Sentences with phrase «n't in a race car»

Wasn't in a race car, either.

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And if that's not enough, in 2010 C.J. founded CJ Wilson Racing, a sports car race team that recently announced its move up to the IMSA GTD class, one of the premier sports car classes in the world.

Even though I was driving for a team I hadn't driven for, and the pedals in the car were different than what I'm used to... the weirdest thing was driving to the race track knowing I was actually going to race.

But Lyft does have one thing Uber doesn't, now: An actual automaker on its side in the race to create a self - driving car.

Early on I wanted to drive high horsepower, fast cars, but those types of cars just weren't racing in competitive series where I lived.

I decided that if I learned what I was passionate about outside the race car, ultimately I could be successful in that pursuit if racing didn't work out.

While Tesla's Autopilot driver - assist feature is frequently impressive, and a huge edge in the race to true self - driving cars, one Tesla driver was recently reminded we're not quite to Autonomy Heaven yet.

Those teams have incredible real - time analytics, not just at the race venue, but also real - time, big data beamed from a car driving at up to 200mph on a race track on one side of the globe to the race team's headquarters in England.

Best of all for the team, it was the No. 8 car of Sebastien Buemi / Kazuki Nakajima / Anthony Davidson which won (although Davidson didn't even get to drive in the race!)

Race director Charlie Whiting said the start rules haven't changed for 20 years, and that there have been only two cases (the other being Daniel Ricciardo in Japan last year) of drivers positioning their cars outside the grid boxes.

Alongside media duties and meeting the drivers, the video also shows Alonso sitting in Marco Andretti's car, which coincidentally wasn't able to start the race due to an issue...

Senna didn't really want to drive for McLaren in 1993 as he didn't think the car (with its underpowered Ford engine) was worthy of his talents, and instead of signing a contract for the whole year famously drove for the team on a race - by - race basis.

Later in the race the safety car was deployed to fix a loose drain cover at the same spot, but it wasn't until after the race that it became clear the two incidents were connected.

Even making it through wasn't a guarantee of starting the race, as with 30 cars in qualifying and only 26 spots on the grid there was still a pretty good chance of failing to qualify!

Verstappen struggled to pass Kevin Magnussen, damaging his car in the process, and then couldn't find a way past Fernando Alonso either, so he was obviously going to be frustrated by the way his race panned out.

It's not like an engine penalty either (which is applied to the car rather than the driver) so Fernando Alonso won't have to serve it when he returns to F1 for the next race in Montreal.

Whether or not either car will make it to this finish in the race though is another matter.

It's a pity Timo Glock's Toyota isn't one of the classic cars, because then we could all recreate the famous move on the last corner of the last lap of the last race of the 2008 season which ensured Hamilton beat Massa to the title in his second year of F1.

The low square car not only won the biggest single event in sports - car racing but in doing so also squeezed by Porsche to win for itself the International Manufacturers» Championship by a slim three points.

Were Erik Jones not under contract to Joe Gibbs Racing and needing to be in a JGR car for contractual reasons, there was a good chance Kenseth could've kept his seat at least another year.

I felt like I could race at Kansas for sure and probably have raced at Charlotte no problem, and I felt foolish sitting at home feeling OK and not being in the car.

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.

He retired on the spot, but when the race was stopped after two laps, he was able to rejoin on pole in the spare car (although he didn't end up making the chequered flag anyway).

F1 cars have raced all over the UK - after all, there are tons of circuits there - but you might not expect there to have been an F1 race right down in the south west peninsula of Cornwall.

No, this isn't one of Bernie's crazy new ideas to have a Formula One race in Greenland but instead a new show car run video for Formula E.

McLaren delivered a race winning car in 2007 but while paired with surprisingly successful rookie Lewis Hamilton, Alonso did not take the Brit's success well.

Pink isn't normally a colour associated with race cars, so when Force India revealed that it's 2017 F1 car was going to be pink the internet reacted in a big way.

Ok, it's not Formula 1, but this video from the 1985 World Sportscar Championship round at Spa is the Jacky Ickx / Jochen Mass Porsche 962 (despite the title) and the Group C cars being raced in this era weren't far off being Formula 1 cars with doors and windows.

A sports car buff who has not been seen riding a bicycle in years, the prince nevertheless climbed aboard a two - wheeler in Stockholm and led the field through part of the first lap of a bike race, pulling nimbly aside after 850 meters and letting the 60 - odd competitors pedal past.

It's not just the rules Lauda is concerned with, he's also worried about the financial situation - again, perhaps unsurprising given that this is the bloke who gave a load of his racing trophies away in exchange for free car washes.

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

His backup car, a year - old Pontiac Grand Prix, was sent from Charlotte, N.C., but Yarborough could not claim the pole because the pole - sitter must start the race in the car in which he qualifies.

The race didn't last much longer than one corner for some cars, after an attempt to go three - wide through the opening chicane predictably ended in tears.

1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve put in some impressive performances and could have scored points or even podiums on a few occasions, but the car just kept letting him down; he didn't finish a race until the 12th round of the season!

He'll get his first proper taste of the GT500 machinery in a test at Suzuka later next week - though unfortunately for Jenson he's not exactly jumping into a race - winning car.

After a year of forced idleness Driver Richard Petty came rolling back in a blue brute of a Plymouth to win Daytona's stock car 500, delighting his racing father — but not Dearborn

Despite not participating in qualifying on Friday, all 11 drivers that missed the session will start Saturday night's race — albeit at the rear of the 40 - car field.

In 1961 he tried the Indy 500 and whilst his Cooper wasn't the first rear - engined car to race there, it had a similar effect as it had in FIn 1961 he tried the Indy 500 and whilst his Cooper wasn't the first rear - engined car to race there, it had a similar effect as it had in Fin F1.

Only unlike Senna and Schumacher he didn't do it in a selfish attempt to win a championship, oh no - he did it so that 1) the team wouldn't fire him at the end of the year and 2) the ensuing safety car would put team mate Fernando Alonso on the perfect strategy, allowing him to win the race.

Which is why when it was announced last month that he would not be returning to Earnhardt - Ganassi Racing next season, it was logical to think Montoya would either return to open - wheel racing or compete in sports cars full -Racing next season, it was logical to think Montoya would either return to open - wheel racing or compete in sports cars full -racing or compete in sports cars full - time.

Bruce McLaren himself won the event in 1966 in a Ford GT40, but apart from a privately entered M12GT in 1981 (which failed to qualify) it wasn't until 1995 that a McLaren car raced there.

Coyne also reckoned that Jones had a great shot at winning the race and may have done so if his car wasn't hindered by damage in the closing stages:

That year's Super Aguri was based on the 2006 Honda, so it wasn't a bad car, as shown by his 10th place in qualifying for the first race in Australia and eight place in Barcelona to score the teams first point.

This wasn't the first time Webber has driven racing machinery on public roads, having done a demo run across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in a Williams F1 car in 2005, and across the Bolte Bridge in Melbourne for Red Bull in 2011.

«Also, I don't carry drinks in my car either to save weight, so I'm not having a drink through the race.

There is about the Lancia a taut feeling of pent - up vitality not evident to the same extent in any other car except an outright racing job.

Whether that's just a bit of race rustiness, unfamiliarity with the new cars or just the nature of the track I don't know, but if being able to drive closer to the limit in races means more small errors, that's absolutely a good thing because it means a bit more unpredictability.

A lot of the races that we do with the type of racing that we sometimes have to do, where you're saving fuel, like in the last race for example [in Russia], I couldn't push because the car was overheating.

In short, says Brooks, they wanted to make sure they didn't get another Days of Thunder, the much - reviled (at least in racing circles) 1990 Tom Cruise film, which featured, among other cinematic inventions, scenes of Robert Duvall as a good - ol» - boy team owner who assembles stock cars in a barIn short, says Brooks, they wanted to make sure they didn't get another Days of Thunder, the much - reviled (at least in racing circles) 1990 Tom Cruise film, which featured, among other cinematic inventions, scenes of Robert Duvall as a good - ol» - boy team owner who assembles stock cars in a barin racing circles) 1990 Tom Cruise film, which featured, among other cinematic inventions, scenes of Robert Duvall as a good - ol» - boy team owner who assembles stock cars in a barin a barn.

«He's no different than any other race car driver, he's has had run - ins, but they haven't been as notable because they weren't as close to the front,» Keselowski said.