Sentences with phrase «in a sprint race»

Whilst some wacky ideas have been thrown about like slotting in a sprint race between qualifying and the feature event, Brawn is reluctant to change a formula that has seen F1's popularity reach new heights in 2017.

Pitting on purpose in the sprint race in Formula 2 was pretty much unheard of until this year, when Charles Leclerc and Prema decided to do just that in Bahrain.

Matsushita has three F2 / GP2 wins to his name, the most recent coming in the sprint race in Barcelona earlier this year

GT, GTS and GT Cup cars compete in both Sprint and SprintX championships; TCR, TC and TCA classes currently on run in sprint races.

«If we were in a sprint race I'd have been more aggressive, but we had some fun going side - by - side through Turn 1 and giving each other a lot of respect.

While the car has been strong in the sprint races, we are all still hunting for our first SprintX win.

«We've been in sprint racing for so long it seemed like we needed to be back in this arena to just get a foothold in endurance racing again,» he said.

«He ran through our Cup program and went into PWC, which is a great platform for a guy to get used to a GT3 product in sprint racing.

Not exact matches

Keirin cyclists compete in two - kilometer track races; they start by following a pacer, then sprint to the finish line.

(Kyle also drives in select races in the Xfinity Series and owns a sprint car team with Justin Marks, an entrepreneur driver I profiled here.)

Runners in a distance race, like jockeys in a horse race, always try to keep something in reserve for a final sprint.

Yuri Mikhailov's record - breaking (see above) victory in 1,500 meters highlighted Soviet performance while powerful Oleg Goncharenko took 5,000 - meter race in 7:59.4 and slender Rafail Gratch sprinted 500 meters in 0:41.1.

The drivers rushed back to their cars and prepared to get underway for a sprint to the flag, but in the time between the restart being announced and the drivers getting set to go, the fog set in again, and the race was ended.

Reunited last March with crew chief Todd Berrier — his crew chief when he won the Busch title in» 01 — Harvick sprinted to 17 top 10 finishes in 31 races.

The initial plan was to have the grid for the sprint race set in reverse championship order and whilst that would almost certainly be exciting, apparently it was seen as too artificial and has been dropped.

That would set the grid for the sprint race, which would be around 100 km in length (so one - third of the full race distance), and the result of that would set the grid for Sunday's grand prix.

Liberty presented the idea to teams in Melbourne, but having a short sprint race is just part of a bigger plan to shake up the race weekend.

He is an aspiring trade school teacher trained in plumbing, but in longer sprint races he has been known to clog up at the end.

HORSE RACING — Round Table Sprinted all the way to the bank again in the $ 125,100 Arlington Handicap.

There were more incidents in race two as yet another long red flag period led to a two - lap sprint to the chequered flag.

He was reportedly clocked at running 40 metres in just 4.2 seconds beating Walcott's record by just 1 / 100th of a second, but these times are being challenged by Richard Kilty, who is the World and European champion at 60 metre sprint racing.

Three years removed from a stellar short - track career running 30 - mile, dirt - oval sprints, Bowyer has exhibited a veteran's car - control skills and is one of only three drivers in the top 12 to have finished all 18 races this season.

The sprint race format in F2 is usually quite straightforward, because while drivers can change tyres they are often so durable a pitstop isn't needed.

After Arsenal struggled through the end of 2015 and the start of the new year with a pretty heavy injury lost, we all got excited when players started to come back to match fitness and one player in particular was seen as the possible saviour of the season and the man to spark a strong sprint for the line in the race to win the Premier League.

Dorner raced to a personal - best 53.0 in the 400 meter final to earn the first - ever sprint title for a SJS girl.

The race features a Le Mans - style start in which participants dressed in formal wear instead of Lycra sprint to their folded bikes, unfold as quickly as possible and start racing.

Many of the best drivers in NASCAR and Indy racing first proved their worth in the grit of ELDORA SPEEDWAY, pushing sprint cars to the limit

In a trice Arazi was racing for the lead, and in a sudden burst of speed — the very hallmark of his style — he sprinted to daylight as he pleased, running straight and sound to the wirIn a trice Arazi was racing for the lead, and in a sudden burst of speed — the very hallmark of his style — he sprinted to daylight as he pleased, running straight and sound to the wirin a sudden burst of speed — the very hallmark of his style — he sprinted to daylight as he pleased, running straight and sound to the wire.

Diggins, who narrowly missed the podium several times this Olympics, dug deep in the final sprint to catch race leader Stina Nilsson of Sweden, and surged past her at the line to win by 0.19 seconds.

In a head to head race that ended in one of the most spectacular sprint finishes we saw all season long Trevor McCutcheon from Great Oak High School took 1st on the day to win the Series Overall over Turner Conway (2nd) from Redlands CompositIn a head to head race that ended in one of the most spectacular sprint finishes we saw all season long Trevor McCutcheon from Great Oak High School took 1st on the day to win the Series Overall over Turner Conway (2nd) from Redlands Compositin one of the most spectacular sprint finishes we saw all season long Trevor McCutcheon from Great Oak High School took 1st on the day to win the Series Overall over Turner Conway (2nd) from Redlands Composite.

Although modern endurance racing is basically just a sprint race that happens to last for a really long time, in years past speed wasn't always the most important element of success at Le Mans.

The Monegasque driver was leading the race when his Prema team gambled on a late pitstop with eight laps to go, which is almost unheard of in F2 (formerly GP2) sprint races.

«The F2 [sprint] race in Bahrain - it was absolutely amazing and that's exactly what we want to achieve.

Charles Leclerc's drive to first place in the Formula 2 sprint race last weekend was arguably one of the best performances in the junior categories we've seen in quite some time.

Events are split between sprint and endurance with competitors racing either in teams or as an individual.

Barker's triumph and Stewart and Wood's last - gasp bronze this afternoon mean that Great Britain finish the weekend with two gold, two silver and one bronze medals - Truman, Ryan Owens and Jack Carlin won the men's team sprint on Friday, while Latham and Emily Kay each picked up a silver in the men's scratch race and women's omnium respectively.

But the 26 - year - old London 2012 road race silver medallist wasn't about to take it easy, edging out the Australian in the final sprint to win by 12 seconds.

Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins won the women's team sprint freestyle race at the Pyeongchang Games, outsprinting more heralded teams from Sweden and Norway to become the first Americans to win an Olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing.

With no global championships to aim for in 2018, double Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead has set himself a new challenge of doubling up in the longer sprints and racing over 400m as well as 200m this year.

Formula 1 chiefs are weighing up the prospect of changing qualifying to a sprint race in order to attract a wider audience.

This is nothing new to a sport more akin to a marathon than a sprint where simply being in the race late in the year is all that matters.

Sprints action was also superb, with six women going sub - 10.90 for 100m combining both the «A» and «B» races, with the results led by Shelly - Ann Fraser - Pryce and Murielle Ahoure with their 10.81 in the Diamond League event.

In the new omnium format, double points are available in the final sprint - Nelson knew she had to score to take silver and secured her medal by finishing the race in third place, with Barbieri second, good enough to earn her bronzIn the new omnium format, double points are available in the final sprint - Nelson knew she had to score to take silver and secured her medal by finishing the race in third place, with Barbieri second, good enough to earn her bronzin the final sprint - Nelson knew she had to score to take silver and secured her medal by finishing the race in third place, with Barbieri second, good enough to earn her bronzin third place, with Barbieri second, good enough to earn her bronze.

With Kopecky continuing her impressive form taking the race win, Nelson was initially awarded the second place only to be reclassified in third behind Australia's Amy Cure, based on final sprint positions.

The 20 - year - old rode consistently well across all four events and secured her silver with a third place finish in the final points race sprint.

There were silver medals for the women's team pursuit and men's team sprint squads, while Jack Carlin earned a fantastic individual sprint silver and Mark Stewart took home bronze in the men's points race.

UTICA, N.Y. (AP)-- The family of a race car driver fatally injured when struck by Tony Stewart's sprint car has apparently reached a settlement in its wrongful death lawsuit against the former NASCAR star.

Many of the Republican incumbents who were expected to have challenging races this cycle, including New York Rep. Chris Gibson, Colorado Rep. Mike Coffman and Illinois Rep. Rodney Davis, are starting the general - election sprint in stronger - than - expected position.

Facing a last minute crunch, national Democratic groups poured in hundreds of thousands of dollars in ad buys within the last week, signaling Democratic concerns the race was heading for a neck - and - neck sprint to the finish line.

In New York's 23rd District, GOP Rep. Tom Reed finds ways to make races closer than they need to be, but he is polling well heading into the general - election sprint.