Sentences with phrase «drivers championship for»

O'Connell won the GT1 drivers championship for the third time in his career, but his first with Jan Magnussen.

It was the sixth class title at Petit Le Mans for Corvette Racing, and the win clinched a third consecutive GT1 drivers championship for Gavin and Beretta.

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.

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.

It won the F1 driver championship for New Zealander Denny Hulme in 1967 and earned the manufacturer title for the second year in a row for Tauranac and three - time driving champion Brabham.

In the No. 4 Corvette, full - season teammates Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner will drive with Marcel Fässler in hopes of replicating their 2016 Daytona class victory and Driver championships for Gavin and Milner.

In addition, Donny Schatz, driver of the Chevrolet Performance - sponsored No. 15 World of Outlaws entry, won 31 A-Main races and the series driver championship for the seventh time in his career.

Not exact matches

This time it's Jimmie Johnson, driver of the # 48 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports and winner of seven Nascar championships.

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.

Going into the final week before championship weekend in college football Northern Illinois is sitting in the drivers seat for a return trip to a BCS bowl berth.

, giving them hope for the driver's championship as the championship - leading Porsche of Brendon Hartley / Timo Bernhard / Earl Bamber could only finish fourth.

The incident cost Kenseth a victory that would've qualified him for the four - driver championship.

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

Ok, so he's wayyyyy off the required amount of superlicence points, but surely the FIA will make an exception for a driver who is currently an incredible 15th in the F2 championship this year, right?

Now imagine how crazy it would be if it was the last round of the season and those two drivers were going head - to - head for the championship.

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!

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.

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.

We'll forgive you if you've never heard of the Speedcar championship - it was a short - lived stock car championship that only ran for two seasons, featuring a mixture of young drivers and old legends.

Over the next 10 weeks, 16 drivers will vie for the Monster Energy Cup Series championship.

The stakes weren't as high Sunday as they were in November when a berth in the championship finale was on the line, but for a driver and team in the midst of a three - year - plus dry spell, what was before them carried considerable importance.

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

Only Jones is not among the 16 playoff - eligible drivers vying for the series championship.

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.

As Carl Edwards drove his wounded No. 19 car to Martinsville Speedway's garage following a blown tire that had sent him hard into the outside wall, he didn't wallow that his crash would likely result in him being among the four drivers failing to advance to the championship round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup in two 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.

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.

Lewis Hamilton recently said the four best drivers in F1 were himself, Fernando Alonso, Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel, and that he'd love to battle them all for the championship.

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.

It made me a better driver and I'm taking everything I learned into this opportunity to run for Petty Motorsports and run for championships.

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.

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

Lee Petty, 42, of Randleman, N.C., despite his seventh - place finish in the Martinsville, Va. 200 - mile NASCAR sweepstakes, earned enough points to win Grand National driver's championship for the second time.

For each given year the champion (and anyone else who would previously have won a championship in this system) is removed from the final championship standings, with the highest ranked driver becoming the new champion.

Occasionally though there have been drivers that have seen their team mates win the championship, but for whatever reason have struggled badly and only managed a few points (or sometimes not even that).

He was third in the GP2 championship in 2015 and 2016 and has been actually been around F1 for ages, having joined Sauber as a test driver in 2014 and been a Renault tester for the last two seasons.

F1 fan - favourite Button will be an ambassador and test driver for McLaren this year but is considering his options for other championships.

It wasn't all that competitive, but the RE40 certainly was — taking Prost himself to four wins during the year, second in the drivers» standings and runner - up for Renault in the constructors» championship.

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 the 2009 season championship runner - up and is perhaps most - known for being one of Team Penske driver Will Power's most trusted confidantes.

Although the championship is out of reach for Aston Martin in GTE - Pro, the No. 98 GTE - Am driver lineup of Pedro Lamy, Mathias Lauda, and Paul Dalla Lana have a 10 - point lead and are strong favourites to win the title.

2017 saw Rookie Lando Norris become the first driver to win the title driving for a team other than Prema since 2010, and the first rookie to win the overall championship since the F3 Euro Series began in 2003.

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

Valtteri Bottas believe it's too soon for Mercedes to bring in team orders and put more support behind one of its drivers in the championship battle.

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.

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.