Sentences with word «hillclimb»

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas completed a demo on the Goodwood hillclimb on Saturday and destroyed his tyres in the process

Under Jaguar Director of Design, Ian Callum, the sketch — of a single - seater sports car with a swooping profile, muscular stance and cut - down windscreen — went from paper to digital model to the Goodwood hillclimb in the space of just a few months, and has now become a production car.

Goodwood roped in Anthony Reid — former Goodwood Festival of Speed «King of the Hill» — to drive the enticing trio up an out of season hillclimb course (with sheep as spectators instead of petrolheads) in rather damp, typically English, weather with all electronic aids switched off.

This was developed specifically for hillclimb dominance, especially with its 220 - hp, supercharged inline - six.

Codemasters has finally released the iconic Pike's Peak hillclimb track for the Early Access version of their latest rally sim DiRT Rally.

Yep, the good people at Goodwood are — as usual — livestreaming the whole thing (from Thursday 29 June to Sunday 2 July) and you can tune in to see hillclimb runs, F1 demos and more right here.

The pair branded their new company Aston Martin after the Aston Hill speed hillclimb in Buckinghamshire, where the Singer cars had found success and where Martin had previously raced.

A Goodwood Festival of Speed mode allows runs up the famous hillclimb in classic cars, and with target times to match or beat but disqualification if you leave the tarmac, the tightrope of driving bravely while not binning it in front of the festival crowd is cleverly mimicked.

The new Porsche Panamera is hardly a secret, what with Porsche running it up the Goodwood hillclimb at the weekend with camouflage limited to a couple of bits -LSB-...]

This is the first time that ACP will compete in this, the most famous hillclimb race event in the world.

On the sandy hillclimb, the Xterra made it up after a few attempts, requiring increased momentum, helped by an engaged rear locker and a functional brake traction control system.

Nascar Trucks aren't best suited to twisty, narrow hillclimb courses, really.

Undoubtedly the highlight of the Goodwood Festival of Speed is the iconic hillclimb, but not every run up the course goes smoothly...

Ralf Stenzel was competing in the Swiss hillclimb Bergrennen Reitnau but his small single - seater didn't even make it to the first corner after he lost control and crashed through a gate into a parked car.

In the end, the 7.6 - mile run up Mt. Washington's hillclimb circuit which goes from smooth pavement, to pitted pavement, to dirt and gravel, and then back to pavement, succumbed to Wonder Boy's abilities in an amazing 5 - minute 44.72 second run.

During the very early days of motorsport, short - sprint hillclimbs were extremely popular, especially among privateer and gentleman racers.

While the majority of the first day was comprised of regular dust - covered ranch roads, we eventually reached a mountainous region that harbored some of the most difficult roads — craggy, rock - covered hillclimbs that had to be taken in low - gear and at speed to prevent stalling mid-ascent.

With 138 hp from four cylinders, the turbodiesel Renegade won't make the podium of any serious hillclimb.

The 2014 Range Rover Sport has taken on the Pikes Peak International hillclimb, taking the production car record.

With time, however, you might well feel as though you'd mastered the 270's approachable dynamics and begin to crave more power — particularly if you fancied a spot of competitive hillclimbing or sprinting.

At the Chelsea hillclimb, we found the Tacoma to be a little light on low - end torque, but were able to conquer the ascent as long as we kept the revs up.

Furthermore, the roadster is the Abarth edition ($ 37,995 to start), a performance - oriented version that purports to continue the legacy of Carlo Abarth — the Austrian / Italian version of Carroll Shelby — who steroided Fiats with all sorts of go - fast bits, giving them giant - killer status on race tracks and hillclimbs during the 1950s and 1960s.

The new two - seat Porsche Cayman rival took on the Goodwood hillclimb alongside a collection of heritage Alpine vehicles that were also on display at the festival.

When we left the sand and dry lakes for the rocky hillclimb portion of the test, we missed the Ford's E-locker.

Despite tackling it in first gear low - range, in which stability control (but not traction control) is automatically disabled, we got stuck halfway up a particularly snotty hillclimb as one front and one rear tyre scrambled for traction in deep holes chopped out by my colleagues.

It is an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado, where we can see some of the wildest time - attack race cars.

The lightweight, aerodynamic 595bhp GT12 will be on display at the Moving Motor Show at Goodwood on Thursday 25 June, and will also be tackling Goodwood's infamous 1.6 mile hillclimb, piloted by Aston's boss — Andy Palmer.

The company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb near Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire.

It took us some effort to get them to spin, but spin they eventually did - on a loose - shale hillclimb - and this was where we learned that the Cayenne's traction - control system is indeed more refined and driver - friendly now.

Unfortunately, after the stellar hillclimb performance, the vehicle refused to shift out of 4 - Lo and it refused to unlock the rear differential.

Alan's first practice run sees him careering through a terrifying hillclimb course.

Take on the legendary hillclimb of Pikes Peak, the snowy thrills of Sweden, and the epic scenery of Finland.

The car had Pikes Peak aspirations, but when it proved unsuited for the dirt hillclimb, Arkus - Duntov turned to Grand Prix racing, testing the car at Daytona, where it topped out at 162 mph.

Rimac built the eRunner for one purpose - to tame the world famous Pikes Peak hillclimb.

Originally known primarily in racing circles, the company name is derived from the name of one of the company's founders, Lionel Martin, and from the Aston Hill speed hillclimb.

On the skidpad we collected our acceleration and braking data, before moving to our individual events, such as a loose, sandy hillclimb and a rocky stairstep obstacle.

Nigel Mansell's title - winning car was fired up once again, with Williams heritage driver Karun Chandhok driving it up Goodwood's famous hillclimb.

The iconic Williams FW14B has taken to the Goodwood hillclimb course and it looks (and sounds) ridiculously good

The incredible 1,000 bhp Bugatti Veyron made its first appearance at a UK event when it roared up the Goodwood hillclimb on March 23rd during the annual Festival of Speed press launch.

After several runs up the hillclimb, completing donuts and burnouts for the crowds, the tyres on his W05 were completely destroyed.