Sentences with phrase «race lap of»

Jönsson set the second - fastest race lap of the weekend (1:22.238) behind his teammate, but an electrical issue slowed his pace and kept him out of contention.

Drivers and teams disliked the new slow and twisty section (which resulted in race laps of over two minutes), which had the opposite effect to what was intended and actually seemed to reduce overtaking.

Not exact matches

«The Mark Webber team was telling him to try and take care of the engine a few laps before the finish because they could see from the data that the engine was in danger of breaking down and two laps before the finish it exploded,» he added, referring to the F1 race driver.

But after a handful of laps, Means was out of the race, an amazing opportunity gone.

I caught the highlights of the Daytona 500 last week on SportsCenter and the analysts said the drivers make somewhere between 5 - 8 pit stops over the course of the 200 laps in the 500 - mile race.

«And my contention is going to be that, so far as our bodily health allows, we should aim to be found running the last lap of the race of our Christian life, as we would say, flat out.

He went on to win the race ahead of Kimi, but it was that qualifying lap that stands out above all else.

During lap two of the first race, Kostecki made contact with Travis Milburn's truck mid-air after tackling one of the series» signature huge jumps.

Earnhardt believes he could have muscled his Chevrolet Monte Carlo into the lead had the race finished under green, but Jarrett disagreed, noting that in the laps before the final caution, «I could see behind me that Earnhardt wasn't getting much of a push [aerodynamically] from anybody.

After a bit of a clash with Verstappen on the second lap, Hamilton then referred to the Red Bull driver as «such a dickhead» in the cooldown room following the race.

Alonso had actually had the best average speed of the entire race up until his failure with 21 laps to go.

The third race of the 2017 Supercars Championship at the Symmons Plains circuit in Tasmania had its own Spa «98 moment as wet conditions contributed to an accident on lap two which involved almost half the field.

Bourdais was on the third lap of his qualification run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when his Dale Coyne Racing No. 18 GEICO Honda made hard contact with the Turn 2 SAFER Barrier.

The battle for the lead in the closing laps was starting to look very juicy and it was looking set for a repeat of the 2016 race.

Incredibly, although he wasn't classified by the finish, he actually set the fastest lap of the race - the only one of his career.

He was racing with Alex Lowes when on lap 13, approaching the Rivazza double left - hander towards the end of the lap, their bikes made light contact.

One of his best laps though came ahead of the 2003 Austrian Grand Prix - the last race at the circuit when it was known as the A1 Ring.

Race name / distance: You'd think the Sylvania 300 would be pretty straightforward — 300 laps around the 1 - mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway for a total of 300 miles.

It also was incredibly quick, and makes for a great onboard lap of the old Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit in Mexico — well before it was transformed into the track F1 races on today.

Another day, another battle for the lead in the closing laps of a GP2 race.

Incredibly the LMP2 car of Jackie Chan DC Racing is now leading, but the No. 2 Porsche has been recovering quickly from its earlier delay that put it 18 laps down at one stage.

The closing laps of the sprint race at Valencia (does anyone else kinda miss that circuit?)

He was under serious pressure from Fernando Alonso for pretty much the entire race but held off his former teammate and Sergio Perez in the closing laps to finish seventh, best of the rest.

Leclerc gave the Dallara GP2 / 11 a decent send - off in the final race of this year's Formula 2 season, starting from seventh and going on to take the win on the last lap with a ballsy overtake.

Even if we can only go as far as speculating the potential running order of this season given that it is still only testing, the fact that the lap time is so low bodes well for much quicker racing in 2018.

«As soon as he was behind the Haas, knowing how tough it is to overtake around here, he absolutely went for it, got a bit wide I think in Turn 11/12 on lap six and that damaged the rear diffuser and created a significant imbalance for him, which he did incredibly well to manage for the rest of the race.

In total, Kubica managed 142 laps across 20 different stints — completing the equivalent of two Hungarian GP race distances.

Now, for such a sophisticated sport, the chequered flag holds a lot of power - as recently as the 2014 Chinese GP a race was shortened by two laps because the flag was thrown early - so technically, Pelé's mistake meant that Sato won the race.

The La Source hairpin at Spa - Francorchamps is always a tricky corner to negotiate on the opening lap of a race and usually sparks drama.

Following some opening lap incidents, things settled down through the middle part of the race.

Johnson seized control of the race from Harvick when crew chief Chad Knaus short - pitted Johnson with less than 50 laps remaining, which vaulted him into the lead when Harvick pitted and had a slower stop a few laps later.

On top of that he set the fastest lap of the race in a performance Minardi boss Paul Stoddart hailed as being 53 consecutive qualifying laps.

When it comes to the opening lap of a race, Max Verstappen has seen it all this year.

He raced through from 13th on the grid to run second and started taking chunks of time out of leader Alain Prost - around three seconds a lap.

Drivers need to have razor - sharp concentration to get the best lap times out of the car, especially those at the wheel of prototypes as they weave their way through slower racing machines.

After a mediocre opening lap and a bit of argy - bargy with Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton quickly made his way past the midfielders and up to fourth, including perhaps the moment of the race when he passed three cars in one go.

Imagine if a driver strategically works his way up the field, undercuts a few rivals in the pit - stop window, and then this is all undone because of a slow getaway on a lap 55 race restart?

Stroll's engine fails on the last lap of the race?

From mid-point last season, the team wasn't really in a race with the midfield and beat the likes of Williams and Renault with tenths of lap time to spare.

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.

We got the fastest lap of the race, and that wasn't through putting a set of ultrasofts on - it was genuine pace.

Because Daytona hosts plenty of racing at night the cars also went out in the dark, so driver Martin Lanting also got some great footage of him lapping the track under lights.

On Sunday that's due to happen at 5:45 am local time, so tune in a bit before that and enjoy the cars driving at «the golden hour» - so called because this is when track conditions are usually at their best and cars often set their fastest laps of the race.

The video takes us onboard the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing machine of Graham Rahal for a series of laps around the challenging Belle Isle circuit.

It's a pity Timo Glock's Toyota isn't one of the classic cars, because then we could all recreate the famous move on the last corner of the last lap of the last race of the 2008 season which ensured Hamilton beat Massa to the title in his second year of F1.

The point is, more overtaking does not absolutely equate to more entertaining races, but there is definitely a sweet spot that F1 is yet to perfect, a formula that balances the toppling of lap times and allowing cars to fight more closely on - track.

If they do, then that also means that Audi's race lap record of 3:17.476 from 2015 could be under threat too.

Sunday's race will feature the two Sunoco Rookie of the Year leaders (tied with 54 points), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick, both of whom have never turned a lap at Martinsville.

After last year's race Dale Earnhardt, who finished third, described his 500 - lap afternoon as «just one of those long days at Dover driving on sidewalks.»

It took all of 66 laps of Sunday's race in New Hampshire for Kasey Kahne's pursuit of a title to effectively go up in smoke.