Sentences with phrase «safety car periods also»

A scheduled brake change under one of three safety car periods also left the car a lap down from the class leader but well within striking distance with Taylor chasing down the sixth - place car at the rate of four to five seconds per lap.

Not exact matches

In a race that featured a two - hour rain delay and six safety car periods, Button managed to collide with two drivers - teammate Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso - and also had to serve a penalty for speeding behind the safety car.

Webber was also second in the race at Interlagos, but was given a 25 - second post-race penalty for overtaking before the line after a safety car period.

Worse still was that racing had just resumed after a Safety Car period and a classic Tyrrell also got wrecked as the race was quickly red flagged due to the crane fail.

The Audi wasn't the only LMP1 car involved however, because Toyota's Nicolas Lapierre also slid his way through that pack, smashing into the wall but managing to crawl back to the pits for repairs during the resulting safety car period.

Gavin also led in the No. 74 car during his stint as the Corvette Racing team elected to keep him out on dry tires during the wet safety car period.

Also they have more frequent safety car periods.