It finished 4th overall in the 1950 race, and continued to rack - up wins and
podium finishes until its competition retirement in 1956.
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.
Not exact matches
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.
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!
Although Williams
finished third in the championship that year, it wasn't
until the ninth round in Austria that the team actually got a
podium, which of course came the day after Massa became the only non-Mercedes driver to take a pole position that year.
The No. 90 suffered a series of small technical issues through the race but was,
until two hours to the
finish, on the lead lap and within touching distance of a
podium placing.
And while RLL's second - and fourth - place
finishes (the latter car was competitive
until being hit during a nighttime restart, sending it to the garage for extensive repairs) in this year's endurance classic fell short of the
podium's top step, that was better than the CSLs did upon their U.S. debut.
Like last year, the C7.Rs have started strong and so coverage has mostly been consistent
until you take away the
podium finish.
Initially, the player can only race in episode 1 with each subsequent episode being unlocked through earning a specific quantity of stars which are earned for achieving objectives in every race for a maximum of three stars per event; for instance one star is on offer for completing the race, while two stars are earned for
finishing in at least 5th position and a maximum of three stars for racing onto the
podium; totalling to 180 stars from the very beginning
until the end of the Off - Road Masters.