Sentences with phrase «first few laps»

From the first few laps that he did in the car, you could feel the atmosphere in the garage, with the engineers, how immediately they were impressed with his times, his feedback, with his precision.

The first few laps are uneventful — one caution flag, no serious wrecks.

He emerged over 40 seconds off the leaders in 15th place and despite making up time in the first few laps of his second stint, his pace gradually dropped off.

The 2017 Paris ePrix looked set to be a fairly processional race after the first few laps, but it soon livened up and then ended with complete confusion.

Drivers rarely take it easy or race with much caution, but it'd be understandable for a rookie to do just that in the first few laps of a completely new racing experience.

Having a good start was the key to my race and so was passing Vandoorne during the first few laps.

The FIA is taking action because surveys of F1 fans reveal that many think races are becoming «processions» in which cars of similar ability get in line after the first few laps and stay there until the end, unable to overtake unless accidents or breakdowns occur.

For the first few laps, you're overwhelmed by the magnificence of it all.

At least that's the theory; even so, it takes all the steel you can muster to select fifth gear and keep your right foot planted beyond 110 mph for the first few laps (OK, the entire first day), the car weaving and dancing around alarmingly.

The first few laps in the 620R tend to make you feel rather clumsy and well behind the potential of the car.

It's on the track that I'm expecting more significant differences, and for my first few laps I noticed we have significantly less grip than before.

Having never visited the Norfolk circuit before, and after getting questionable advice from Bovingdon on how to attack Coram Curve, my first few laps were understandably tentative as I learnt the lines and steadily built up the pace.

Porsche provided some excitement early on, battling for the lead over the first few laps with the front - running Toyota

«The first few laps in my second stint were very fast and I was starting to regain the lead, but after about eight laps the other car was just as fast so I couldn't catch Olivier.

«Those first few laps were frantic,» Gavin said.

RICHARD WESTBROOK, NO. 74 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R «The first few laps were pretty strange, having raced in the Detroit TUDOR Championship race less than 24 hours before.

For the first few laps I found myself slowing too much, not appreciating just how good the brakes are at hauling two tonnes down from speed repeatedly.

My first few laps of Laguna Seca were made much easier by the last - minute nanny intervention.

JAN MAGNUSSEN, NO. 63 MOBIL 1 / SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R: «The first few laps are always fantastic.

On a first few laps, the Abarth was agile and responsive both under acceleration but also in the corners.

My first few laps were a bit slow, as I was learning this unfamiliar track.

Most of these are not around today as consolidation and evolution of the concept saw mergers in the industry, and many early entrants didn't make it through the first few laps.