Sentences with phrase «on this pace car»

Everything is original on this pace car, including tires.
Beretta agreed: «It was a good race, but we just had some little issues and some bad luck on the pace car,» he said.

Not exact matches

«Driving at a pretty steady, 60 - to 65 - mile - per - hour pace is actually pretty easy on a car,» Paul says.
In response to a shareholder question about what could be done to speed up the glacial pace of adoption of electric car production by other car companies, Musk said he was «playing with doing something fairly significant on this front which would be kind of controversial with respect to Tesla's patents.»
In November, Jaguar allowed Business Insider's Benjamin Zhang to take a different F - PACE test car out on a mildly - challenging off road course.
Pashak often compares his A-type to the popular commuter models manufactured by Linus — he considers them a «pace car» — and Bikes on Wheels sold about a 1,000 of those in the last year.
The company said it remains on pace to deliver roughly 55,000 cars in 2015.
The automaker also has been stymied by the logistical demands of putting new cars on the road at the ambitious pace set by its CEO.
Vettel noted that it if he'd stopped again it would have been difficult to catch and pass the Mercedes cars, even on fresh tyres, given their astonishing pace and consistency on the medium compound.
Up the steep twisty Futa and Raticosa passes, between Florence and Bologna, the pace began to tell, not on Collins but on his car's transmission.
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.
There were 27 cars lined up for the start, which was aborted by a multi-car crash on the final pace lap that eliminated Mexican Adrian Fernandez.
Nissan had thrown the kitchen sink at trying to win Le Mans in 1990 by entering five R90Cs and a couple of older R89s, but despite the cars being competitive on pace reliability issues prevented them from being serious challengers, and Jaguar romped home to a 1 - 2 finish; the highest - placed Nissan was only fifth.
Red Bull decided to take the chance on pitting both of its cars for fresh soft tyres, giving Ricciardo and Max Verstappen a serious pace advantage at the restart.
«I left there at about 3:15 or 3:30 a.m., and that is what it takes to pace yourself to make it to the breakfast event with Daytona pushing our car into the Hall of Fame museum the proper way on Monday morning.»
In qualifying Hill stuck his Arrows a remarkable third on the grid, but it wasn't just down the the tyres, as he was the only Bridgestone car in the top 10 and teammate Pedro Diniz was down in 18th, two seconds off Hill's pace.
When asked about the pace of the car, he said that it was «not good enough» and that the Renault engine was still down on power:
To know I can drive the car and I can drive the car on good pace and I can drive the car for an entire grand prix distance is something which makes me happy and proud.
Keeping track of who's on what tyres, who needs to pit, who has the pace and who's saving their car can be a sizeable task, but in MotoGP there's none of that.
«Shanghai is known to be an unpredictable weekend for a number of reasons: it's tough on cars, tyres and power units and the weather is often precarious, but I can predict that we won't be as fortuitous with our pace, compared to our rivals, as we were in Australia.
In fact over the course of the season, all things considered, Ferrari probably had the best car, even if Mercedes had the slight edge on ultimate pace.
While there was a lot going on up ahead, Carlos Sainz Jr said the inconsistent pace of the leading cars on the restarts caused problems further back.
The cars head out on to their pace laps at 14:30 local time (GMT -5) on Saturday 27 January, finishing 24 hours later (obviously).
On the back - stretch, as the cars burbled along slowly on the pace lap, Earnhardt looked over and saw Yarborough looking back at him, giving him the thumbs - up sign, wishing him a good racOn the back - stretch, as the cars burbled along slowly on the pace lap, Earnhardt looked over and saw Yarborough looking back at him, giving him the thumbs - up sign, wishing him a good racon the pace lap, Earnhardt looked over and saw Yarborough looking back at him, giving him the thumbs - up sign, wishing him a good race.
But thankfully it did not end up on a completely low note for Raikkonen, who showed good pace after the Safety Car and managed to claw back a podium spot.
Many fans were disappointed that Robert Kubica missed out on a drive with Williams, but given the car's (lack of) pace the Pole might be quite relieved to be free of the current embarrassment.
«On pace, we were able to beat the Saubers but through strategy, we were able to beat both Toro Rosso cars, as well as the Haas of Grosjean.»
But as a complete change of pace, we've decided to talk about something never covered on La Liga Blog before... cars!
While Monaco's first - team players were being put through their paces, a tinted - windowed car raced inside the training compound where the former Porto man met with club bosses to discuss his on - going lack of fitness and his future plans.
Both Ferrari drivers were off the pace on Friday on a track expected to suit them, while both McLaren - Honda cars were in the top 10.
Last year also a big improvement in how cars looked, Ferrari threw a serious title challenge that saw Vettel leading as late as September and despite starting the season 1s off the pace, Red Bull made big inroads into the leaders and also won three races, Mexico certainly on merit.
The guillotine has finally fallen on the Russian's haphazard career at Toro Rosso; Daniil was sometimes able to match Carlos Sainz's pace, though sometimes he was able to match Pastor Maldonado's ability to cosy up to other cars.
I'm not sure what your San Francisco plans are (are you visiting places where you can just take the car seats out of the cab and leave them at the front of the Children's Museum while you tour or are planning on hiking Fisherman's Wharf with 3 car seats strapped to your back), but my guess is that with 3 kids these ages, you're not going to «do» San Francisco at the breakneck pace that you would if you were just with hubby.
Bratton said the city is on pace to report its fewest crimes ever, in terms of the seven major crime categories (murder, rapes, robberies, burglaries, assault, petty larceny and car thefts).
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As we prepare for Baby W's arrival we're still test driving a few different cars to see which one is best for our growing family, so a few weeks ago we drove the Jaguar F - PACE SUV from Jaguar Land Rover Cary on our date.
Cannes will be hit with a huge dose of handsome next month, as Deadline reports that Timothy Olyphant, Lee Pace, and Jason Sudeikis are set to star in a movie about the FBI's real - life sting on car designer John DeLorean.
Death Proof and hence Grindhouse as a whole end on a high note with the final car chase and Bell's death - defying antics, but the dragging, plodding pace and creative misfire of Tarantino's movie is enough to put a big damper on the sum total of the Rodriguez / Tarantino double feature experiment.
Muntean lets his film unfold at a deliberate pace, letting Vali slowly insert himself into Sandu's personal space as time goes on (first outside by his car, then chatting up his family members in the stairwell and eventually winding up hanging out with his son in his apartment).
Learners can determine the pace of the content through marked parts of the car on the left of the screen which serve to activate each chunk of text with the corresponding animation
Make use of each car's performance while simultaneously minimising the input of traction and stability systems, and you can expect to work through rear tyres at a decent pace - all models use 255/35 R19s up front and 285/30 R19s at the rear, though 20in wheels are available on the AMGs.
And the tradeoff is taut body control, which in turn benefits the surprisingly responsive steering, adding - up to a car that, if driven smoothly and on wide enough roads, can be bundled along at quite a pace.
A faithful continuation of the Lola T70 of the late 1960s, the Broadley was quite unlike any other car in the competition, but had both pace on track and an undeniable sense of cool — leading Marino to say it made him feel like Steve McQueen.
As the pace car heads off, all hell breaks loose on track.
«We're racing against the [Porsche] Cup cars, who have an edge on ultimate pace because they've got a sequential dog «box so they lose so little time in upshifts, where as we have the gearbox from the street car.
Reluctance, because I could not pluck up enough courage, competence, and confidence to work this car through its paces and stay on top of the game at all times.
These are the first official photos of the 2017 Jaguar F - Pace, and they reveal that the crossover's graceful bodywork will contain many styling cues seen on Jaguar sedans and sports cars.
In these days of RS500 Foci, the 35 doesn't feel like a fireball, but where the standard car felt just a little lacklustre for a modern hot hatch, the 35 feels more on the current pace.
By the third session on the track, the GT S pace car driven masterfully by DTM champ Bernd Schneider became even more reachable.
It combines accessible limits with more than respectable pace making it a car truly demanding car, but one where your return on commitment is high.
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