went a little bit too hot into the first corner during the second race of the Hungaroring round of the Euroformula Open championship

The final four drivers will have their points reset for the final race, with the simple goal of beating the other three to the finish line to win the 2017 Cup championship.

When Bill Elliott — the only driver before Gordon to win the bonus — bagged the Winston Million in 1985, it marked stock car racing's biggest payday, quadrupling the prize for the Winston Cup season championship.

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.

«But if a driver or a sportsman in general shows that he can win races and championships, then you know he has in mind all the ingredients he needs to become successful and to be successful.

If they continue with their policy of letting the drivers race each other it will cost them against Vettel, because you can bet it won't be long before they switch all their focus onto him for the championship.

Of the 17 races on the 2018 calendar, six take place on ovals, six on road course, and five on street courses, making IndyCar perhaps the truest test of driver abilities of any championship in the world.

Did you know that in every season of Formula E we have crowned a new drivers» champion and every year the championship has gone down to the final race of the season?

I've always wanted to not only be an F1 driver but win races and championships.

Although he's acknowledged as one of the best drivers in F1, It's been over 11 years (yes, really) since Alonso won a championship, and getting on for five years since he's even won a race.

The paradigm of McLaren suffering in 2018 despite sitting fourth in the constructors» championship shows that the team has been well positioned in the races so far when other drivers have retired or had issues.

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.

There have been a grand total of 161 British drivers in F1, the largest pool of any, with the USA in second with 158 drivers - though that's largely thanks to the inclusion of the Indy 500 as a championship race in the earlier eras.

Two races into 2018 and although the McLaren - Renault combo has helped the team to third in the constructors» and Fernando to fourth in the drivers» championship, it's clear that McLaren is nowhere near where it was perhaps expecting to be.

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.

The next day the FIA held a meeting and decided to strip the race of its championship status, meaning that no points were awarded to the teams or drivers.