Sentences with phrase «of tight hairpins»

With its lack of tight hairpins and abundance of sweeping bends, it's actually easier on the brakes than you might imagine, and the stunning scenery with its long snow - tunnels and viaducts makes this a spectacular alternative to the 15 km tunnel that runs beneath.

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As Formula E circuits go it's one of the longest and mixes high - speed sections with those fiddly chicanes and tight hairpins that feature on most of the tracks on the calendar.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

On tight mountain passes with little margin for error, the hefty 2018 Ford Mustang GT PP1 inspires confidence, tackling hairpins with the sort of speed that would make earlier iterations of the grand tourer need to back down.

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.

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.

The exception to this is the blatant remake of the Polar Wharf track from Mashed, a layout of two long frozen straights linked by a tight hairpin at either end.

Cars still drift around corners with an almost obscenely pleasurable grace and only mild taps of the handbrake are needed for the tightest of hairpins.

Tracks also have a good variety of long straights and smooth bends, letting you glide at fantastic speeds as well as tight hairpin bends which, if taken perfectly, will make you feel like a real champion.