Sentences with phrase «final corner»

Final corner case is dealing with low contrast lane markings (faded white on grey concrete) while driving into the sun at dusk

It's not often we see final corner, last lap overtake but that's exactly what happened in race two of the 2017 Toyota Racing Series» penultimate race and it ultimately secured the driver the title.

Through the ex machina of time travel the writer's pen themselves out of the seemingly quite final corner by taking Rufus back to the very start again, committing the cardinal sequel sin of hitting the emergency reset button.

was a fantastic layout, with the final corner like a backwards Eau Rouge.

He let Bottas through right at the final corner, giving the Finn — who had been quicker in qualifying and had a better start — P3.

For this weekend's MotoGP race at the Barcelona track, the final sector has been changed — with the series now using a new chicane before the final corner.

This was proved once again during qualifying for the Grand Prix of the Americas at COTA, when Loris Baz almost crashed his Avintia Ducati bike at the final corner.

Coming off the final corner he simply floored it, way too soon, but when he realised he didn't slow down again, oh no.

Unlike a year later there was no Timo Glock to pass on the final corner and he could only finish seventh, all of which meant that Kimi had somehow managed to pinch the championship from right under the noses of the McLaren drivers.

Keselowski put the bumper to Hamlin through the final corner, but Hamlin held on.

We're not surprised, after his dramatic save at the final corner during the race in terrible conditions.

Mansell leapt out of the final corner and drew alongside Senna, but the Lotus had just enough to hang on and claim victory.

Both drivers were chasing their first win and although Rosberg had all the momentum having reeled de Angelis in, it was the Italian who did just enough in the final corner to pip the eventual 1982 champion to the line.

Ken Block's GRC race in Barbados ended with a dramatic and fiery flip at the final corner as he battled for the lead.

In the end, Hamilton kept his promise, backed off considerably on the last lap and let Bottas through at the final corner — just holding off Verstappen, too.

He controversially passed him for the lead at the final corner but would later be docked a position for the move, giving Ekstrom victory.

Positioned at the end of SS10 / 12, he captured the new WRC cars flying through the final corners and pushing to the absolute maximum.

Massa eventually prevailed after using the run - off at the final corner to stay ahead, and wasn't penalised.

Daniel Ricciardo was on a quick lap in the second free practice session in Abu Dhabi when he came across the dawdling Haas of Romain Grosjean in the final corner, completely spoiling his lap.

Dovizioso made his move but Marquez somehow managed to attempt a pass into the final corner without the two of them colliding.

The battle for victory went right down to the final corner of the final lap but the best thing of all is that it was between the two championship challengers Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez.

The event was decided on the final corner with Hinchcliffe, using his push - to - pass, got under Sato and led the final 300 meters to pick up his second victory of the year.

Nico Hulkenberg had another impressive race for Renault to finish sixth, with Carlos Sainz in ninth, hounding Vettel in the final corner.

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.

It all boiled down to the final corner, with Pulcini making a stunning move around the outside to snatch first place at the last moment.

He darted left and right, eventually finding a gap around the outside of the final corner.

Jack was still ahead as they approached the final corner, but despite being far enough ahead Brabham elected to take a defensive line, locked up on the dusty part of the track and slid into the hay bales, allowing Rindt to snatch a dramatic victory.

In fact, he could have gone quicker and got well into the 1:18 s. That's because, as journalists at the track noted, he kept backing off on the run to the line after the final corner.

Gabriel Rodrigo lost control of his bike heading into the final corner of the circuit but Loi had no time to react, hitting his rival's bike and launching him into the air.

But then, suddenly, as they exited the final corner to start the last tour of the Circuit de la Sarthe, Taylor's Corvette slowed and Adam stormed ahead.

The final corner at the Shanghai International Circuit is a tricky one and the exit often catches drivers out.

On two occasions last year there were attempted overtakes for the lead in the final corner, and the winning margin is more often measured in tenths than it is in seconds.

That included a crash on the restart between the leading car Colin Thompson, who spun at the final corner, and Don Yount — who dived to the inside, but got collected.

The British racer shunted his RS17 into the barrier heavily at the final corner mid-way through the second practice session for the Australian GP.

Ferdinand Habsburg gave it everything to try and take the lead away from Sergio Sette Camara on the final lap, but a final corner lunge ended up with both drivers in the wall and Dan Ticktum coming through to win.

However, he didn't cross the line in a conventional style - instead he found himself spinning backwards after contact with the final corner.

James Hinchcliffe had led most of the race and was doing everything to try and hold off Graham Rahal, Tony Kanaan and Simon Pagenaud, but on the final corner it was Rahal who managed to snatch the lead and win by just eight - thousandths of a second.

The reason for his costly grid drop is actually due to Leclerc's spin in the final corner.

Things intensified on the last lap and coming off the final corner the two came within a breath of taking each other out.

Ferdinand Habsburg was chasing down Sergio Sette Camara for victory and made his move into the final corner.

We went for our second run in the middle of the session knowing that I would get just one lap on the soft tyre.It was a good lap but unfortunately I got blocked right at the final corner, which cost me three tenths, which would have put me quite easily in fifth.

His accident brought out the red flags and a little later, Jolyon Palmer tried to correct a twitch and spun into the wall at the final corner.

Cole Custer and John Hunter Nemechek were having a great battle for victory on the final lap until the final corner, when things turned ugly.

Kimi Raikkonen did it in the final race, Lewis Hamilton did it on the final corner and Jack Brabham did it by pushing his car across the line.

He would come back to the BTCC to contest three rounds in 1998 and it was again at Donington in which he was a key protagonist in a chaotic race in which, after coming through the pack, he led until the final corner, out - braked himself and handed victory to the pursuing Vauxhall of John Cleland.

Coming out of the final corner it was Blundell that had the traction.

Esteban Ocon: A self - confessed mistake on the final corner ended all hope of a Q3 spot for the Frenchman and it did not get much better during the race, either.

While Armitstead savoured the win behind her the race for silver and bronze came down to the final corners as Alice Barnes showed her huge potential in holding off the challenge of defending champion Laura Trott.

There was more drama for Romain Grosjean in Mexico on Friday when he spun out of the final corner, causing significant damage to his car.