Sentences with phrase «drivers championships with»

Among Mr. Fehan's many accomplishments are Corvette Racing's eight consecutive ALMS GT1 manufacturer and team championships in 2001 - 08 and seven straight drivers championships with Ron Fellows, Oliver Beretta, Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen, and Oliver Gavin.

He's guided Corvette Racing to eight consecutive ALMS GT1 manufacturers and team championships in 2001 - 08, along with seven straight drivers championships with Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, Jan Magnussen, Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta winning titles.

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.

«My confidence is high,» said Gavin, who shares a one - point lead in the drivers championship with his teammate Beretta.

Gavin, who won the 2005 GT1 drivers championship with teammate Olivier Beretta, will drive for Dyson at Daytona this weekend.

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.

Winning the dramatic Le Mans 24 Hours back in June kicked off a run of four straight victories, and even though Toyota has started and ended the year strongly, it hasn't been enough to stop Brendon Hartley, Timo Bernhard, and Earl Bamber from securing the drivers» championship with a round to spare after finishing second in Shanghai.

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.

But which other drivers have won championships with similarly unremarkable finishes?

Repco engines had powered Brabham to back - to - back titles in 1966 and 1967, with Jack Brabham and Denny Hulme taking a drivers championship apiece.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The team has been on a run of three consecutive constructors» titles, with Lewis Hamilton taking two drivers» championships and Nico Rosberg picking up one last year.

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.

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.

Benetton's Michael Schumacher went into the final weekend of the season leading the championship, with only one other driver in contention.

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.

It (along with GP3) supports F1 most weekends and many recent great drivers have had championship success there, such as Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and of course, Pastor Maldonado.

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.

If you like lots of overtaking, lots of incidents and lots of strategy with a sprinkling of «what the hell was that driver thinking doing that», then GP2 is the championship for you.

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).

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

The 2015 season came down to a battle between Porsche and Audi for the drivers» championship, with Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley, and Mark Webber being the ones in it for Porsche.

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.

Of course, a one - make championship filled with literally dozens of the series» top drivers is going to lead to a closely - fought race, especially somewhere with as many long straights as Le Mans, and so it proved to be the case this year.

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.

Glock, who won the GP2 championship this year, was BMW's test driver and the Munich marque became involved in a tug - of - love for Glock's services with Cologne - based Toyota.

Ferrari scored their last championship success with the Raikkonen - Massa partnership in 2008 and Raikkonen is the team's most recent drivers» champion.

With a driver line up this strong, Ferrari has a great chance of securing second place in the constructors» championship next year...

(Also known as «Formula One 2009») F1 2009 offers a fully authentic FIA Formula One championship experience with all the teams, drivers, cars and tracks from the 2009 season.

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

With multiplayer support for up to 22 drivers, F1 2016 allows players to form a full grid of human players across the 21 circuits featured in the 2016 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, including the tight Baku street circuit, the latest addition to the calendar.

With an impressive qualifying result the day before, driver Bartek Pagacz started on pole and finished the first race maintaining his position, adding 25 points to his championship standings.

Needless to say, developers Turn 10 have really upped the ante for Forza with lots of different gaming modes plus a very engaging championship series to help put you into the role of professional racing car driver.

Of course, Meeke isn't the first rally driver to get a reputation for crashing repeatedly, but since joining Citroën in 2013 the 38 - year - old rally driver has only won five WRC events, with a highest place championship result of fifth.

Not only has the championship attracted one of the world's most successful drivers with Sebastian Loeb, rally stars Petter Solberg and Gigi Galli as well as circuit drivers Jacques Villeneuve, Yvan Muller and DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom have all got behind the wheel of WRX cars.

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.

It proved to be a wise decision, as the S4 Competition — this very one, in fact — won the 2001 driver's championship with Mike Galati behind the wheel, beating race - spec Porsche 911s, Dodge Vipers, and Chevrolet Corvettes in the process.