Sentences with phrase «same lap»

Now imagine how crazy it would be if a third driver set the exact same lap time.

But as the laps clicked by, Patrick slowly figured out the nuances of navigating the tricky short track and with the aid of a couple of timely yellow flags, was able to get back on the same lap as the leaders.

Since Daytona, Patrick had finished 39th, 33rd, 28th and 26th in the races preceding Martinsville and had failed to finish on the same lap as the leaders.

Last in qualifying again (this time just a few tenths off of the pack) and last in the race again, he was on the same lap as race - winner Raikkonen but almost 50 seconds behind the next car.

Perhaps more impressive however was the fact that he was still on the same lap as Michael Schumacher's winning Ferrari!

And because it's an American event there are caution periods for seemingly relatively minor things, all of which combines to keep cars running together on the same lap and makes for some exciting action.

The result is a car that produces more - or-less the same lap times as the old cars, but drivers can follow each other closer, leading to more overtaking, and they should be rather spectacular to watch.

In sixth position and needing fifth to assure himself of the championship, Earnhardt tried desperately to get back on the same lap with the leaders through the middle of the race.

Patrick was running 19th and on the same lap as the leader when she attempted to pass Kahne, who was a lap behind after an earlier unscheduled pit stop for a flat tire, when Kahne clipped the right rear of Patrick's car.

«With the RAD, Edis could not only play our prototype racing game, but do so with the same lap times and driving paths as sighted players,» Smith notes.

Good swimmers get better by swimming practice laps, and are then «evaluated» in races where they swim those same laps.

Well I think Evo's on lap time testing showed the new GT3 2 / 10ths of a second faster than the GT3 RS and 911 Turbo S (both with the same lap times).

Three GTE Pro cars finished on the same lap, with a further three cars only one lap down.

All these details add up, but if you're looking for the technology that helps the Scuderia nail the same lap time as the Enzo despite a 150bhp shortfall, it's the chassis.

After six hours of racing, the leading Corvette C6.R and the two works Aston Martin DBR9s were on the same lap on the 8.48 - mile Sarthe circuit.

The race wasn't decided until the final two hours; up to that point, the Corvettes and Aston Martins were on the same lap.

Toward that end, Ferrari unveiled the 458 Speciale at Frankfurt, a successor of sorts to the Challenge Stradale and 430 Scuderia, previous specials that, as good as they were, wouldn't last a race on the same lap as this one.

Corvette Racing turned back the challenge of the Aston Martin team in a hard - fought battle that often saw all four cars on the same lap.

The race for the GT1 title was another pitched battle between the Aston Martin and Corvette camps, with the three frontrunners locked in combat on the same lap for the entire race.

Antonio Garcia ran fourth as he tried to chase down the third - place Porsche with both cars on the same lap after 18 hours.

Seven GT cars finished on the same lap and there was never a time throughout the six hours when a train of GT cars wasn't providing entertainment and nose - to - tail racing.

«Twice we finished second there on the same lap as the winner.

Seven GT cars finished on the same lap at Road America today, representing five different manufacturers — such was the intensity of the battle in the four - hour race, the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series.

«Everybody was on the same lap there in the end.

As predicted, the GT1 category is a shootout in Sebring, with two Aston Martins on the same lap as the yellow Corvettes.

Clocking a lap time of 7 minutes and 40 seconds on the North Loop of the Nürburgring, the Cayman GT4 earns the same lap time as the 2011 911 GT3 and positions itself as the new benchmark atop its market segment.

The BMW 1M ran the Nurburgring in 8:12 seconds, while the M3 CSL ran the same lap in 7:50 seconds.

The top eight GT cars finished on the same lap, completing 67 tours around the 2.0 - mile temporary street course in Baltimore's Inner Harbor in the two - hour race.

Clocking a lap time of 7 minutes and 40 seconds on the North Loop of the Nürburgring, the Cayman GT4 earns the same lap time as the 2011 911 GT3.

It was a shame how it ended; we were running 20 to 30 seconds faster than our competition, Ron got back on the same lap, and then the safety car came out.

Then a third yellow at 2:02 put the two cars back on the same lap.

Taking place in hot, sunny conditions throughout, the GT race was a thriller and five cars finished on the same lap after nose - to - tail racing for the majority of the once - round - the - clock classic.

With an average lap time of 1:54 and a minimum pit stop time for fueling of 5 minutes in ChumpCar our extra stop certainly took away our chances to have a great end of race battle on the same lap with the winners — WOW that sounds like a mouth full of excuses!

«It was one of the best races of the season, seeing five GT1 cars all on the same lap and battling it out through the Corkscrew,» said Gavin, who ran the fastest lap of the race en route to his 15th ALMS victory.

We fought back well though and had good pace in the car and we were chipping away at the gap but couldn't quite make that jump to get in front of the BMWs to get ourselves back on the same lap.

LiveRoutes also brings constantly changing tracks to each race so you never play the same lap twice.