Sentences with phrase «faster over a lap»

It will be faster on the 0 - 100 km / h time [than non-hybrid cars] but it will not be faster over a lap — or at least won't be able to do more laps,» he said.

Not exact matches

In the prerace time trials the factory Porsches finished one, two, three and seven, the fastest being a lap by Jo Siffert in car No. 31 in 3:35.4, over 140 mph.

The lower groove has proven faster during practice and qualifying, but over the course of a 500 - lap race drivers gradually began migrating toward the wall due to the rubber build up negating the effectiveness of the compound.

After some F3000 tests he got a test for Jordan at Silverstone in 2004, where he finished with a lap time over 18 seconds off of the fastest set by Kimi Raikkonen.

Scott Dixon was having a pretty good weekend as he took pole for the Indy 500 with the fastest qualifying laps for over 20 years.

The Ferrari is clearly much faster than the Red Bull at this stage of the season and ordinarily both red cars could have breezed by the Aussie in the DRS zone and the battle would have been over in two laps tops.

That was pretty much the story of his race - a race where he overtook on the inside, the outside, at Ste. Devote, at Mirabeau, and where his fastest lap was over 1.2 seconds faster than anyone else's.

In reality of course, all it proves is that you can be faster over a single lap, not the three hundred - odd that you'd need to be on the podium on Sunday night - but don't tell somebody like Allan McNish or Stephane Sarrazin that; they go to the edge because that's the mind - set.

For the following ten laps, I was knocking on fate's door by running very wide through the second - gear U-shaped turns and a little wide over the softly curved curbs at the exits of faster corners.

Although not quite as fast over a single lap as the top extreme - performance summer tires, the R - S4 has proven consistent and heat - tolerant, and it delivers significantly longer wear than those options.

In its most extreme setting, the 3 - Eleven is over 10 seconds a lap faster around Lotus» Hethel test track than the Evora 400, crossing the line in just 1min19.5 sec to the 400's 1min32sec.

Jethro Bovingdon is at Blyton Park to see which is faster over a flying lap, the Morgan Plus 8 Speedster or BMW R Nine T. Video here

The Civic currently holds the front - wheel - drive lap record at the Nürburgring - it beat the more hardcore Mégane Trophy R's time by over four seconds - but our tests on the more technical layout of Bedford Autodrome's infield (where power is less important) suggest that both the R and the more user - friendly Trophy are slightly faster than the Civic.

Even if it didn't cause showroom stampedes, during its six - year existence, the three - door racked up an impressive string of accomplishments in the Swedish Touring Cup series, winning both the 2009 and 2010 title, and over the course of its racing career, getting 20 overall victories, 42 podium finishes, 34 pole positions, and 22 fastest laps.

LaFerrari's top speed hasn't been confirmed, but we're told it's well over 350km / h and it laps the Fiorano test track in a time of under 1:20, 5 seconds faster than the Enzo, and 3 seconds faster than the F12berlinetta..

On 23 January 2011, the Atom 500 set the lap record around the Top Gear test track, with a time of 1:15.1, making it the fastest road - legal car to go around the track [14]-- a record that stood for just over two years, until the Pagani Huayra completed a lap in 1:13.8 on 27 January 2013.

«It's the fastest track in the ALMS series, and it has the greatest percentage of lap time over 90 mph with high g loads,» reported Corvette Racing engineering manager Doug Louth.

It's a great tool for pounding out fast lap times, but it's no fun swinging it over and over.

After a solid double - stint with no issues, Taylor handed back over to Milner who drove the final stint and set the car's fastest lap in the final 40 minutes.

Rather than pulling over to let you by when you're on a fast lap they tend to turn in on you, so that's an extra thing to keep our eyes open for.

Many Bash regulars took their Corvettes over to the NCM's Motorsports Park for some on - track action and the new NCM Kartplex was pretty busy as attendees put many laps on the surprisingly fast karts.

Interestingly, BMW claims the new M3 is appreciably faster than its predecessor over the Nordschleife (northern loop) of the hallowed Nurburgring (where all performance cars seem to be fine - tuned these days), but company boffins refuse to divulge the car's best lap time.

While long runs took priority over fast laps, both Corvettes ran considerably quicker than the 2:01.561 lap time that won the GT pole at Sebring last year.

Maybe it was unwise to push that hard, but that's what qualifying is all about — to see how fast you can go over one or two laps.

Additional features, including aero packages with stanchion - mounted wings, help push the ZR1 harder on the track for more confident handling and faster lap times, enabling the ZR1's top speed to be over 210 mph.

The Dane dueled for the pole with his BMW rival as the drivers traded fastest times over a series of laps on the 1.968 - mile, 11 - turn temporary course.

At the Nürburgring, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has gone faster by four seconds over its previous lap time of 7:26.

Hot Rod declared that the little Omni was two full seconds faster than the GT - 350 over a side by side lap at Willow Springs, and one second faster in the quarter - mile than a 1966 Shelby Mustang.

It knew no check; it came faster and faster; it rose over the tree - tops, over the hills, until it had filled the whole basin of the present Mediterranean and until it lapped the mountain cliffs of Arabia and Africa.

Since the mantle lubricates the crust - core boundary one can expect some slippage resulting in the core always rotating a little faster than the Earth over billions of years, lapping the Earth once every one or two thousand years by some estimates.