Sentences with phrase «outright victory»

With 20 cars in the prototype class this year, the fight for outright victory is set to be as close as it's ever been.

As the wide, low and insectile LMP1 cars fight for outright victory at Le Mans, it can sometimes be easy to forget the connection between these machines and the performance cars that we drive on the road.

That'll make it the first BMW to run the world - famous endurance event since 2011, following in the footsteps of such machines as the V12 LMR that took outright victory in 1999.

Finally, Knott says, the history and heritage of the Viper name calls for a coupe - after all, Vipers ran in sports - car events all over the world, winning their class at Le Mans and even taking outright victory at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2000.

A momentous day in British politics It was a day in which the electorate allowed none of the parties to claim outright victory in yesterday's general election.

In such a landscape, the report stresses the need for Labour to accept the impossibility of outright victory in the next election and prepare instead for an era of «quasi-federal, multi-party politics», where it relies on the assistance of other parties.

If you want to see why the Conservatives will find it so hard to achieve outright victory next week, consider the fates of two MPs at the last election.

As well as American endurance racing legends such as Hurley Haywood and Scott Pruett (both of home share the record for outright victories with five), plenty of F1 names have been victorious too.

Bohemia, NY — The Reform Party of New York announced six outright victories on the Reform Party line.

Three days before the general election, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg insist they want outright victory.

While their expectation is that they can deny the Conservatives outright victory, few in truth believe they stand on the brink of an historic fourth Labour term.

In recent years, the officials in charge of public education in New Orleans have been able to claim steady progress, if not outright victory.

The German outfit is running five Minis and one BMW X3, and on the back of outright victory last year is again tipped for victory, with reigning champion Peterhansel and former winner Nani Roma in the lead cars.

Richard Attwood gave Porsche their first outright victory at the Le Mans 24 - hour race in 1970.

The long list of «Best of Show» awards received under the Californian sun since 1950 includes several outright victories as well as more than 120 class victories and special prizes.

Since 2005, AMR have been very successful in the GT categories of sportscar racing but due to the technical regulations imposed on the class, outright victory against the so called «Le Mans Prototypes» at Le Mans 24 hour and the various Le Mans Series races is extremely unlikely, perhaps even virtually impossible.

«Each INSIDIA player fights to secure critical objects in order to destroy the enemy's defenses and gain outright victory.

The G.O.P. claimed outright victories in three closely contested Senate seats — two in the Hudson Valley and one in the Rochester area.

The voters Labour have to win over to achieve outright victory in 2015 appear far less persuaded about its core arguments on the «cost of living crisis», and are increasingly optimistic about the general state of the economy.

Of course, supplying all three contenders for outright victory at this year's Le Mans 24 - hour race, as well as many other competitors in other classes, might elicit suggestions of a conflict of interests, but because of the way Michelin nurtures the relationship with its partners, each team has a dedicated group of tyre engineers working intimately with them.

Each has embarked upon a successful racing career following their competition wins, with class wins and outright victories in series as diverse as the Blancpain endurance series and GP3 single - seaters.

Only an outright victory by the Gunners over the Clarets will serve the greater purpose of their going there to play this game, which of course is to keep alive their hopes of winning the prestigious Premier League tilte this season.

Oh dear.You just won't let it go and accept it will you Pires.The Poll run here on this site by Admin is what counts today.If the numbers had been reversed you would be claiming outright victory.

The way Sunderland folded on Saturday at Swansea does not give you much hope of an outright victory from them in this game.

However, a stalemate is more likely on the cards, rather than an outright victory.

Having dramatically taken away its support for Labour at the party's autumn conference and given its backing to David Cameron, the electorate suddenly became churlish enough to deny the Tories an outright victory.

I want Labour to win an outright victory at the next election.

Emma Burnell wants Labour to win an outright victory at the next election.

In the first round Akufo - Addo received 4,159,439 votes representing 49.13 % of the total votes cast, placing him first, but not enough for the 50 % needed for an outright victory.

Cameron's own position might be threatened by rebellious backbenchers, furious that he had once again failed to achieve outright victory.

At Betfair, the Tories were 8/13 favourites for outright victory, with 15/1 for Labour and 2/1 for a hung parliament.

De Blasio, who won significant state funding for his signature pre-kindergarten plan last year, faces a more daunting challenge in Albany this session, after Republicans captured an outright victory in the State Senate in November.

This helps to explain why his party failed to win an outright victory at a time when Gordon Brown was widely disliked and his government thought to have screwed up the economy.

While there is the opportunity to change drivers during the mandatory pit stop, he completed the race solo, driving into the dusk on Saturday and taking the outright victory.

Wildly futuristic in shape, it was the first in a series of cutting edge prototype racers that would culminate in the legendary 917, and outright victory five years later.

Mazda has competed in the GT and GX classes before and Team Joest has had two outright victories.

From a humble start - ninth overall and third in class behind the wheel of a CMN motor buggy - Ferrari went on to achieve a total of thirteen outright victories (with both Alfa Romeo and Ferrari teams) on this volcanic island.

With the ex Formula One ace Jacky Ickx heading up the team, the mighty 787B managed to finish first at the end of the race twice around the clock, making Mazda the first Japanese automaker to earn an outright victory at the historic race.

Unless you get an outright victory under Civil Code section 1717, the trial judge has discretion to determine if a party prevailed for purposes of fee recovery.

The decision in Lankhorst was a prelude to what many believed was going to be an outright victory for the taxpayer in M&S.