Sentences with phrase «formula in sports cars»

The 5.0 - liter formula in sports cars was finishing, so I thought it would be more difficult to get a drive.

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It almost makes you wish tracks were still like this, until you remember that this is the very same race where the ultra-talented Stefan Bellof tragically lost his life, cutting short a a career that had yet to fully blossom in either Sports Cars or Formula 1.

Over the years many aerodynamic tests have been carried out in our wind tunnel for passenger cars, for Formula 1, for motorcycling and for the sports equipment of world - class athletes,»

Back in the 1970s, two Formula One (a form of car racing much more popular in Europe than in the US) competitors, the Englishman James Hunt and the Austrian Niki Lauda, livened up the «sport» (OK, I'll stop putting that word in quotes now) with their intense rivalry.

Ito also confirmed that the CR - Z hybrid sports car is under development and scheduled for release in 2010, and that virtually all of Honda's former Formula One engineers are now working on hybrid development.

He has for the past three decades photographed virtually every form of auto racing including Formula 1, IndyCar, NASCAR, NHRA, Pike Peak, and IMSA and World Endurance Championship sports - car racing in the United States and Europe.

Enter Mazda Motorsport and Chip Ganassi Racing, two manufacturer - affiliated race teams making waves in the United Sports Car Championship series by flipping this formula on its head.

Pushing the boundaries of high - performance technology today means something very different from what that original car embodied, so the formula for the New Sports eXperience is considerably different in the 2017 Acura NSX: The basics include a hybrid powertrain made up of three electric motors, a lithium - ion battery pack, a mid-mounted twin - turbocharged V - 6 engine and a dual - clutch nine - speed automatic transmission.

War Horse Vauxhall — David Burgess-Wise examines the rôle played by the Vauxhall D - Type in the First World War, and drives the example in the manufacturer's collection / The Pomeroy Trophy at 60 — Peter McFadyen tells the story of the VSCC's event for finding the best sports touring car, and explains the arcane formulae behind it / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part three — In the third and final part of his series about these famous racers, Simon Moore investigates the fate of each / Auto - biography: Cally Callomon — Matthew Bell visits this art director, Vintage car owner and bicycle fanatic, and learns about his career and hobbies / Peugeot Racing Engineers 2: Louis Verdet Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges looks at the career of this engineer, whose influence spread far beyond motoring / The Ballot 2LS, part eight — Our Publisher concludes his series on the twin cam Ballot 2LS, listing the cars known to have existed but which have now disappearin the First World War, and drives the example in the manufacturer's collection / The Pomeroy Trophy at 60 — Peter McFadyen tells the story of the VSCC's event for finding the best sports touring car, and explains the arcane formulae behind it / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part three — In the third and final part of his series about these famous racers, Simon Moore investigates the fate of each / Auto - biography: Cally Callomon — Matthew Bell visits this art director, Vintage car owner and bicycle fanatic, and learns about his career and hobbies / Peugeot Racing Engineers 2: Louis Verdet Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges looks at the career of this engineer, whose influence spread far beyond motoring / The Ballot 2LS, part eight — Our Publisher concludes his series on the twin cam Ballot 2LS, listing the cars known to have existed but which have now disappearin the manufacturer's collection / The Pomeroy Trophy at 60 — Peter McFadyen tells the story of the VSCC's event for finding the best sports touring car, and explains the arcane formulae behind it / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part three — In the third and final part of his series about these famous racers, Simon Moore investigates the fate of each / Auto - biography: Cally Callomon — Matthew Bell visits this art director, Vintage car owner and bicycle fanatic, and learns about his career and hobbies / Peugeot Racing Engineers 2: Louis Verdet Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges looks at the career of this engineer, whose influence spread far beyond motoring / The Ballot 2LS, part eight — Our Publisher concludes his series on the twin cam Ballot 2LS, listing the cars known to have existed but which have now disappearIn the third and final part of his series about these famous racers, Simon Moore investigates the fate of each / Auto - biography: Cally Callomon — Matthew Bell visits this art director, Vintage car owner and bicycle fanatic, and learns about his career and hobbies / Peugeot Racing Engineers 2: Louis Verdet Sébastien Faurès Fustel de Coulanges looks at the career of this engineer, whose influence spread far beyond motoring / The Ballot 2LS, part eight — Our Publisher concludes his series on the twin cam Ballot 2LS, listing the cars known to have existed but which have now disappeared

Albrecht Goertz's gorgeous 503 could not have come at a worse time for BMW, as Douglas Blain explains in Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Twin Drama Queen / In 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War TwIn 1966 and All That, Steve Welsh reports from the unrivalled Goodwood Revival historic race meeting, which this year marked 50 years since Australian driver Jack Brabham won the Formula One World Championship in a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Twin a car of his construction / Kit Foster tells the story of the American Underslung, the first American sports car, and examines one of the prized survivors of this pioneering but short - lived marque in Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Twin Swing low, sweet chariot / In his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War TwIn his article, Cross-Channel concours, Jörg Sierks chooses his favourites from two prestigious concours events, held on the same weekend on opposite sides of the English Channel / With the help of rarely seen archive photographs, D'Arcy Lever looks back at the highly effective trials specials built by Sydney Allard before World War Two.

He's got lots of experience with open wheel, in GP2 and Formula 1, but not a whole lot of sports car experience.

There had also been OSCA V - 12 engines, unsuccessful Formula 1 cars, a winning 750 - cc sports racer, a lovely 2.0 - liter in - line six, even a Fiat 1100 - based Formula Junior, but the true heart of the company and the source of its ultimate reputation was the MT4.

If it is not the most beautiful Ferrari of all time, it is vastly more elegant and sensual than the Enzo, the F50, the F40, and other extreme - performance models offered in the years since Scuderia Ferrari quit sports car racing to concentrate exclusively on Formula 1.

In addition to celebrating the Shelby GT350 Mustang as its special marque, this year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion also will feature Formula 1 cars from 1967 to 1984 and for the first time Formula 5000 cars, fully covering the evolution of historic racing from sports cars in the 1950s to the more exotic cars in the 1960s that led to the sports racers, prototypes and formula cars of todaIn addition to celebrating the Shelby GT350 Mustang as its special marque, this year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion also will feature Formula 1 cars from 1967 to 1984 and for the first time Formula 5000 cars, fully covering the evolution of historic racing from sports cars in the 1950s to the more exotic cars in the 1960s that led to the sports racers, prototypes and formula cars ofFormula 1 cars from 1967 to 1984 and for the first time Formula 5000 cars, fully covering the evolution of historic racing from sports cars in the 1950s to the more exotic cars in the 1960s that led to the sports racers, prototypes and formula cars ofFormula 5000 cars, fully covering the evolution of historic racing from sports cars in the 1950s to the more exotic cars in the 1960s that led to the sports racers, prototypes and formula cars of todain the 1950s to the more exotic cars in the 1960s that led to the sports racers, prototypes and formula cars of todain the 1960s that led to the sports racers, prototypes and formula cars offormula cars of today.

The exterior is characterized by the new TECHART GrandGT styling package for the Sport Turismo models, 22 - inch TECHART Formula IV wheels, a TECHART sport exhaust system with titanium / carbon fiber tailpipes as well as a custom painted car body in Racing Green.

DETROIT — Emerson Fittipaldi, two - time Formula One champion and two - time winner of the Indianapolis 500, will drive the Corvette Z06 E85 Concept pace car in the Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch on Saturday, August car in the Detroit Sports Car Challenge presented by Bosch on Saturday, August Car Challenge presented by Bosch on Saturday, August 30.

Twenty years of sports car design, engineering and production combined with inspirational success in Formula 1 have driven Ron Dennis, McLaren Automotive Chairman, to announce his plans for the ultimate line - up of technology - led and customer - focused performance cars for the 21st century.

Whether it was touring cars, rally cars, Formula 2 racers, a super sports car for the newly founded ProCar race series or the engine that powered the Brabham BMW team to the Formula One world title in 1983 — everything BMW Motorsport GmbH sent out onto the race track in its early years seemed hard - wired for success.

Mark Webber is in a Porsche LMP1 sports car after a long run in Formula One with Red Bull Racing.

McLaren Automotive, the new high - performance sports car company based at McLaren's Formula 1 headquarters in the UK, has announced today that Wearnes Automotive will be the company's retail partner in Singapore.

Brabham didn't develop too many sports cars in the past, so it's a bit awkward to see a race car that wasn't built for Formula One.

Brabham also raced in IndyCar, Formula Two, Formula Three, Formula 5000 and Sports Car racing, winning events in many of these categories.

So when Toyota tossed me the keys to its 86 sports car with Formula Drift champion Fredric Aasbø riding right seat, I knew I'd be in for a smoky, sideways day.

Maserati's rich racing history includes pre-war Grand Prix, Formula 1, sports cars and touring cars, many of which will be represented at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, both on the grid and in a special historical display presented by Maserati.

At This Year's Races: Woman on the Move Female drivers signed up for this year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion include Karen Barry (Westchester, Calif.), who last year raced a front - engine Formula Junior and this year will race a 1934 three - wheeled Morgan Sports Racer, produced by the British motor car manufacturer Morgan Motor Company and made especially popular in its day when it escaped a British tax on cars by being classified as a motorcycle.

The Silverstone Classic this weekend in England is set to feature a 22 - race program that celebrates 50 years of Formula Ford and marks the return of the Pre-War Sports Cars to the event, starring Bentleys, Bugattis and Frazer Nashes from the 1920s and «30s.

- Ferrari has hinted of a possible LMP1 sports - car entry in the future using a powerplant based on its 2014 turbocharged Formula One engine.Antonello Coletta, who heads up the Italian...

He was the first constructor, along with his father Charles Cooper, to field a mid-engined sports car in the Formula One World Championship.

The JGTC (Japanese Grand Touring Championship)[1] was established in 1993 [2][3] by the Japan Automobile Federation (ja)(JAF) via its subsidiary company the GTA (GT Association), replacing the defunct All Japan Sports Prototype Championship for Group C cars and the Japanese Touring Car Championship for Group A touring cars, which instead would adopt the supertouring formula.

Why would anyone that doesn't classify himself or herself as a Formula 1 obsessive invest their cash in a digital edition of a motor sport in which there are only two cars with a legitimate chance of success?

The campaign is set up per vehicle you can play as: Rallycar, Formula, Motorbike, Sports Car, Tractor or UFO, you'll start off with the Rally Car and will complete in 5 Races on easy to win the Motor Alphabets Cup which then moves on to the Student Of Engines cup (10 races) on a medium difficulty and lastly Master Of Races cup (15 races) with each difficulty level comes a different cash reward, for instance on easy you'll win # 100,00 for coming 1st, # 70,000 for coming second and # 50,000 for coming third, with your winnings you can purchase another vehicle and move on to the next set of races, each race per cup is a different track which gives an overall amount of about 100 unique tracks, you get to pick the colour of your vehicle before starting said career path but sadly that's about it for customisation on this retro classic themed racing game.

Paper Racing: racers rivals - is extreme racing game, in which you can climb on hill as motorbike rider, defied gravity in space adventures on tracks drawn on paper by other players.Features: - 6 vehicles to play: bigfoot aka monster truck, motorbike, moped, mini ATV, lunar rover and formula 1 sport car; - race on over...

Starting in 2015, Cadillac joined the ultra-competitive GT3 racing scene with the brand - new ATS - V.R. Making ist debut in the Pirelli World Challenge Series, the car is build to the FIA GT3 regulations, allowing customer teams around the globe to purchase their own Cadillac race car for competition in the many racing series around the globe that are based on the popular sports car racing formula.

In celebration of Ferrari's latest sports car, the car manufacturer commissioned video artist Marco Brambillo to create a Formula 1 - inspired...

In celebration of Ferrari's latest sports car, the car manufacturer commissioned video artist Marco Brambillo to create a Formula 1 - inspired 3D video loop.

He has been successful in Formula One, IndyCar and Le Mans style sports car racing, winning both the 12 hours of Sebring twice (Porsche, Ferrari) and the 24 Hours of Le Mans (Porsche).