Sentences with phrase «lap race got»

With 1000 Km to travel, the 195 lap race got underway at 11.30 am and was expected to last unto six hours, which gave ample opportunity for spectators to walk around the Silverstone circuit an visit every corner.

Not exact matches

Earnhardt believes he could have muscled his Chevrolet Monte Carlo into the lead had the race finished under green, but Jarrett disagreed, noting that in the laps before the final caution, «I could see behind me that Earnhardt wasn't getting much of a push [aerodynamically] from anybody.

«As soon as he was behind the Haas, knowing how tough it is to overtake around here, he absolutely went for it, got a bit wide I think in Turn 11/12 on lap six and that damaged the rear diffuser and created a significant imbalance for him, which he did incredibly well to manage for the rest of the race.

Harvick led a led a race - high 131 laps and was second to Johnson on an overtime restart, but spun his tires and was unable to get going, allowing Johnson to pull ahead on the white flag lap.

Drivers need to have razor - sharp concentration to get the best lap times out of the car, especially those at the wheel of prototypes as they weave their way through slower racing machines.

We got the fastest lap of the race, and that wasn't through putting a set of ultrasofts on - it was genuine pace.

Because Daytona hosts plenty of racing at night the cars also went out in the dark, so driver Martin Lanting also got some great footage of him lapping the track under lights.

We've just got to go out and maybe win one race, have a bunch of top fives and top 10s, lead laps and not do anything stupid.»

«I think we've got to set ourselves up for the last 250 laps of the race and you've got to stay on the lead lap the first half of the race.

It'd be great to drive one of these in a modern racing game - just remember to pay attention when getting lapped by a Williams at Interlagos...

He didn't get fastest lap anyway and he ended the race in the barrier, sparking the safety car and underwhelming finish.

At Sunday's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, Andretti got away from the start cleanly, but four laps later he tangled with the Ferrari of Gerhard Berger and was out of the race.

A win, and with it a chance at a second championship, were all within Matt Kenseth's grasp, all he needed to do was get a good, clean restart with two laps remaining in Sunday's playoff elimination race at Phoenix International Raceway.

But there was much grumbling about the fact that when he did finally get moving in that race, he completed only four laps before colliding with Great Britain's Derek Warwick.

12:08 p.m. — After an iffy forecast earlier in the week, meteorologist and SB Nation contributor Brian Neudorff believes the rain will hold off until later in the afternoon — meaning, this could be a race to halfway (100 laps) as the race would then be official and theoretically increase the intensity, with drivers eschewing patience from the onset in an effort to get to the front as soon as possible.

Ferrari didn't even get to enjoy victory as just a few laps from the end a wheel bearing put Alesi out of the race as well.

«I could win the West, lead every lap, win every race and it's not going to get me into [Camping World] Trucks.

The sport got its first look at the new restart rule during the second race of the opening round of the season at Hockenheim after an incident on the first lap brought out the safety car... and it made for an epic run down to the first corner.

A couple more laps and the result could have been different but hey, at least we got some excitement out of the race, even if was only in the closing laps!

He might have had a chance to get off the mark at his home race at Silverstone but his car suffered a hydraulic failure on the warm - up lap.

The Blancpain GT qualifying race at Misano started with a bang when several cars got caught up in a lap one pile - up.

Along with Esteban Ocon he's racing at Monaco for the first time, and getting the laps in is more important for a driver here than anywhere else.

The whole front end of the car was severely damaged and it looked like a lost cause but somehow Toyota repaired the car and got the No. 7 back out to finish the race, albeit 38 laps down.

Pros: Potential for jumbled - up grids, you get to follow every lap of every driver Cons: Not always entirely fair, less track action for fans trackside, drivers qualifying with race fuel was always bad

It's also one of the best to watch from onboard cameras, so ahead of F1's return at Spa this weekend, we're getting you hyped up for the race with a bunch of onboard hot laps.

McLaren got around this by alternating who got to do the extra lap - Alonso would get it for one race, Hamilton the next.

He was the last classified finisher, but remember that was the soaking wet race where Michael Schumacher made everyone look silly - the fact Diniz got to the end (and «only» two laps down) when many others did not was impressive.

Hill (who was his closest championship challenger heading into the race) took pole but his car wouldn't start on the parade lap and he had to start from the back, all - but guaranteeing Prost the championship as long as he got to the finish ahead of his teammate.

We started the lap in the old pitlane, so it wasn't until we reached the start - finish straight (after my stomach had already been tied in knots) that I got to experience just what a race driver sees when faced with the daunting up - hill climb ahead of them.

It had been a largely wet race, but with around a dozen laps to go the track was getting to the stage where slick tyres were the quicker option.

Brendon Leitch suffered a violent roll on the second lap of the first Toyota Racing Series race at Manfeild after getting clipped by another car.

He made very little impression in the race itself, making up no places off the start and taking five laps to get beyond Lance Stroll for his first overtake.

Both got a bit rude on the opening lap thanks to some epic Haas understeer which carried Magnussen wide into Stoffel Vandoorne and on into Daniel Ricciardo, ending Vandoorne's and his own race.

In any case getting some Pirelli laps and now 5 races in 2010 on his CV will make him a lot better prospect for any possible drive next year (although I am not certain about his options) than without them.

When Verstappen got past Raikkonen on the final lap I was cheering as I initially thought it was a great move and a great way to end the race.

Towards the end of the race I was coming fast, catching the Force India, and I got quite close to overtaking him — if only there had been a few more laps, I could've given it a try.

«(S) he benefitted, but a horse race is not one lap, you got to go around and then you have that final lap and many times the horse that wins, it's that final lap that counts most.

It is really frustrating to go through three different three - lap races to get crushed in the last joke of a race, and there is no restart option, once you begin, you're committed.

Good swimmers get better by swimming practice laps, and are then «evaluated» in races where they swim those same laps.

In a real racing environment, cold temperatures and wide, low - profile tires can make for some wicked entertainment, and that was my initial situation with the GT R. I wrestled with it for three full laps before I got even a little help from the frozen tires.

If you're on a tight budget you can just upgrade the pads for # 200, but you'll never really be able to get the heat out of the standard calipers, whereas our big - brake kit [# 2300]-- the same as on the race cars, with six - pot calipers and 360 mm discs — will allow you to lap all day.»

Although I got just three hot laps in the MX - 5 Cup, I felt at - home in the race car from the warm - up lap, though I'm not sure either of us became so familiar that we could experiment with the Miata's ability to rotate through tight turns.

Few will ever get to experience the surely gut - wrenching sensation of 887 hp and 944 lb - ft of torque at over 213 mph, but a first - person video of Porsche factory racing driver Patrick Long taking a hot lap around Texas's Circuit of the Americas might be the next - best thing.

Even if it didn't cause showroom stampedes, during its six - year existence, the three - door racked up an impressive string of accomplishments in the Swedish Touring Cup series, winning both the 2009 and 2010 title, and over the course of its racing career, getting 20 overall victories, 42 podium finishes, 34 pole positions, and 22 fastest laps.

MINI USA and the MINI JCW Race Team, with LAP Motorsports Team Owner Luis Perocarpi at the helm, are getting ready to compete in their second full season in the Street Tuner class of the Continental Tire...

«All you have to do is look at the number of laps run and the lap times to get a feeling for how hard this team has worked to prepare for Le Mans,» said Doug Fehan, GM's program manager for Corvette Racing.

Still, there is a disclaimer in all this: «We don't want to get ourselves into a race for Nürburgring lap - time supremacy,» Achleitner says.

«We've got very consistent cars for the race, and I believe we can run competitive lap times,» observed Steve Wesoloski, GM Racing road racing group maRacing road racing group maracing group manager.

That and the Esses play a big part of your laptime, and getting a good run off of Turn 7 and onto the backstretch is key for your lap in qualifying and the race.

The race promised a huge amount but ultimately failed to deliver due to a rare gearbox failure, as Olly explains: «Tommy made a brilliant start and got us into the lead but, right from lap one, we had gearbox problems; it wasn't upshifting from second to third properly.