Sentences with phrase «in tight hairpins»
Even in tight hairpins, the stability control system didn't have to intervene much to keep the Vitara tracking correctly with the power firmly applied.
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The minor gripe we have is that the paddles are attached to the column instead of to the steering wheel — in tight hairpins, your grip must be disrupted to click a shift.
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As for the track itself, overtaking tends to be quite difficult at Sonoma, but the tight hairpins can lead to some optimistic lunges which then lead to caution periods, which as ever in IndyCar have the potential to completely shake up the order.
From here, Ascari uncoiled itself in all its fascinating glory: banked sweepers, tight esses, and slow, patience - testing hairpins.
There are several tight, uphill hairpins on this early stretch of Decker; hard on the gas, then the brakes, drop a gear with a roarty throttle blip, turn in, and the Miata tucks its nose in eagerly.
The Vulcan is a big, wide car and it feels it at the first tight hairpin, the tail slipping sideways and the traction control cutting in as Turner makes a swift correction.
The charge into the tight, second - gear hairpin asks a lot from the brakes, but there's plenty of stopping power and the turn - in is responsive.
A run in the roadster suggested just a little tremor in the steering column, but both cars were uniform in their ability to retain front grip in even the tightest hairpins.
The 255 - width Pirelli P - Zeros hang on for dear life in high - speed sweepers, as well as the tight undulating hairpins of the Tail of the Dragon (aka US 129) in Tennessee.
The effect is barely noticeable and only really comes into play around tight hairpins or in parking situations.
When I switched to manual gear selection, the 520 horsepower and 481 pound - feet of torque from the twin - turbo 4 - liter V - 8 let me keep it in third for all but the tightest hairpins and longer straights.
The 20 - turn, 3.41 - mile road course's high - speed esses, long back straight, heavy brake zones and tight hairpins are a thorough workout for race cars and high - performance road cars alike, and here I am, tackling it in an SUV.
Our first taste of the Cayman GTS is at the tight and technical Circuito Mallorca, which comprises a succession of hairpins, as well as a couple of faster sweepers that can be attacked in third and fourth gears respectively.
Throwing the Mazda3 into a tight hairpin corner, it was easy to forget that I was in a family sedan rather than the road - hugging MX - 5 sports car.
The sprints are quick, the tarmac varies in texture, and the hairpins are tight.
As such, the approximately five - meter long (16.4 ft) Sedan is much more agile in urban traffic, on tight hairpin bends and while parking.
To ensure the Range Rover Evoque Convertible retains a similarly impressive breadth of capability, Land Rover chassis engineers undertook a rigorous test schedule on roads ranging from high - speed autobahns, to tight and challenging hairpins in the Italian Dolomites.
Developer: Codemasters Publisher: Codemasters Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes Split - Screen: Yes Co-op: Yes PEGI: 3 + I'm hurtling down a straight at insane speeds in my Lotus; the tight hairpin is approaching fast, but Sebestian Vettel's rocket powered Red Bull hasn't taken massive chunks out of my lead -LSB-...]
I'm hurtling down a straight at insane speeds in my Lotus; the tight hairpin is approaching fast, but Sebestian Vettel's rocket powered Red Bull hasn't taken massive chunks out of my lead on that single straight and I need to leave my braking for this corner as late as possible to try to claw back a little bit of time and hold the lead for the final lap.