Sentences with phrase «race engineering»

With influence from racing engineers the GT3 - R has been put on a diet, enabling it to lose 100 kg when compared with the GT V8 S of which it is based.

It's a very impressive package that's clearly built by a group of highly skilled racing engineers who understand how to build a top - spec GT car.

Most of this technology has been banned, inspiring racing engineers to battle the wind in new ways.

«We've been working through the transition from 110 - degree to 65 - degree track temperatures over the last few hours, with pressure adjustments for each new tire set and a tire compound change,» said Corvette Racing engineering director Doug Louth.

«We're not happy with the Corvettes» qualifying positions today, but we're very proud of the team,» said Corvette Racing engineering director Doug Louth.

In retribution, he gave a blank check to his team of race engineers and instructed them to build a race car that could take the fight to Ferrari on its own turf - the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Another option is the AMG Track Pace which is a kind of a virtual race engineer for recording data when driving on closed - off racetracks.

They analyzed data, manned shaker rigs and shock dynos, and served as race engineers.

As darkness fell on the circuit, the Corvette Racing engineering team anticipated the changes that cooler temperatures would bring.

He reluctantly turned down a position as chief race engineer on an R18 this year because he felt he couldn't spare the time needed for pre-race testing and development while running Audi's customer racing program and Kettler Motor Werks.

Working in conjunction with GM Racing engineers and Pratt & Miller, Corvette Racing has scored 78 victories, including an overall win in the 2001 Daytona 24 - hour race, six wins in the GT1 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and seven class wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring.

The Engineer's Perspective «Infineon Raceway is an interesting combination of low - grip surfaces and high - speed corners,» said Corvette Racing engineering manager Doug Louth.

The difference is that it is not a series - production car like the GT2 RS, but rather a limited - edition conversion by race engineering firm Lanzante.

MONTEREY, Calif. — As the laps counted down in qualifying for Saturday's ModSpace American Le Mans Series Monterey, Corvette Racing engineer Chuck Houghton radioed to driver Oliver Gavin, «A tenth of a second will put you in P2.»

Ganassi Racing can also benefit from the collaboration between Roush Yates Racing Engines and Ford, who work closely together developing the best possible engine with both production and racing engineers on hand at the Ford Dynamometer Lab in Dearborn.

«The Corvette Racing engineering staff did a great job getting ready for our first ALMS race in Long Beach,» commented Steve Wesoloski, GM Racing Road Racing Group manager.

A GTLM competitor went off - track, and No. 3 Corvette lead race engineer Kyle Millay immediately called in Garcia for tires and fuel before the pits closed.

In Sport mode, the Track Pace system becomes a virtual race engineer, farming data from 80 different areas of the car to deliver analysis of things like speed, steering angle, mid-corner lateral acceleration and track sector times, all of which it snapshots 10 times a second.

Mercedes» chief race engineer Andrew Shovlin talks about how the Virtual Safety Car cost Lewis Hamilton the lead - and the victory

«Leaving the pits on cold new tires for a restart on a very cold track made it especially important that our Michelin race engineers work closely with their teams and drivers to anticipate the proper pressures and settings,» said Payne.

«We didn't have a lot of time to make changes or to find a good rhythm, so I'm very pleased with the work that the Corvette Racing engineers did,» Magnussen said.

Several tracks also feature interviews with Ben Collins (the Top Gear Stig, and race engineer voice of Project CARS 1 & 2) speaking candidly about the cut and thrust, plus what made his idol Ayrton Senna unique.

After investing an hour or two practicing a course and tuning your setup — be it by the advice of the in - game race engineer, or for the more articulated gear - head, by fiddling with your setup directly, you'll garner great joy from hitting the apex perfectly and slamming the accelerator with ease into the straight and overtaking an opponent triumphantly, as they lose the racing line and flounder in the smoke of your tires.

Team principal: Aguri Suzuki Managing director: Daniel Audetto Technical director: Mark Preston Sporting director: Graham Taylor Chief designer: Peter McCool Engineering director: Mark Ellis Head of research and development: Gerry Hughes Team manager: Michael Ainsley - Cowlishaw Race engineers: Richard Connell and Antonio Cuquerella

Fully animated pit stops, an improved photo mode and a noob - friendly race engineer mode act as the cherry on top.

Stefan Nasello, Dunlop R&D race engineer: «We were testing with BMW and Mercedes to develop the new construction we're using here.

The innovative system was derived from winning Indianapolis 500 race cars, adapted by a former Miller racing engineer.

Talk about history — Kar Kraft essentially served as Ford's performance and race engineering skunkworks for the better portion of the 1960s, and helped develop both the road - going and racing Boss 302s back in the day.

She might be the most well - known racing engineer in the world right now, but Leena Gade's unfamiliarity with oval racing was her undoin...

The company's racing engineers figured that no - lift shifts could help reduce turbo lag, and so they tested the gearbox, called PDK, in a retired Group C 956 in 1983.

The GM Racing engineers always give me enough time before the race to get accustomed to the car.»

And they have reason to be excited; the all - new Optima sits on a chassis that is lighter, stiffer and wider than the current car, offering the Kia Racing engineers a more robust platform to build upon.

Like the MP4 - 12C (video) before it, the 650S Spider has had racing engineering applied throughout.

When Corvette Racing engineers wanted to optimize the roll cage design for a racing version of the C5 Corvette, they knew who to call.

Instead, Corvette Racing engineers decided to focus on fine - tuning both cars for fuel - length stints and consistent performance.

The straight - talking Aston Martin chief also confirmed a third AMR model, the Aston Martin Valkyrie, which has been co-developed with Red Bull Racing engineering genius Adrian Newey.

Corvette Racing engineers expect a 3 percent gain in fuel economy over the C6.R which could mean one less pit stop over the course of 24 Hours — a potentially huge advantage.

Key engineers and technicians from GM's race engineering center in Wixom, Michigan will move into the larger new facility in mid-2015.

Thanks to the close cooperation between racing engineers, racing drivers and developers, the Audi R8 has seen a clear performance increase — this benefits both the series production car and the R8 LMS developed on the basis of this.

Initial development of the NSX GT3 was conducted by the company's Japanese race engineering arm, with testing on race circuits in Europe and Japan.

About Wright Motorsports Wright Motorsports is the premier Porsche race engineering facility in Ohio and a multi-series, international racing team known for superb car preparation, expert race strategy and driver development.

The AMG Track Pace can turn the driver's smartphone into a personal racing engineer.

Last weekend, Michelin rally race engineers were in Argentina for the FIA World Rally Championship and yet another group will be in Monaco next week for the Formula E Championship.

Yesterday, our Michelin tire engineer and Corvette Racing engineers got together before qualifying and decided that the best plan was a set - up that would take several laps to build tire pressures but would stay consistent for the entire stint and that was exactly what we did.

To that end, Michelin sports car race engineers are busy this week both here in the TUDOR Championship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and at the FIA World Endurance Championship race in Spa, Belgium.

During a race session, modify the bike settings with the Chief Engineer in Pit Menu and win the race

Race Engineer allows you to select among four general options such as braking, down force, suspension and gearing.