Sentences with phrase «pit lane»

The required time spent in pit lane will be X seconds, and no competitor will be allowed to do tire changes.

Additionally, prior to the race fans are invited to participate in a free fan walk on pit lane prior to the green flag.

The level of immersion has been further enhanced by the inclusion of manual starts and manual pit lane entry and braking — all vital to avoid losing time, penalties and track position.

Not the best footage, but oh the noise and it's interesting / terrifying seeing the narrow and crowded pit lane during the driver change.

The level of immersion has been further enhanced by the inclusion of manual starts and manual pit lane entry and braking — all vital to avoid losing time, penalties and track position.

Basically we lost two laps because we made it to pit lane without spinning.

Over the next 24 hours expect this article to fill with everything from driver quotes, to pit lane info and postings and positions.

An open pit lane format - with a maximum of 20 cars on circuit - will ensure you get all the quality track time you could want.

Our goal is simply to be capable of running a competitive pace and keep our time in pit lane to a minimum with great execution on every stop.

I really didn't think I was even close on pit lane.

Accelerating out of pit lane onto the 2.8 - mile circuit reveals wickedly quick, head - snapping acceleration.

Eversley wanted to give the car a lap before bringing it onto pit lane for the crew to look over.

Parked in pit lane at the 3.4 - mile Formula 1 track in Sepang, Malaysia, the Huracán LP 620 - 2 Super Trofeo is an intimidating piece of kit, with the stock car's flat expanses of bodywork broken up by a panoply of flics, ducts, and vents.

Milner started the No. 4 Corvette C6.R on the GT pole after the No. 44 Porsche was disqualified for a technical infraction and the pole - winning No. 55 BMW had to start from pit lane due to a mechanical problem before the reconnaissance lap.

A late safety car closed the pair up again, but any chance of seeing the two battle for the win ended when Hill was hit with a penalty for pit lane speeding and Schumacher took an improbable victory.

At the green light on pit lane exit, I punch the throttle and the rear wheels light up instantly before the electronics step in to save my blushes.

Walking into pit lane at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is a bit nerve - wracking, so we're happy to see a familiar face.

The # 4 Corvette C5 - R had an action - packed race, making contact with a prototype before pit lane as Oliver Gavin was coming in for a stop - and - go penalty, which resulted from an earlier incident with a different car.

I think that the boys at VW must have snuck down pit lane at the last Indy meet and stolen them off the race cars parked there.

Shooting out of pit lane onto the straight between turns two and three, you have the same 426 - hp experience from the LS3 V8 as with the Camaro SS — the 1LE package unfortunately doesn't include any power upgrades.

True, most high - performance SUVs are equally gifted corner kings and fast - lane heroes, but all of them deposit their ride comfort in pit lane before they go to 10 / 10ths.

At the recent Mid-Ohio SCCA World Challenge race, Ford Mustang Boss 302 race teams staged a protest against the series by parking all of their race cars in pit lane after the initial formation lap.

Capello suffered a puncture as he left pit lane during the day's second session, which the team said was caused by the bodywork slicing the rubber.

Painfully slow, pit lane mishaps, drive through penalties.

«During practice sessions the drivers can run on a clean line, but if they get off line or come down pit lane with hot tires, they pick up dust on the rubber.

Fehan addressed the Sebring pit lane crash by saying steps have been put in place to prevent future incidents:

The auction also includes pit lane equipment, engineering and inspection equipment, five F1 steering wheels, car parts from 2014, 2015 and 2016 (like tubs, wheel rims, tyres, nosecones etc) and pop up trailers.

For smaller groups of up to 40, the Premier Pit Row Suites located directly above pit lane puts visitors feet away from race action during events.

After an uncharacteristic pit lane miscue and a series of mechanical glitches in the season - opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Corvette Racing is determined to rebound in the 100 - minute sprint race on Saturday, April 17.

After an uncharacteristic pit lane miscue and a series of mechanical glitches in the season - opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, Corvette Racing is...

Motorsport pit lanes are dangerous places to work and we were reminded of that when a mechanic found himself staring down an approaching GP2 car in the Abu Dhabi feature race.

Teams taking the covers off their new cars through online reveals or pit lane launches have become pretty common in recent years, but while people go mad for the updates on social media, it'd be cool to bring the fans closer to the new cars with reveals at the circuit itself, perhaps the day before the first test.

His lead in the standings is now just three points after he admitted to simply coming out of the Watkins Glen pit lane too quickly, hit the brakes, locked up and slipped off on cold tyres.

The 2.4 - mile - long circuit contains the complete Fear and Loathing in Barcelona compendium: at the end of the longest straight, the speedo reads a white - knuckle 165 mph, the awe - inspiring mid-section roller - coaster corners are dotted with blind turn - in and braking points, the famous double - apex right - hander is the stuff instantaneous depressions are made of, the slow chicane before the entrance to pit lane disciplines you with ankle - high curbs and ultra-short runoff areas.

As we stream from pit lane toward the first corner, we gradually lay on the power and torque.

There are two chicanes, a couple of third - gear bends sporting a challenging switch from positive to negative camber, three climbs and three according descents, a long start / finish straightaway, and a wide pit lane.

A temporary pit lane and pit boxes were set up at the series» home circuit of Donington Park to mimic the setup used at each of the city - based street circuits the series will visit between September and the final round in London in June 2015.

It was raining and still people were just everywhere, as far as you could see, down the straightaway, across pit lane, just people, people everywhere.

As well as getting to know your car, you'll also get the chance to meet some of the evo team and a whole pit lane full of like - minded enthusiasts.

A 789bhp, 590 lb ft, 1198 kg (dry) mid-engined road car that looks like it has driven straight out of an LMP pit lane, that's what.

And the Le Mans pit lane is a strangely evocative place just to be standing, so make the effort to go.

My hot laps complete and a smile plastered on my face, I hopped out of the spartan pre-production interior and out into the sun - drenched pit lane.

A powerful car will be truly screaming along before the first seats; the Mann Mustangs could nudge 150 mph, and on the downhill toward the start - finish line, probably bettered it, with nothing but luck separating them from the busy pit lane.

Unforgiving concrete walls are an ever - present threat and just finishing is an achievement in itself, although the race often pivots around strategy and efficient work from the teams in the circuit's crowded pit lane will be critical.

While most track day cars have the engineering to back up their promises, this Camaro ZL1 1LE takes pit lane cred to a new extreme.

It has functions such as declutching by «paddle neutral» — which is comparable to pressing the clutch with a conventional manual gearbox and a «Pit Speed» button, which has been customised for pit lane cruising.

Taupo Motorsport Park features a three - storey pit lane complex with 32 pit garages, 8 first floor corporate suites and a race control / corporate / catering complex.

The trackside scenery is far more detailed than it was in Forza Motorsport 5 (the impressively rendered pit lanes seen in every event intro loading screen are a personal highlight), and it's far easier to control the car with all the assists off on a gamepad this time around.

That means you turn off the strobes just after Rainey Curve and prepare yourself for a last - second dart into pit lane.