Sentences with phrase «podium finishes on»

Company president James Sofronas is the lead driver of the GMG Porsche 997 Cup Car, and he's fast, with a number of podium finishes on his résumé.

Magnussen and Garcia Denied Podium Finish on Final Lap, Gavin and Milner Suffer Setback on Final Pit Stop ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — The Road America Road Race Showcase was going Corvette Racing's way for the first three hours, but the final 60 minutes saw a reversal of fortune for the Chevrolet team.

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He'd already finished on the podium that season when he was second in the wet Malaysian Grand Prix, but this was a very different kind of drive.

Incredibly, just an hour after the crash, he was back out on track competing in the Dunlop Super2 Series support race, where he finished on the podium.

Fernando Alonso reckons he would definitely have finished on the podium in Singapore if he hadn't been caught up in the crash at the first corner

He finished fifth in the championship, was on the podium nine times, and took one victory - he might have had another had he not been distracted by his mirror falling off.

The two main title contenders in 2017 are older and more experienced, but both failed to finish on the Azerbaijan GP podium — in part, thanks to the controversial contact behind the safety car.

It set the stage for Mercedes and Hamilton to take 25 points from Vettel on a day when he might not have even expected to finish on the podium.

Ricciardo finished in a solid second place whilst Valtteri Bottas made it two Mercedes on the podium with third, despite doing most of the race without a drinks system in what is one of the toughest races of the year.

Blake never recovered from being caught and pinned in the semifinals, and stoically went through the motions to finish third, but was visibly devastated on the medal podium.

This will actually be the second time Stroll has competed in the race - in 2016 he drove for Ganassi alongside Alex Wurz, Andy Priaulx, and Brendon Hartley, and came close to finishing on the podium.

Although its car, the P261, was now into its third season of competition, Graham Hill finished regularly on the podium and Jackie Stewart won a race.

Jaap van Lagen finished just four seconds away from the winner - in most races this would usually mean being on the podium (or at least very close to it), but the field were so closely that he was only 11th - and out of the points!

On Sunday, Miller missed a gate and failed to qualify for a second run in the slalom, while much - buzzed - about 21 - year - old U.S. teammate Ted Ligety finished third, reaching the first World Cup podium of his career.

United States runner Justin Gatlin finished in third place with a time of 9.79 seconds, while USA's Tyson Gay missed out on the podium, finishing in fourth place at 9.80.

Despite never winning an F1 race, Cheever still achieved a lot in his varied motorsport career, winning sports car races, finishing runner - up at Le Mans twice, racing in CART and standing on the top step of the podium in IndyCar and winning the famous Indianapolis 500 in 1998.

- Nico Hulkenberg has never managed to win the Le Mans 24 Hours and finish on the podium in an F1 race during the same year.

Amon was highly rated in F1 but sadly he never stood on the top step of the podium, despite 11 podium finishes in his career.

Elio de Angelis had been told he'd finished on the podium so was sent to the royal box to celebrate alongside winner Riccardo Patrese.

Jean - Pierre Beltoise finished on the podium a number of times whilst he was Jackie Stewart's team mate at Ken Tyrrell's Matra team, but a win always eluded him.

Sato memorably finished sixth in Canada after putting a lovely move on Fernando Alonso's McLaren, whilst teammate Anthony Davidson was potentially on course for a podium until he hit a groundhog.

12 months on from his crash in F4, Billy Monger once again captured the warm spirit that appears in the wider motorsport family from time to time by finishing on the podium - determination and grit personified.

LaRocco clocked 10:23.10 to reset her own school record, finishing fifth overall and earning a spot on the podium.

The 13/15 Team earned a Silver Medal and kept their feet firmly on the podium with an additional 3rd place (Bronze) finish for Soloist Daria Torba, a 3rd place finish for the duet of Torba and team mate Lauren Simonelli, and a second place finish for the Trio which included Taylor Fair, Katya Mizin, Lauren Simonelli and Caoimhe Gallehue as alternate.

He was on course for a podium but a tyre failure eight laps from the end put him out of the race, whilst Michael went on to finish second, securing world championship number seven in the process.

It also turned out to be the last time a Cooper finished on the podium, as the team (which won titles with Jack Brabham in 1959 and 1960 and revolutionised the sport with its rear - engined cars) disbanded the following year.

LaRocco entered the meet with the ninth - fastest seed time but was determined to finish her career on the podium (top - six finish).

Lotus driver Elio de Angelis was told he'd finished on the podium and so went up to celebrate with race - winner Patrese.

He also lamented the fortunes of the team, saying that when he needs luck he doesn't get it, and when he doesn't need it he gets bad luck, such as today, when he feels he'd have definitely finished on the podium.

1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve put in some impressive performances and could have scored points or even podiums on a few occasions, but the car just kept letting him down; he didn't finish a race until the 12th round of the season!

A second place finish for the Toleman team was unthinkable but Senna went on to take two more podiums at the British and Portuguese Grands Prix before joining Lotus in 1985.

It seemed to work as the car recovered to finish second in class and drivers Mathias Beche, David Heinemeier Hansson and Nelson Piquet Jr. got to enjoy standing on the overall podium.

Sadly his season unravelled when he was passed by Rubens Barrichello on the last corner of the last lap at the teams home race in France, costing them a podium finish.

Having been nerfed off on lap one, he fought back through the field, pitted, and then fought through it again to finish in fourth, just a couple of seconds off the podium.

The drivers have been stripped of a memorable podium finish, and the drivers of the promoted cars didn't actually get to be on the podium.

The unreliability of the LMP1 cars at Le Mans meant that two LMP2 cars finished on the outright podium.

To have jumped in the car and won his first grand prix and then go on to finish on the numerous podiums that he has achieved.

He was on the podium at Spa and in Portugal raised eyebrows when he qualified third, finished second and spent much of the race putting pressure on eventual winner Alain Prost.

A strange accident which happened due to a quirk of the Marina Bay circuit, Fabio Leimer was on his way to the podium after finishing third when he T - boned Alexander Rossi.

We had solid performances from all of our riders, with one of our JV girls having her first top ten finish, as well as putting three JV Boys on the podium again.

As well as going on holiday with each other, Stewart actively mentored his young teammate - yep, he helped out the only person any racing driver has to beat - and saw him improve from a midfielder to a race - winner and regular podium finisher.

During Alonso's 18 - race run he finished on the podium 16 times, back when Renault was as fast as it was consistent.

He recovered to finish fourth but a podium had definitely been on the cards.

In 1960 he became the youngest driver to finish on the podium at Le Mans at just 18 years and 133 days old.

He'd got as high at second at one point and was on course for a podium finish until his gearbox broke towards the end.

It's always nice to be on the podium, but to finish fourth after having started sixteenth, is still a great result.

He may not have finished on the F1 podium at the Hungaroring, but Alonso absolutely bossed the Hungarian GP with a sixth - place finish.

He won at the Norisring on his Formula 3 debut in 2003, scored a double podium at Pau in 2004 and finished second at Macau the same year.

Watkins said, «The climbs and working with Zoe Wu in the race allowed me to finish on the podium with an amazing and talented group of riders, but the biggest thing that enabled me to do well was all the valuable advice from my coaches.

He finished on the podium, thanks to an impressive lunge at the Bus Stop chicane.