If you're a racing
driver in a racing car, a dual - clutch transmission makes all the sense in the world — it's faster and it's more consistent.
I'm told they use vortex tubes these days to cool
the drivers in the race cars during the pit stops.
Not exact matches
Driver loafers were historically designed with
race car drivers and motorists
in mind, but Cole Haan's nubuck pair were made to be seen.
The company has sponsored NASCAR
driver Jeff Gordon too — his
race car features a prominent Fix Auto logo — and it has even purchased digital billboards
in the popular video game series Need for Speed.
(Kyle also drives
in select
races in the Xfinity Series and owns a sprint
car team with Justin Marks, an entrepreneur
driver I profiled here.)
While Tesla's Autopilot
driver - assist feature is frequently impressive, and a huge edge
in the
race to true self - driving
cars, one Tesla
driver was recently reminded we're not quite to Autonomy Heaven yet.
For me, as a
race car driver used to things happening
in fractions of a second, two more years was almost more than I could deal with.
No, that's just the
race car driver in me.
Starting
in 2005, GoDaddy ran a series of racy Super Bowl commercials featuring women such as
race car driver Danica Patrick and supermodel Bar Rafaeli — usually
in some state of undress.
In 2011, he and several partners (including former
race car driver Ron Fellows) established Canadian Motorsport Ventures, a company that bought Mosport International Raceway, Canada's largest automotive racetrack located east of Toronto.
His legacy as one of the world's greatest
race car drivers in history lives on
in a film directed by Asif Kapadia.
Junior used the
racing and
car building knowledge he acquired while bootlegging to become one of the most successful
drivers and owners
in racing history, culminating with his induction into the 2010 inaugural class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
To expand its market, Upper Deck is interested
in manufacturing cards of famous
race car drivers.
The
drivers rushed back to their
cars and prepared to get underway for a sprint to the flag, but
in the time between the restart being announced and the
drivers getting set to go, the fog set
in again, and the
race was ended.
Race director Charlie Whiting said the start rules haven't changed for 20 years, and that there have been only two cases (the other being Daniel Ricciardo
in Japan last year) of
drivers positioning their
cars outside the grid boxes.
Alongside media duties and meeting the
drivers, the video also shows Alonso sitting
in Marco Andretti's
car, which coincidentally wasn't able to start the
race due to an issue...
The American, born
in New York, took victories
in Formula One, Indy
Car, NASCAR, Can - Am, Trans - Am Series, proving he was one of the most talented all - round
racing drivers.
It's not like an engine penalty either (which is applied to the
car rather than the
driver) so Fernando Alonso won't have to serve it when he returns to F1 for the next
race in Montreal.
We take a look at the
drivers who came back to the sport after suffering nasty injuries
in racing cars
Raikkonen pipped the troubled McLaren
drivers by a single point, and with Felipe Massa
in the other
car winning three
races Ferrari won the Constructors» as well.
The once
in a lifetime experience of being driven at speed by a
racing driver at iconic
race circuits
in dream
cars is truly unique.
Following what was a fairly processional
race in Melbourne, several
drivers have mentioned that overtaking is even harder to manage with the 2018
cars
They're paid millions to
race the fastest
cars in the world so it's sometimes easy to forget that F1
drivers are just regular human beings.
Because Daytona hosts plenty of
racing at night the
cars also went out
in the dark, so
driver Martin Lanting also got some great footage of him lapping the track under lights.
This VW Golf
race car driver lost control
in spectacular fashion at Brands Hatch, but somehow managed to save it
Vettel was sure that he was brake tested by Hamilton as they were preparing for the restart, and
in a fit of mild
race pulled alongside the Mercedes
driver and gave booped his
car into Hamilton's.
A snapshot from Wimbledon last week: Kimiko Date Krumm — a 40 - year - old Japanese player who lives
in Monaco and is married to a German
race car driver — nearly upset Venus Williams on Centre Court, while on an outer court 6» 6» Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina defeated Olivier Rochus, a 5» 6» Belgian.
This track taxes the stock
cars — last year nine
drivers, or 20.9 % of the field, suffered mechanical failures
in this
race — and produces more fender - banging than any other track
in the Chase.
This was a weekend dedicated to the proposition that the owner of a sports
car should turn up
in the
driver's seat on
race day.
The site's
in -
car audio feature lets you eavesdrop on 10
drivers and their crew chiefs during the
race.
David Reutimann and his team owner Tommy Baldwin insisted the No. 10
car had a problem that caused it to stop on the track with three laps to go
in Sunday's NASCAR
race at Martinsville, but other
drivers weren't convinced.
A sign of the times: A.J. Foyt, arguably the biggest name
in the history of Indy
car racing, will field a NASCAR Winston Cup team next season and is looking for a
driver.
Today the Pau Grand Prix is one of the most prestigious
races a
driver can win
in junior formulae, but
in the 50s and early 60s it was F1
cars that tackled the tricky street circuit.
Three years removed from a stellar short - track career running 30 - mile, dirt - oval sprints, Bowyer has exhibited a veteran's
car - control skills and is one of only three
drivers in the top 12 to have finished all 18
races this season.
From diving to touring
car racing and golf, Max Verstappen manages to win «
Driver of the Day» for pretty much everything
in this funny parody.
Thankfully no - one hit it, but
in the jam
driver Matt Kenseth (who had been fighting for the win) made contact with the back of another
car, ultimately putting him out of the
race.
It got to a point where some teams would roll up to a grand prix weekend with one of their
drivers amassing something like a 65 - place grid penalty and starting the
race in car parking zone Z.
The
drivers start to arrive
in the middle of the afternoon, lining up according to
racing class: motorcycles and hot rods towed
in on trailers on one side, street - legal sports
cars in the middle, and, at the very far end of the pit, a couple lines of high school kids flanked on one side by black and white patrol
cars.
Most weeks, as many as 200
drivers turn up
in 200 gleaming
cars, and they
race 400 or 600 or 800 times till they've shaken themselves into hierarchies of velocity and control.
The British
driver did a little bit of saloon
car racing but retired from it altogether
in 1969, moving to the USA.
Aside from the awesome looks, perhaps the best thing about the next Formula E
car is the fact that it'll mean the end of
drivers having to change
cars in the middle of the
race in order to get to the end, a stumbling block for many
in their enjoyment of the series.
After testing a Formula E
car in Mexico this weekend, she's said that aspiring female
racing drivers should focus on trying to achieve a career there, rather than
in Formula 1.
In what must be the strangest NASCAR story since a fan caused a yellow trying to take a selfie,
race driver Travis Kvapil was unable to
race at Atlanta Motor Speedway after his
car was stolen.
«I think with the competition — the
race cars are very cool - there's diversity
in the sport with the
drivers from 14 different countries, nine different winners this year...,» Frye said.
After a year of forced idleness
Driver Richard Petty came rolling back
in a blue brute of a Plymouth to win Daytona's stock
car 500, delighting his
racing father — but not Dearborn
Despite not participating
in qualifying on Friday, all 11
drivers that missed the session will start Saturday night's
race — albeit at the rear of the 40 -
car field.
Reigning WEC champion and former Red Bull «number 2
driver» Mark Webber drove his Porsche 919 Hybrid as part of the launch of the new Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid
in an effort to demonstrate how technology from motor
racing can transfer to road
cars.
The 1992 British Touring
Car Championship was an incredibly close run thing, and come the final
race of the season at Silverstone three
drivers were
in with a chance of taking the title: Will Hoy, Tim Harvey, and John Cleland.
It's the latest
in a catalogue of
car problems for the team
in Bahrain which also saw multiple failures across the
race weekend for both
drivers.
In a
race that featured a two - hour rain delay and six safety
car periods, Button managed to collide with two
drivers - teammate Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso - and also had to serve a penalty for speeding behind the safety
car.