Sentences with phrase «first racing lap»

The first three laps took place behind the safety car, and by the end of lap four (the first racing lap) Schumacher was running where he started - in third place.

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During lap two of the first race, Kostecki made contact with Travis Milburn's truck mid-air after tackling one of the series» signature huge jumps.

That belief was compounded when Patrick, starting at the rear of the field after a pre-race engine change, brought out the day's first caution just 15 laps into the race.

It just so happened to be Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin, who was leading the First Data 500 with one lap remaining.

Running against Danica for the first time since February, Townley managed a lead - lap finish at Michigan and had his second - best result in seven races this season.

Paulfrere of Belgium, driving Cooper Climax, took off after England's Stirling Moss driving Cooper Borgward in 150 - mile South African Grand Prix, caught Moss in closing laps of race to zip in first by 38 seconds.

This track blockage in the first race was just one of many incidents in a weekend which saw only four full racing laps completed across both races.

He pitted behind the safety car at the end of the first lap, and when title contender Fernando Alonso emerged from his stop later in the race he came out behind the Renault.

Twice he came through in must - win situations; the first in the penultimate race at Phoenix to qualify for the championship round, then in the finale when he charged from 12th to the lead over the final 15 laps.

For his final Daytona drive, this past July 4, Petty qualified on the front row and led the first five laps of the race but parked his car on the 84th lap because of sheer fatigue.

The WEC paid a stunning tribute to Audi's contribution to endurance racing ahead of their last ever race by allowing both cars to lead the field around the first formation lap.

Monaco was the next race of the season and it was characterised by freak tidal wave on the first lap, which flooded the harbour and caused almost half of the field to retire.

«I think we've got to set ourselves up for the last 250 laps of the race and you've got to stay on the lead lap the first half of the race.

The first four laps of the race were spent behind the safety car following several incidents, and when it came in Schumacher (who had dropped from second to fourth at the start) was struggling.

At Le Mans Porsche came within a few seconds of winning its first Le Mans 24 Hours - A 908 was leading on the last lap but suffering from brake problems, which allowed the Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx to pass it and win in one of the closest finishes in the history of the race.

A sports car buff who has not been seen riding a bicycle in years, the prince nevertheless climbed aboard a two - wheeler in Stockholm and led the field through part of the first lap of a bike race, pulling nimbly aside after 850 meters and letting the 60 - odd competitors pedal past.

Bowman led a race - high 194 laps and was pursuing a career - first victory.

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.

Sunday's race began in the usual fashion, furiously, with seven different leaders in the first 20 laps.

In Andretti's first three Formula One races, he failed to navigate the first lap with the rest of the field even once, and talking about him was practically all anyone in F / 1 could do.

The blunt motivation tactic seemed to work though as Camara made his way up to 10th in the race and was looking set to score his first F2 points before having to retire a few laps from the end.

2:50 p.m. — Ryan Hunter - Reay's Honda engine expired with 63 laps remaining, the first failure for the manufacturer on the afternoon following a rash of issues in the buildup to Sunday's race.

1:31 p.m. — The first crash of the race came on Lap 53, when polesitter Scott Dixon was hit by the slowing car of Jay Howard, leading to a huge crash that saw the former car flip through the air, damage the safety fence and bounce off the barrier.

But as the laps wound down and it became apparent Stenhouse was in contention for his first career win, Patrick's attention shifted to watching the race.

We didn't have to wait long to find out if that would be the case, with a multi-car shunt on the first lap of race one involving around a third of the entire field.

In the race Schumacher's clutch broke on the first lap and he was out.

The sport got its first look at the new restart rule during the second race of the opening round of the season at Hockenheim after an incident on the first lap brought out the safety car... and it made for an epic run down to the first corner.

Jos was renowned for being good at the start (in 1996 he gained places in every race but one) and he shot up from a season - best grid slot of 14th to 10th by the end of the first lap.

In the closing laps Salo attempted to overtake but spun, leaving Webber to score Minardi's first points in more than two years, and at his home race to boot.

And then, he put in a mega lap in the final qualifying session to secure seventh place on the grid for his home race — giving McLaren its first Q3 appearance since Abu Dhabi last year.

This year's Austrian Grand Prix wasn't a thriller, and the only real highlights were the first and last laps of the race.

He started sixth and spent the first part of the race well inside the top 10 but smoke pouring out of his car signalled his retirement on lap 15.

Aside from a frantic first lap, the opening stages of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix made it look like the race was becoming a procession like we had in 2016.

Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez argued in Montreal over track position, but the relationship soured further in Baku when a first lap collision denied the team a very realistic podium in what was a race of chaos.

Along with Esteban Ocon he's racing at Monaco for the first time, and getting the laps in is more important for a driver here than anywhere else.

The first laps were run on Saturday on low fuel, the second lap on Sunday morning on race fuel.

On the first lap of the race, the brakes on Jackie Oliver's BRM failed and he slammed into the side of Jacky Ickx's Ferrari.

He was still favourite heading into the final race at Interlagos but dropped back after running wide on the first lap.

The Ferrari driver had another weekend to forget after contact with Valtteri Bottas on the first lap, picked up a puncture mid-race and eventually retired from the race late on.

It was there in his first F1 season (and only his third race) that he muscled past Schumacher to take the lead and storm off to what was sure to be an easy win, only to be taken out by Jos Verstappen as he was lapping him.

On TV last week, [there was] a race from 1990 or 1989, and apart from the first four cars everyone was lapped.

The Freshman Boys D1 race went from a lead group of four riders after the first lap to two groups of two riders out front in the second lap in the 12 + mile race.

Brendon Leitch suffered a violent roll on the second lap of the first Toyota Racing Series race at Manfeild after getting clipped by another car.

I had to start around the ninth row since I missed a number of the previous races and it wasn't easy to catch the front group but I managed to grab their wheels by the end of the first lap.

Earnhardt, who was first and fifth in the two earlier IROC races, averaged 153.316 mph for 50 laps on the two - mile high - banked oval track to collect the $ 175,000 IROC championship purse.

He started only 16th after engine issues in qualifying, but in a race which started in damp conditions he'd gained a whopping nine places on the first lap alone.

Carlos Sainz ended his final race for Toro Rosso in the gravel on the first lap, and Marcus Ericsson plonked his Sauber in the barriers at the second Degner.

Kyle Busch led for 116 laps and took the Checkered Flag to win his first race of 2018!

He made very little impression in the race itself, making up no places off the start and taking five laps to get beyond Lance Stroll for his first overtake.

Lance Stroll did the best first lap, also gaining six places, but by the end of the race he had lost two of them.