Sentences with phrase «pole position lap»

Lewis Hamilton put in an incredible pole position lap on Saturday, meaning he now equals Michael Schumacher's record number of poles with 68.

Describing a pole position lap as «sexy» means it must've been one hell of a trip around the Bahrain International Circuit.

For reference, the pole position lap from 1971 stands at 3:13.9.

Available starting May 27 exclusively for GT6 on PlayStation 3, the Ayrton Senna Tribute is the culmination of a long term partnership between the Ayrton Senna Institute (IAS) and Gran Turismo developer Polyphony Digital, Inc. to deliver online content updates that enable players to trace the roots of his racing career and relive some of the legend's best moments, including his pole position laps on circuits such as Brands Hatch and Monza.

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Lewis Hamilton will start the Australian GP from pole position after absolutely smashing the circuit record with a blistering lap

@wtf1official Teo Fabi has scored three pole positions during his F1 career but surprisingly, also has never led a single lap during his F1 career #WTF1Fact

The first pole position of a F1 driver's career is obviously a very special moment, but it probably feels even better when it's also a new lap record.

Let's conclude this piece with a great onboard lap of Spa with Giancarlo Fisichella, who took a surprise pole position for Force India and translated that into second place in the race.

It's awesome to see the lap records continuing to be beaten and a fresh face on pole position is pretty cool too.

Lewis Hamilton secured pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix by just under two tenths, a slim margin after stunning laps from both the Mercedes driver and his nearest rival.

Kurt Busch captured the pole position with a scorching lap that eclipsed 200 mph and was the fastest in NASCAR history on a mile - and - a-half track.

Lewis Hamilton beat Nico Rosberg to pole position by 0.452 seconds, but was still 24.016 seconds off of Keke Rosbergs best lap at Silverstone.

It won nine races in total, taking 15 pole positions (it was dominant in qualifying, if you remember) and six fastest laps too.

The New Zealander won pole position after a 232 - mph qualifying lap earned him the top spot in the Fast Nine Shootout.

In FP1 the two Mercedes drivers were trading fastest times and before long they were already in the 1:13 s. Lewis Hamilton then put in a lap of 1:13.429, almost two tenths quicker than Daniel Ricciardo's pole position time of 1m 13.622 from 2016.

This cast a slight doubt on the team in pre-season speculation, but after 19 races the car had won 13 times and secured 24 podiums, 11 pole positions, and 12 fastest laps.

Vettel was on a great lap during the final moments of qualifying and looked set to snatch an unlikely pole position, but a bad final sector cost him time to Lewis Hamilton and he had to settle for second.

In Q2 Verstappen set such a ridiculously quick lap that he suddenly became the favourite for pole position.

It was fairly impressive stuff from Alonso - not only to correctly judge the amount of time he had to wait to prevent his teammate from putting in another lap, but also to put it out of his mind straight away and go out and take pole position.

Usually scoring pole position gives a driver a great chance of leading the early stages, but despite scoring three of them during his career, Teo Fabi didn't manage to officially lead a single lap.

Because it's a double points race a maximum of 100 points are available to the winner, as well as bonus points for setting pole position and leading laps.

Having failed to score any points in 2008, the Silverstone squad now have three podiums, one pole position and three fastest laps to behind its name.

Meadows dominated proceedings, starting from pole position in each race and leading lights - to - flag - even taking the fastest lap in both rounds for maximum points.

Even if it didn't cause showroom stampedes, during its six - year existence, the three - door racked up an impressive string of accomplishments in the Swedish Touring Cup series, winning both the 2009 and 2010 title, and over the course of its racing career, getting 20 overall victories, 42 podium finishes, 34 pole positions, and 22 fastest laps.

Corvette Racing's Antonio Garcia claimed pole position today for the Mobil 1 SportsCar Grand Prix in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class with a lap of 1:15.198 (117.7 mph) at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

Friday 16 June, Le Mans, France: Aston Martin Racing has claimed an emphatic pole position and new lap qualifying lap record at the 85th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

America's premier sports car team has made winning America's oldest sports car race almost routine with 10 victories, nine pole positions and six fastest race laps in 18 appearances.

Thanks to pole position, a dominant one - two finish and the fastest race lap, Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler is the first team to score maximum points on a race day of the electric racing series.

GTS — Jack Baldwin, of Marietta, Ga., ran the fastest lap to secure the pole position during Saturday morning's GTS qualifying session at the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Prix of Monterey at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca presented by Cadillac.

In qualifying for tomorrow's four - hour Road Race Showcase at Road America, it was Jan Magnussen's turn to qualify the No. 4 Corvette C6.R and, despite being more than a second quicker than Olly's pole - winning lap at Road America in 2010, and six tenths of a second under the GT qualifying record set in 2008, he just missed out on pole position.

In particular, Oliver Gavin owns a record of four pole positions and five fastest race laps in 13 appearances.

He also is the Series» career leader in pole positions (18) and fastest race laps (20).

Magnussen, with two Long Beach pole positions to his credit, posted a quick lap of 1:17.676 (91.120 mph).

Olly yesterday obliterated the previous qualifying lap record at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, formerly known as Mosport, but was edged out of pole position for the GT grid by his Corvette Racing team mate Jan Magnussen.

His best time of 1:29.945, set on the fourth of seven laps was good enough for pole position by 0.382 seconds, and Olly was the only driver to go under 90 seconds in qualifying.

They headed the GT class in both practice sessions, Olly took a stunning GT pole position yesterday and set a new fastest race lap record today in a thrilling and unpredictable two - hour race.

Eversley, the multi-time GT race winner in PWC, easily scored the pole position Friday afternoon with a best lap of 53.429 seconds for an average speed of 99.31 miles per hour in the TCR qualifying session to pace the 13 - car field at the historic 1.5 - mile, seven - turn road circuit.

The Memorial Day double header had its moments of success with a pole position and a fastest lap of the race, but a series of unfortunate events prevented the team from repeating its podium success at the Lakeville, Connecticut road course.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Jan Magnussen captured the first pole position for the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Friday with the fastest lap in qualifying for Saturday's Patrón Sports Car Showcase at the Long Beach street circuit.

The team has six victories at the track since 2004, five pole positions — including three straight by Magnussen from 2007 - 09 — and seven fastest race laps.

Magnussen fastest GTLM qualifier in No. 3 Corvette; Fittipaldi third overall in No. 5 Corvette DP LONG BEACH, Calif. — Jan Magnussen captured the first pole position for the new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R on Friday with the fastest lap in qualifying for Saturday's Patrón Sports Car Showcase at the Long Beach street circuit.

Olly managed to improve his fastest lap time today, but his best of 3:58.644 in the No. 74 Corvette C6R placed him 7th in class — a long way from the pole positions of the past.

Beretta's fast lap marks his 14th pole position of his career in the ALMS, tying Ron Fellows for the all - time record.

Gavin was on pole position and set the fastest GT race lap in 2012, and Magnussen was the fastest driver in the 2011 race.

Having started from pole position, the Spaniard scored a dominant and undisputed win in the 43 laps long DTM race on Sunday.

Gavin held his position through the opening laps, then passed the pole - winning No. 44 Porsche on the fourth lap to take second behind the No. 45 Porsche of Joerg Bergmeister.

Oliver Gavin, co-driver with Tommy Milner in the No. 4 Compuware Corvette, owns a particularly strong record with three race victories, four career pole positions and four fastest race laps.

Making its debut in international competition, the Briton placed the stunning new Corvette on the second row of the GTLM grid, his lap of 1:44.729 being just 0.223 seconds away from pole position.

The span includes six class victories in the ALMS along with a plethora of pole positions and fastest race laps.

Defending GTS series champion Aschenbach jumped to the lead from his pole position on the first lap of the 32 - lap feature race at the famed 2.459 - mile, 10 - turn road circuit northeast of Toronto.