Sentences with phrase «race to finish third»

He instantly raised eyebrows when he made it through to Q3 ahead of teammate Nick Heidfeld and although Heidfeld's experience served him well in the changeable conditions of the race to finish third, Kubica still drove solidly to finish seventh on his debut.

Not exact matches

In Alberta, it would be hard to finish third in a two - way race.

Kanaan recovered to finish second whilst Simon Pagenaud took third in an attritional race which saw only nine cars still going at the end.

After several laps the wing eventually worked itself loose and Gilles continued on to finish third, behind race - winner Jacques Laffite and second - placed John Watson.

This was the first race without a minimum pit stop time and thankfully things went pretty smoothly - well, unless your name is Lucas di Grassi, who suffered a car issue shortly after pitting and finishes the first third of the season with no points to his name - not great for the defending champion...

Although Emanuele Pirro couldn't escape pre-qualifying this time, his Scuderia Italia teammate JJ Lehto did - and went on to finish third in the race!

Patrick was the first woman to lead the Indy 500 and in 2009, finished third to become the most successful female driver in the race, so it'll be a fitting race to end her career at.

He was still leading the championship heading in the the final round in Fuji, but the race was so wet that he couldn't see properly as a result of his burns and withdrew from the race, allowing Hunt to finish third and win the title.

Heinz - Harald Frentzen won two races and surprisingly managed to challenge Mika Hakkinen and Eddie Irvine for the championship, eventually finishing third.

Stoffel Vandoorne finished seventh for McLaren, making him the third driver to score their best - ever result in the race.

HORSE RACING — The 5 - year - old mare DRUMTOP ($ 28.80) won the $ 143,600 Hialeah Turf Cup from a crack field of males, including Fort Marcy, the 1970 Horse of the Year, who unexpectedly set the pace and faltered in the stretch to finish third.

Chill early - autumn winds were gusting down Long Island Sound at speeds up to 30 knots, and the fleet of 5.5 - meter yachts competing in the third race for the U.S. National Championship swept toward the finish line like maple leaves ahead of a gale.

Showing a sense of perspective that has increasingly been the hallmark of his breakthrough season, Montoya simply slowed with Martin, then kept digging to a third - place finish that catapulted him from 11th in the Chase to fourth, with nine races to go.

Lydia Skoblikova is not quite 22, much younger than Grishin, and she was not even at Cortina four years ago; but at Squaw Valley she won two gold medals in speed skating, too, setting a world record in the 1,500 - meter race, winning the 3,000 and coming close to winning a third medal in the 1,000, where she finished fourth.

Disgrace 12 years So many shocking performances Players are useless Time to go Arsin Just like finishing third in the boat race We loath you Arsin we do

The England international scored 25 Premier League goals last season, but it wasn't enough to keep Spurs in the title race as they eventually finished third.

Rather than bypass the meet completely — he was the heavy favorite to win the 200 and 500 freestyle races — Rooney traveled with the team and led the Matadors to a third - place finish in the 200 freestyle relay along with fellow juniors Jared Brandley and twins Michael and Ryan Eckles.

He was D4D's Driver of the Year in 2007; in 2009 he he was named Rookie of the Year and became the first D4D driver to win a touring series race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West; and in 2010 he added a third victory and finished third in the West championship.

The Dubai - born Brit and reigning Indy Lights champion (the main feeder series to IndyCar) qualified 11th and finished third, just half a second away from race - winner Takuma Sato, and was ahead of Alonso at the time of the Spaniard's retirement.

It was already a serious feel - good story, but that first race has come and gone and having qualified fifth, he went on to finish a remarkable third - less than a year after his accident.

The Gunners finished in the runner - up spot last term, after Tottenham finished third in a two - horse race for the title, and Gary Neville has tipped us to finish in the same spot once again this season.

I do not want to take anything away from Alonso, as he did a great job, but Ed Jones had a legitimate chance to win the race and did finish third.

Ally Zirkle, who led for much of the first half of the race, was expected to finish second, followed closely by Ramey Smyth, who came all the way back from 30th place to finish third.

In addition to points awarded based on the finish each week — 40 points for the winner, 35 for second place, 34 for third, down to one point for those 36th to 40th — this year brought a new system, with points for the first two stages of each race.

This caused the race to finish behind the safety car, Button winning from team - mate Barrichello with Trulli in third.

Last year Perez crashed in practice as well and had to change his gearbox, dropping him down from second on the grid to seventh, but he recovered to finish an impressive third in the race.

P4 was enough to take the championship battle onto the third and final race and Randle finished third, to become the first Aussie to win the series.

Siebel's second consecutive win takes up to third in the standings having failed to finish the first two races.

Similar to the previous day's race, the quad had an early 4 second advantage over the other crews at the 500m mark, which they continued to extend, eventually finishing over 13 seconds ahead of Tilburg University (NED) in second place, and 36 seconds ahead of University of Heidelburg (GER) in third, in a final time of 06:56:42.

De Cesaris went some way to making it up to his team by finishing third at the next race in Canada, but for a small team like Scuderia Italia those few points Caffi was denied would have been a big deal.

Following on from Piquet's third World Championship in 1987 the circuit was renamed Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, and he therefore became the only driver to race in a Grand Prix on a track bearing his own name, which he did in 1988 (when he finished third for Lotus) and 1989.

The contact punted Fisichella around and out of the race, and to rub salt in the wound for the Italian, Ralf carried on to finish third in what was only his third Grand Prix, although the team weren't too happy.

In the race he finished third after losing out to Vettel at the start, but it was still an outstanding performance across the weekend.

Arndt, who was a member of the St. Francis 4 × 400 meter relay that finished third in the state last spring, had her best race of the season to cross the line 38th (18:55).

Earlier in the day, Megan Giglia finished third in the C3 road race, missing out on a medal due to finishing outside the time limit, with Germany's Denise Schindler taking the gold.

Trott started Sunday in third having bounced back from a difficult scratch race - where she finished 13th - to win the individual pursuit and elimination race on Saturday.

This means that Racing realistically will be looking to finish second or third in the table.

Nelson got off to an excellent start in her first omnium at world level by finishing third in the scratch race.

In the new omnium format, double points are available in the final sprint - Nelson knew she had to score to take silver and secured her medal by finishing the race in third place, with Barbieri second, good enough to earn her bronze.

He made the step up to racing cars in 2007, finishing third overall in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Championship.

The rider from Lichfield finished fifth, with Cure taking the win to move second, behind Kopecky - but Nelson held onto her third place going into the final points race.

Democrat Mike Levin finished third in a poll in the race to replace retiring Republican Rep. Darrell Issa in California's 49th District.

Updated 10:33 a.m., 2:15 p.m. The race for California's coveted 31st District remained too close to call Wednesday morning, with just 390 votes separating the second - and third - place finishers.

And Senate Democrats clearly preferred the alternatives to this scenario: most of the incumbents who weighed in on the race endorsed Micah Lasher, the runner - up, and the New York State United Teachers, the conference's largest benefactor in recent years, backed third - place finisher Robert Jackson.

He replied by referring to an old election race in which the foreign secretary finished a distant third: «I do recall that Boris Johnson once stood as rector of Edinburgh University.

In the third race of the season, John Dowd will challenge you for the top spot while Windham will finish near the back of the pack, and Carmichael rise to the middle.

I wanted to win a NASCAR Cup race; [during my career] we finished second, third, and fourth.

Designed by Rory Byrne and Pat Symmonds, this car, chassis 02, was driven by Senna in several other races that year, with a third - place finish at Brands Hatch to compliment Senna's runner - up result at Monaco.

From 1966 to 1973, CSX2473 claimed 19 overall first - place wins in 31 races, plus a scattering of second - and third - place finishes.

Though the GTR Long Tail never went on to achieve such great success — although a second and third place finish at the ’97 Le Mans event wasn't far off — the super-rare road - going race car is understandably effective at weakening the knees of motorsport fans.