Sentences with phrase «one's test driver»

I guess they don't test drivers for alcohol here.

It's said to track better around corners, though only the most astute of test drivers could truly detect major differences.

Until now, «early riders» who have hailed their self - driving minivan using an app have always had a human test driver in the vehicle.

But the vehicles have always had a human test driver behind the wheel.

There is definitely a use case for single participant simulations, for instance, when testing a driver of a newly developed experimental vehicle.

One major change from F1 2010 is that the handling model has been revised and updated based on feedback from actual F1 test drivers as well as from the community.

The driver seat itself also left much to be desired, as multiple test drivers reported constantly shifting during long drives.

Now I'm not a professional test driver, so I realize I won't notice certain things the way a professional would.

During the frontal test the driver seat belt was partially cut by the lower seat rail, a serious flaw that potentially can undermine proper restraint of both frontal occupants.

For example, after an accident causing significant personal injury or death, trucking companies are required to drug test the driver.

The two - seater vehicles that are tested on public roads are equipped with removable steering wheels, accelerator pedals, and brake pedals so test drivers can take over driving if necessary.

Industry insiders, or anyone tracking the company's recent moves, likely have predicted the company would pull human test drivers out of its vehicles before the end of 2017.

The new rules regulate liability, test driver qualifications, data reporting, and data storage.

Recently, he came back as a full - fledged test driver.

So this is probably the One - 77 as the engineers and test drivers always intended it.

The vehicle was in autonomous mode at the time of the collision, with a human test driver behind the wheel.

Intricately stitched leather and ergonomic design seats are among the details in which test drivers say that Land Rover Range Rover Sport is in a league of its own

Andy Wallace, who drove the Le Mans winning XJR - 9 in 1988, is the chief test driver for the facility.

We don't know who the driver was at the time of the accident, but we did see GM test driver Jim Mero get out of a Blue Stingray in a video we posted a couple weeks ago that showed three C7 Corvette Stingrays working out in Arizona.

You see, many of the multimillionaires who can and do buy cars like these are not as petite as, say, Ferrari test driver Raffaele De Simone, a typically compact, trim Italian racer.

Porsche ran two cars around the» Ring for the record run; one driven by test driver Lars Kern, the other by racing driver Nick Tandy, although Kern set the fastest time.

Jim is the only test driver at GM to have his own commercial which featured his record - setting run in the 2012 Corvette ZR1 around the Nurburgring in 7:19.62.

Button was absent from the Bahrain test, with McLaren test driver Oliver Turvey taking his place

Following a long stint in DTM, Wolff was a Williams F1 test driver from 2012 to 2015, completing several FP1 outings and various test sessions too.

Google's cars have driven over 1.8 million miles with test drivers in the front seat.

Lars Kern, Porsche test driver by trade and a passionate race car driver in his own right, was the one to set the fastest final time.

Doran also put to bed our speculation that GM test driver Jim Mero was behind the wheel at the time of the accident.

Longtime Lamborghini test driver Valentino Balboni, who joined the company in 1968, says that while some owners provided the proper resources for a period of time, the regular transfers of ownership thwarted product development.

Professional test drivers also are talking about the exceptional quietness of newer Ford, Lincoln and Mercury products.

(Even the Alfa test driver who took me on a few exploratory laps in the car quickly switched from Race — no stability controls — to Dynamic mode.

Former chief test driver Valentino Balboni has also kindly called in to offer some advice on the new car, and it's with a knowing grin that he lists the main areas that are likely to feel different to the earlier 6.2 Murciélago.

«I am very pleased to confirm my role as Test Driver for the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team in the 2018 season.

The trailer mixed outstanding sound editing with a movie - like video featuring two VW test drivers taking the cars out for a spin out on a G - simulator and later on, out on a real track, all the while emphasizing the amount of G - Force the two cars can reach while setting blistering lap after blistering lap on the circuit.

Tesla suffered of a major repricing after Moody's downgraded the company to B3, it continues to struggle in speeding up the production of its Model 3, and the fatal crash that occurred while testing its driver - assistance system triggered many negative headlines.

«In the 458,» says chief test driver Raffaele De Simone, in explaining the layout, «the driver takes the main role, whereas the California is to share with another person.»

A NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver and a Formula One test driver led the respective Tudor United SportsCar Championship Prototype classes in the second day of Roar Before the Rolex 24 testing at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday.

Even though his role as Williams test driver means he's technically one of his teammates, Massa really doesn't think much of the Scots abilities behind the wheel.

I got all this information from Renault Sport test driver Paul Santos, who explained to me from the passenger seat how to get the Clio Cup going — but not before patiently waiting for me to squeeze through the narrow roll cage opening and settle in the tight and low passenger seat.

Now Jorda has issued a statement about her recent comments and the news of Tatiana Calderon becoming test driver for Sauber.

On cold pavement with less grip, we watched as a Nissan test driver did repeated launches.

However McLaren test driver Oliver Turvey could only manage a couple of installation laps before a water leak in the energy recovery system was discovered by the engineers.

Later that day, Bugatti's official test driver Pierre Henri Raphanel drove the Super Sport version of the Veyron on Volkswagen's Ehra - Lessien (near Wolfsburg, Germany) high - speed test track to establish the car's top speed.

After completing the «Nürburgring green Hell» in the record time of 6:52.01, Lamborghini test driver Marco Mapelli will also drive the car at Goodwood.

Simply put, it was the test and development Miura built by Lamborghini test driver Bob Wallace; effectively a race car for the road but one which would never race — Ferruccio Lamborghini had written a «no racing» policy into the by - laws of the company.

Its recent record - shattering lap time of 7:32, with Alfa test driver Fabio Francia at the helm, even bested purebred two - seaters from the likes of Pagani, Koenigsegg, McLaren, and RUF.

The Super Sport hit a faintly ridiculous 268mph in the hands of Bugatti test driver Pierre Henri Raphanel.

But it absolutely smashed that figure, and knocked the Lamborghini Huracan Performante off its perch with a blistering record run of 6:47.3 at the hands of test driver Lars Kern.

Corvette test drivers say best times are achieved without using launch control and by power - shifting the new seven - speed Tremec - built manual gearbox.

With over a decade of international motor racing under his belt, Chinese / Dutch driver Ho - Pin Tung's many achievements include test driver roles for Williams F1 and Renault F1, multiple single - seater and Asian Le Mans Series championship wins.