Sentences with phrase «dry track»

A fun and entertaining car no doubt but a Golf R makes more sense the majority of time; dry track days excluded.

With heavy rainfall and runoff continuing to drench the Road Atlanta circuit and no hope of drying the track, the event was declared official at 8:44 on the race clock.

Peak downforce at 155mph is a handy 800 kg, so the Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R dry track tyres could use a break when they're already generating high - speed heat.

The weather gods were shining as a nice dry track awaited us.

So when the cars were lined up ahead of the race, some teams started to dry the track.

But once the rain stopped and NASCAR was able to dry the track, the race was run without Mother Nature causing further interruption.

Persistent rain postponed Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race and washed out officials» valiant efforts to try and dry the track to get the event underway.

The team did pretty much everything to prevent him from getting a decent crack at making it out of qualifying during its sole season in 1992, like when he was sent out on wet tyres on a dry track at Silverstone.

On a drying track in race two, Lotus's Matthieu Vaxiviere and McLaren's Nyck de Vries went wheel - to - wheel on the final corner of the final lap.

On a dry track and everything else being equal, the rear - drive car is probably the faster of the two.

Conversely, on a dry track you will set a decent lap time, but it will be the front tyres that get worked harder than the rears.

On a dry track the SRT - 10 would probably eat the SL whole, but as a real - world sports car the Viper is fatally flawed.

On a dry track in Dynamic mode, the system allows a generous amount of throttle adjustability before transitioning smoothly to greater traction and faster, more efficient progress.

We first try the Öhlins - suspended car running Renaultsport's recommended damper settings for a quick, dry track (four clicks front, nine rear).

The night session goes even better, helped by the drying track.

-- Mother Nature proved to be a fan of sports car racing today as days of rain gave way to a dry track for the Grand Prix of Mosport.

Garcia started the No. 3 Corvette C6.R from second on the grid, but had yet to drive a lap at Long Beach on a dry track.

The time attack took place on a dry track, «with an optimum ambient temperature for the best tire and powertrain performance,» according to Honda.

Running on a damp but drying track, Jani's time was the fastest of Thursday's three American Le Mans Series practice sessions, with both the morning and afternoon practice run in the rain.

With a dry track and cool evening air, Jan Magnussen won the pole in the GT1 category for the second straight year with a time of 3:54.230 in the No. 63 Compuware Corvette C6.R.

On any given day on a dry track the standard Leon cupra will match the times off the focus.

Gavin was happy with the progress made during a triple stint, which wasn't without its issues on a drying track

The final driver changes took place at 11:20 p.m. as Gavin and Magnussen took advantage of the drying track to make their qualifying runs.

The slick track produced lap times more than 40 seconds slower than those recorded on a drying track yesterday.

Honda says the new lap time, completed during the hot hatch's final testing phase, was achieved on a dry track with an ideal outside temperature to help ensure proper tire and powertrain performance.

Finally, Pininfarina and GreenGT teamed up with Michelin for the tire spec, throwing on the Pilot Sport GT 59M compound for dry tracks and the Pilot Sport GT P2L compound for racing in the wet.

The action then focuses on some LMP1 action taking place at Silverstone at night, sticking with the same track we then switch to some Formula B action during the day in wet tyres on a dry track no less!

You can start on a dry track, encounter torrential rain, and end with clear skies and puddles on the racing line.