Sentences with phrase «lapping a race track»

If you're going to be spending long days lapping race tracks — why you'd do that in the convertible rather than coupe I don't know — you can opt for carbon ceramics.

Although not intended to lap a race track, the Maybach features an adaptive suspension system, a 6.0 - liter twin - turbo V - 12 engine good for 523 horsepower and 612 lb - ft of torque, and a seven - speed automatic transmission.

Not exact matches

On SI Now, IndyCar racing legend Mario Andretti takes host Maggie Gray for a lap around the track and discusses life after his legendary career.

It also was incredibly quick, and makes for a great onboard lap of the old Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in Mexico — well before it was transformed into the track F1 races on today.

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.

On Sunday that's due to happen at 5:45 am local time, so tune in a bit before that and enjoy the cars driving at «the golden hour» - so called because this is when track conditions are usually at their best and cars often set their fastest laps of the race.

The point is, more overtaking does not absolutely equate to more entertaining races, but there is definitely a sweet spot that F1 is yet to perfect, a formula that balances the toppling of lap times and allowing cars to fight more closely on - track.

Indeed, Montoya had the fastest car all weekend at New Hampshire, setting the pace in every practice session, winning the pole with a track - record time on Friday and leading a race - high 105 laps on Sunday.

No matter what followed afterward, it's inexcusable for a car multiple laps down to stop on the race track with two laps to go when it was evident to everyone the No. 10 wasn't going to be able to make it to the finish.

In his hand, Baldwin carried a broken part wrapped in a white towel, and said driver David Reutimann did nothing wrong when he stopped on the track with three laps to go in the race.

David Reutimann and his team owner Tommy Baldwin insisted the No. 10 car had a problem that caused it to stop on the track with three laps to go in Sunday's NASCAR race at Martinsville, but other drivers weren't convinced.

This track blockage in the first race was just one of many incidents in a weekend which saw only four full racing laps completed across both races.

On the last lap of the last race of the 1996 IndyCar season, Alex Zanardi launched his car down the inside at the fabled Corkscrew corner and took the lead and the victory - but not without running off the track to do so.

The lap times mean basically nothing, the drivers are rarely pushing as much as they could, and anything you can learn from them loses a lot of relevance because by the time of the race, the track conditions are completely different.

As the track dried out he actually began to reel the Spaniard back in and for a while it looked like he could actually win the race, but a small off just a few laps from the end meant he had to settle for second.

When you're in the lead of a race and in complete control, the last thing you want to do is throw the car off track with a handful of laps to go.

Spinning off track on the formation lap isn't the best way to start a race, but that's what happened during race two of the MRF Challenge Formula 1600's visit to the Buddh International Circuit.

In F1 terms it doesn't happen often and is usually the result of of the leader having late race reliability woes or, in the past, because of a high - speed track where slipstreaming battles meant that being in second place on the last lap was advantageous.

Anyway, the race is 200 laps around the 2.5 - mile triangular track, which means it's 500 long miles.

Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez argued in Montreal over track position, but the relationship soured further in Baku when a first lap collision denied the team a very realistic podium in what was a race of chaos.

During the 110 - lap race in St. Petersburg, a whopping 366 on - track passes were recorded.

It's a pretty amazing track layout measuring 16 kilometres (9.9 miles), with a race distance only requiring 20 laps.

The race was running normally until a couple of laps from the end, when four cars stopped on track.

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

Drivers have a limited amount of them to use during the race, and although they can only use it when they're within a second of the car ahead at the start of the lap, they can do so at whatever part of the track they like, and for three times on that lap.

The Australian Grand Prix may not have been the greatest of races but the parade lap was certainly an eye - opener as fans rushed onto the track as the cars were still making their way back to the pits.

Season Two and Season Three Formula E champions and on - track rivals, Sebastien Buemi and Lucas di Grassi, both almost came together on lap five of the race when battling for position.

He again won the race, taking fastest lap and leading every lap, and the British crowd swarmed the track after he crossed the finish line.

Rookie of the Year honors went to GARTH BROW, who took the 20 - lap, half - mile - oval race in a track - record 7:32.8, 3.8 seconds under the mark Springsteen set last year.

Said Gordon, who started 11th but lost five laps when he had to go behind the pit wall with an oil leak and finished 34th, «When Daytona becomes a handling track, it can make for some pretty boring racing.»

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.

Earnhardt, who was first and fifth in the two earlier IROC races, averaged 153.316 mph for 50 laps on the two - mile high - banked oval track to collect the $ 175,000 IROC championship purse.

We have only had six weeks so far, so if we equate this challenge to a 38 lap race (9.5 miles on a running track), then we have only completed 1.5 miles so far.

Britain's six - time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir has said this will be his last Paralympic Games and after finishing sixth in the 800m final he hinted that the two - lap event in Rio could have been his last individual track race too.

«I normally race one lap of the track, so racing 500m will be a completely new experience for me,» she added.

USA's Kerron Clement returns to the track after his Olympic 400m hurdles win, while world 200m champion Dafne Schippers races the half - lap event against Britain's Desiree Henry.

As much as I love the track, there were only three entertaining moments: The DRS - free scrap between Alonso and Hülkenberg in the first two laps, the clash of the Force India drivers, and the short moment after the flying restart, where it looked like the final part of the race could be exciting.

The politico had no problems on the track, avoiding an accident as he participated in the «standard race,» a 14 - lap run around a quarter - mile track, equaling out to a full 3 1/2 miles of fast — if you choose — riding action.

But you don't have to pin on a race bib or do laps around a track to develop this knee pain.

British pop singer Olly Murs broke Hugh Jackman's track record to set a new lap time target for fellow stars when he raced a car for British Tv show...

Besides races of varying lengths, you can also select modes where you gain points for being in the lead, lose if you're in last place on a lap, have to overtake cars to win, and beat tracks as quickly as possible.

You may start a race in the dry but rain may arrive on the second lap and completely change the track conditions.

If you don't want to join a public lobby you can make our own lobby and control all the game options from track or type of car to the number of cars you race against, the number of laps and if damage is realistic or not.

It was so refreshing to play a racing game where the track wasn't static and undulated differently each lap.

So for those 5 lap races, the track may seem rather green from start to finish.

The online mode will give gamers the chance to vote for the circuit, bike class, and number of laps before they take to the track and compete in an online Arcade racer or Career mode championship. Once the race comes to an end it's over to the online leaderboards to see where you rank against the rest of the world. Not only will you find competitors» lap times but the option to upload and download racing ghosts and riding lines, which will help you compete against the very best or for those new to the series learn the skills they need to race to the top of the leaderboard. There will also be a demo available on XBox Live and PSN before the game launches.

A first for the franchise, you can now participate in the formation lap before the start of each race, and further to the official championship courses, gamers have access to four shorter track variants — Silverstone, Suzuka, Circuit of the Americas and Bahrain.

It will admittedly take a while to figure out the best setup for your racing car but thankfully the game offers to let you drive test laps around the track before each race, so you can plan your experience accordingly.

Later this week it will dominate qualifying, set a new track record — perhaps with a sub 3 - minute, 16 - second lap time — and if the race were run on paper, it would dominate the field.

In order to stand some sort of chance, the Koenigsegg received a handicap — it would circumnavigate the Knutstorp race track in southern Sweden twice, whereas the Volvo FH drives only a single lap.