Sentences with phrase «racing championship on»

Not exact matches

So with the final race of the season coming up this weekend at Homestead — and the championship on the line for Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Joey Logano, and Kyle Busch — this seemed like the perfect time to talk to Brian.

Since the start of the U.S. Grand Prix, has any driver won that race and gone on to win the world championship?

On this day in 1992 three drivers battled for the championship in one of the most iconic races in British motorsport history

Marcus Ericsson retired early on with a hydraulics issue, but Charles Leclerc finished the race in 13th place, 75 - seconds adrift of winner Vettel and just 30 - seconds adrift of 10th place and a championship point.

Giuseppe Farina won the first championship race in F1 at Silverstone on 13 May in 1950 and went on to claim the drivers» title too.

A quick look at the stats for the Brabham BT26 tells you that it was on pole five times, won two races and finished runner - up in the 1969 constructors» championship.

The team, called FA Racing G2 Logitech G, will race in various different championships on a range of different games.

The championship leader at the end of the normal 26 - race section will be awarded «regular season champion» and get 15 additional playoff points, with the rest of the top 10 also getting them on a 10 (for second) to one (for 10th) playoff point basis.

On a day when Vettel scored a big fat zero, that means Hamilton has a 28 point lead in the championship over his rival with just six races left to go.

As the race went on the championship swung to - and - fro between Vettel (whose car incredibly kept going with significant damage) and Fernando Alonso.

Martin Truex Jr. rallied to win the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400, the first race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.

In addition to his four CCWS championships, Bourdais is also the winner of 31 races in his Indy car career, tied with Dario Franchitti and Paul Tracy for eighth on the all - time wins list.

TRANSLATION Sirs: Ganbare is a much more appropriate name for the underdog yacht that Douglas Peterson built on a shoestring and raced with success against far more expensive boats in the 1973 World One Ton Cup championship than your translation of the name — «good luck» — would imply (Sardinia Sea Script: Viva Cinderella!

Well, only once in the Chase era has a driver finished worse than sixth in the fall race at Loudon and gone on to win the championship (Johnson, in 2006, when he came in 39th at the 1.058 - mile oval).

The Chase field will be trimmed from eight drivers to just four after the next three races, with Texas and Phoenix following Martinsville, before the final championship race at Homesead in Miami on Nov. 22.

We are down to just eight drivers still alive for the championship with four races remaining, though most eyes are on Joey Logano, winner of each of the last three weeks.

«We can focus on looking forward and having the opportunity to race for the championship with this group of guys and have fast pit stops like they've been doing all year long.»

They are, instead, getting as close as they can to the No. 1 outdoor passion of all Seattle, the bucking, roaring hydroplanes which on August 9 will race for the Gold Cup, the speedboat championship of the world.

Quite often these took place on circuits that had already been given championship races but there were some that never quite made it to full World Championship status.

He later went on to race in the British Touring Car Championship and sports car championships, as well as Grand Prix Masters.

Kyle, on the other hand, is going to win races and championships no matter where he goes.»

It doesn't just suck for Hartley, but also for the team and Toro Rosso is clinging on to sixth in the constructors» championship (and the prize money that goes with it), but could easily drop to eighth if Renault and Haas have decent races.

Whilst FOM seem intent on removing interesting F1 footage from any year, YouTube is chock full of classic races from other championships — some well known, some not so well known.

It's a sucky situation all - round, as nobody likes to see a championship decided like that, and Gasly is going to be left twiddling his thumbs on a weekend where he should have been racing something, somewhere.

He was on course for a podium but a tyre failure eight laps from the end put him out of the race, whilst Michael went on to finish second, securing world championship number seven in the process.

Though all the attention in the coming weeks will be rightfully focused on the race for state championships, it would be unfair to ignore the quality Division VI girls teams, which will conclude their season at the end of the NorCal playoffs.

He'll drive on day one, before handing over to Pierre Gasly — a long - time Red Bull and Toro Rosso tester, who won the GP2 championship last year and is currently racing in Super Formula.

The Brazilian made his debut with Sauber back in 2002 and had a long spell with Ferrari where he achieved 11 race victories, also coming desperately close to the world championship in the dramatic 2008 season finale, where Massa missed out on the title by a single point.

Two races later, on May 9, he earned his first championship points with a fifth at Spain.

Dixon will automatically clinch the championship if he finishes fifth or better, leaving Castroneves to only focus on his own race.

Only unlike Senna and Schumacher he didn't do it in a selfish attempt to win a championship, oh no - he did it so that 1) the team wouldn't fire him at the end of the year and 2) the ensuing safety car would put team mate Fernando Alonso on the perfect strategy, allowing him to win the race.

GT Sport will be the series» first entry onto the current generation of consoles, and unlike previous titles will feature a cut back, more focused roster of cars with an emphasis on racing simulation and online features — including the first ever FIA - sanctioned online racing championship.

Super GT is Japan's biggest championship and is massively popular, so having a race on the same weekend as an international WEC event is obviously bad for everyone.

After two races on the sidelines, Daniil Kvyat got a chance at redemption in the US GP when Pierre Gasly headed off to try and win the Super Formula championship (which ultimately turned out to be a waste of time).

Last September, on the eve of the San Jose Mile, the race that would clinch the championship for Shobert, Price pulled half a tattered dollar bill out of his wallet and slapped it on a table in a local cocktail lounge.

That leaves four vying for the championship on Nov. 19 at the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead - Miami Speedway in Florida, the final race of the playoffs.

It's easy to understand Max's frustrations though - three of his four retirements have been down to mechanical issues and he's now way down in sixth place in the championship with less than half the points of his teammate, despite often having the edge on him in races.

Formula E championship leader Sebastian Buemi has a commitment to race in the WEC on the same weekend and will miss the double - header New York ePrix

With just one more race left before the championship race at Homestead - Miami there couldn't be more on the line for the drivers wanting a spot at a chance to win a championships.

Still, more racing and the lack of pressure that comes with the world championship might make for a refreshing change, and could be a good place to try out new things on the public — we don't want a repeat of «elimination qualifying» again!

The Frenchman had a fabulous career in CART Champ Cars, winning four championships and 31 races including two on ovals, and spent a season - and - a-half in Formula One.

Roush Fenway Racing's No. 17 team received Daytona 500 championship rings on Tuesday morning in honor of Matt Kenseth's victory earlier this season.

The victory put Al Sr. ahead of his son 139 to 136 in championship points going into the final race of the CART season, which will take place in Miami on Nov. 9.

Instead, he went on to completely dominate the race, leading every lap from pole and setting fastest lap to give him both the lead in the championship and the only grand slam of his career.

Mika pushed hard but eventually lost time with a spin thanks to his worsening brake problem and Schumacher carried on to win the race, putting him level on points with Hakkinen in the championship with two races to go.

Two years ago, Logano spun Kenseth out on the final lap during a playoff race at Kansas Speedway, taking away the win Kenseth needed to remain championship - eligible.

Of the 17 races on the 2018 calendar, six take place on ovals, six on road course, and five on street courses, making IndyCar perhaps the truest test of driver abilities of any championship in the world.

In all three races this year he's outqualified and outraced his teammate and currently sits on 22 points in the championship - Sainz has just three.

Although he's acknowledged as one of the best drivers in F1, It's been over 11 years (yes, really) since Alonso won a championship, and getting on for five years since he's even won a race.

He went on to win four more races that year (all on ovals) and win the title, becoming the first driver to hold the F1 and IndyCar championships at the same time.