Sentences with phrase «in pit lane»

Other updates would be enhanced electrification, adjustable aero, and even some autonomous modes for safety car periods or driving in the pit lane.

They will also need to brake in time to avoid a penalty for speeding in the pit lane, which also features in this year's game along with the inclusion of the new five second pit stop penalty.

The new attract video shows action both on the track and in the pit lane, recreating key moments from the year and highlighting many of the game's key features.

The GT had already featured a radically styled body, but the GTR took this a little further with features such as a very large rear spoiler bolted directly to the chassis like a true race car, 18 inch hollow magnesium Speedline centerlock wheels, pneumatic air jacks for raising the car in the pit lane (like the SV - R, it was too low for a rolling jack), and an emergency fuel shutoff switch on the left front fender.

When the race ended with the cars parked in the pit lane, Corvette Racing's No. 4 Compuware Corvette C6.R was fourth in the GT2 class, one lap behind Risi Competizione's GT2 - winning No. 62 Ferrari 430.

The clock continued while the cars were parked in the pit lane.

The Corvettes elected to wait in the pit lane for several minutes before they ventured into the fray.

The required time spent in pit lane will be X seconds, and no competitor will be allowed to do tire changes.

At the recent Mid-Ohio SCCA World Challenge race, Ford Mustang Boss 302 race teams staged a protest against the series by parking all of their race cars in pit lane after the initial formation lap.

Both cars ran trouble free for the entirety of the event and, while some passing did occur on the track, many will agree that the Corvette winner was chosen in pit lane.

One AMR - One retired after just two laps, the other car officially retired after four hours although almost all of that time it spent in the pit lane after completing only 4 laps.

Led by crew chief Dan Binks, the No. 3 crew replaced a damaged upright and installed a new nose in the pit lane.

JORDAN TAYLOR, WAYNE TAYLOR RACING NO. 10 KONICA MINOLTA CORVETTE DP — PROTOTYPE RACE WINNER: «When I got in the car, I knew (the No. 01) had stayed out because I didn't see them in the pit lane, so I knew they would have at least one lap on hot tires and we'd have a lap on cold tires and they could maybe jump us.

Quick pit work played a decisive role in the team's 1 - 2 finish at this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans when seconds saved in the pit lane offset the quicker lap times of Corvette Racing's rivals during the long day and night of racing.

«Both cars were quick in and out on the pit stops, and Corvette Racing won the pit stop competition yesterday which proves we are the fastest team in the pit lane.

Following an early morning van ride to learn approximately which way the pavement went, we were dropped in the pit lane, where a handful of brand - new GTs were idling at the ready.

Even with our luck this year, we have kept soldiering on and staying focused on what our strong points are: executing in the pit lane, strategy, good driver changes and smart driving.

As many as 45 teams will start the race at 3 PM on Saturday and continue into the darkness until 9 PM, before the race resumes on Sunday at 9 AM, pausing for the remembrance service which takes place in the pit lane and involves drivers, pit crew, marshals, race officials and spectators.

To be successful here, it takes the perfect balance of patience and aggression on the part of the drivers along with an effective race strategy and finished off with flawless execution by the crew guys in pit lane.

So here I was, in the sweltering heat, waiting in the pit lane of the Madras race track.

«Everything for us seemed to be really, really good for us — strategy calls, in the pit lane... the thing was that the lack of performance at times put us in a position where we had to be aggressive on strategy.

Our rivals were given penalties for speeding in the pit lane and the BMW had been penalised for hitting an LMPC car, so we somehow found ourselves in P1 with a 15 - second lead, despite Tommy's fuel - saving.

Johnny O'Connell and Jan Magnussen overcame intense competition on the track and a penalty in the pit lane to take their No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R to a hard - earned podium finish at Miller Motorsports Park.

Hour 21:18: The # 13, third in LMP2 and fourth overall after serving that previous penalty, needs an engine cover removal in the pit lane to re-fire.

Our goal is simply to be capable of running a competitive pace and keep our time in pit lane to a minimum with great execution on every stop.

«I think what we saw today are two cars that are separated by thousandths of a second on the race track and separated by thousandths of a second in pit lane.

But no, despite the brutish appearance of this beast, the power comes on gentle, letting me obey the 10 mph speed limit in pit lane and ease it out.

While not a personal favorite — I'd spend too much time getting trying to get them to shine — they sure look menacing sitting in pit lane on the big 20 - inch alloys specific to the Competition Package.

We had one hiccup in pit lane, but this Corvette Racing team never gives up.

We know we have the best team in the pit lane and Tommy is a fantastic partner in the car — we proved it to everyone last year by winning the championship and I'm keen to put the difficulties of our last few races behind us and get back to where we were at Sebring!»

We'll be fighting and battling as always and I know I've got the best team in the pit lane for strategy and pit stops.

The No. 4 Corvette crew repaired the car in the pit lane, and Gavin was ready to charge when the green flag flew for 15 minutes of GT qualifying.

It continued with Olivier in the car and then Manu and it was looking like it was going to be great, but then unfortunately there was this huge misunderstanding in the pit lane and the two cars collided.

A Watching our two cars drive into one another in the pit lane at Sebring!

I'm with the best team in the pit lane and the crew has done a stellar job of preparing the cars.»

We have the best team in the pit lane to do this.

SONIC Tools is the strategic tool partner of Corvette Racing and the Jake - branded toolboxes you see lining their garages in pit lane will also look right at home in your garage!

It's a menace just sitting there idling in pit lane; noisy, rattly, pissed off — a bunch of sound - deadening material was taken out, and you can tell.

I was grabbing water in the pit lane when I remembered the reports made by some Z06 buyers who said they were disappointed with overheating issues at track days.

Apparently so did the Nissan representatives in pit lane, who keep gesturing at us to come in from the track.

And yet every time we think BMW has lost its way, we're presented with something like the 3.0 CSL Hommage R, unveiled during the week of classic car festivities in Monterey, California, and pictured here in the same livery as the 1975 BMW 3.0 CSL racing car it's sitting next to in pit lane.

Tension, excitement, uncertainty, and suspense describe the atmosphere in the pit lane.

«The mentality is to minimize mistakes on their side (the drivers) and on our side (the crew) to minimize the amount of time the car stays in pit lane.

True, most high - performance SUVs are equally gifted corner kings and fast - lane heroes, but all of them deposit their ride comfort in pit lane before they go to 10 / 10ths.

Porsche have put big banners up in the pit lane, and the one above mine is me winning it in 1998 in their car!

(A reminder from experience: When adjusting your seat in pit lane, allow for full pedal travel while forced back into the cushion.)

After a quick driver's meeting, we slotted ourselves into the GT3s thrumming in pit lane, lined up behind either Long's white 991.2 GTS or Haywood's blue Turbo S. I cut my Thunderhill teeth in a red PDK GT3, carefully probing the track under the speed allowed by Haywood until we exploded into full - throttle down the main straight that led to the end of the first lap.

Everything is quiet, the cars are lined up in pit lane, and you can sense the promise of the day to come.

The gleaming white wonder posing in pit lane at the Nürburgring Formula 1 circuit looks like a distant relative of the race car that competed in the twenty - four - hour endurance run earlier this year.

The LC 500 awaits us in the pit lane at Circuito Monteblanco.