Sentences with phrase «season driver in»

Announced as a full - season driver in the No. 3 Corvette C6.R in January, Milner settled in quickly with the Corvette Racing team.

Tommy Milner, 25, of Lake Mary, Fla., joined Corvette Racing in 2011 as a full - season driver in the No. 3 Corvette C6.R.

He joined Corvette Racing for endurance events in 2004, and became a full - season driver in 2007.

Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia will be full - season drivers in the No. 3 Corvette C6.R,...

Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia will be full - season drivers in the No. 3 Corvette C6.R, joined by Jordan Taylor as third driver in endurance events (Sebring, Le Mans, and Petit Le Mans).

Not exact matches

It observed that the U.S. is typically the key driver for products markets in the run - up to the summer driving season, and indicators are pointing to a positive and optimistic outlook.

Last week, professional truck driver Nate McCarthy of ABF Freight based out of Wyoming authored an op - ed in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle where he talked about how trucking makes the holiday season possible.

«We are excited to partner with DSR driver, Leah Pritchett, who recently closed out her impressive 2017 season with four NHRA event titles,» stated Chris Hall, Chief Operating Officer of Talking Rain Beverage Co. «At Sparkling Ice, we were immediately inspired by Leah's career, especially as a woman making waves in such a male dominated field.

No longer a «Number 2 driver,» Mark Webber will wear the number one this season after he and his teammates Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley took the championship, despite Webber's usual shit luck doing everything it possibly could in Bahrain to stop him.

From that came the implementation of a three - stage format that incentivizes drivers with bonus points that apply toward the championship so that they push hard from green flag to checkered flag in every regular season race.

In an interview with Sky Sports F1, Toto Wolff emphasised that he won't disrespect his current drivers by speculating over the 2019 driver line - up so early into the season.

The fact that Kubica has ruled out a season when he's «only» a reserve driver just shows what an enormous undertaking it is for Alonso to do both in the same year.

7 Kurt Busch's eight wins in the past two seasons are the most BUSCH of any driver except Newman (nine).

And self confidence is so important for us drivers... you want to start the season in a good way.

This season saw pretty much half the amount of overtaking that we had in 2016 as drivers have found the new generation of cars much harder to follow each other in.

He was as a development driver for Sauber in 2014, Renault in 2016 and then promoted to the Renault reserve driver role last season.

One of the many records Lewis Hamilton has broken this season is one no - one probably imagined he'd ever get: by finishing ninth in the Mexican GP, he set the record for the lowest a driver has ever finished in order to clinch a title.

The team might say otherwise, but Williams» need to take funded drivers in recent seasons suggests that there's some kind of underlying budget issues, with the loss of Martini as a sponsor for next year surely not helping.

Regulation A.U55.1: - In - demand drivers are permitted to take on multi-team contracts during the season.

3 Jimmie With six top three finishes in the final six races of JOHNSON 2003, Johnson enters the season with more momentum than any other driver.

The Polish driver has a huge fan base and there was a lot of pre-season disappointment in learning that he wasn't getting a Williams drive this season.

With two proper rookies and two drivers who are sort of rookies on the 2018 grid, we take a look at how they got here and what to expect from them in their first full F1 season

Where last season saw tensions arise over the battle for the 2017 title, this season presents wider ramifications that, when framed historically, could be considered the point in which one driver's career surpassed the others.

If we were to entertain the idea of negotiating with other drivers (this early in the season), then we wouldn't be giving him (Bottas) the right support.

With the 2018 driver line - ups confirmed, there are two drivers who will embark on a Formula 1 campaign for the first time and another two drivers who will have their first full season in 2018.

Use of this has ramped up in recent seasons to provide more of a driver's eye view.

Test your knowledge of the 1986 season and see if you can identify these ten drivers in out latest quiz

In 2007 Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was able to win six races and the championship in an incredibly closely - fought season with McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and a rookie Lewis HamiltoIn 2007 Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen was able to win six races and the championship in an incredibly closely - fought season with McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and a rookie Lewis Hamiltoin an incredibly closely - fought season with McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and a rookie Lewis Hamilton.

It could end up costing the team come the end of the season but Valtteri is glad that the drivers have equal status and, and also that Hamilton was happy to stick to the agreement made in Hungary.

Last season's Carlos Sainz fiasco is fresh in the memory and wasn't executed cleanly by the driver or the team.

14 Consecutive seasons in which NASCAR driver Ricky Rudd has at least one victory, after winning Sunday's AC - Delco 400.

Daly says the stats lie because he often uses an iron off the tee, and he has gone so far as to calculate that in his last five starts of the season he averaged 314 yards with his driver.

«I think we've got as good of a chance to win it all as anyone,» says Busch, 32, who finished the regular season 10th in the standings and with more top 10s (15) than any other driver save Harvick (who had 17).

Cleo was one of six U.S. drivers in the field of 84 at the off - season event.

Mike Conway, who will compete with Ed Carpenter Racing on road / street courses next season, tested the No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka entry for the team, with team owner / driver Ed Carpenter in attendance as well.

Indeed, there is no clear - cut favorite in this season's 12 - man Chase field, because every top driver in 2010 has flaws.

According to crew chief Brian Pattie, Montoya — who comes as close to being a diva as any driver in NASCAR — has committed himself this season to turning more practice laps.

He always has corny excuses at the ready meaning he expects failure, and then he does not seem to want it badly enough, the reason for all them sh *** y excuses in the first place.He made the bed and now he is lying in it whether he believes it or not.The sooner he comes to his senses the better for the club and its real drivers, the FANS.But my sixth sense tells me he should be gone by season's end.

Initially the union between driver and team was unsuccessful, with Truex leading just a single lap and ending the 2014 season 24th in the points standings.

«There's no question that teams have more confidence that they can beat Jimmie than in seasons past at this point,» says driver Greg Biffle.

Five different drivers have won a race at this early stage of the season, including Jimmie Johnson, who has taken the checkered flag in this race twice since 2007.

It is a continuation of what has been a rough start to the season for NASCAR's 14 - time most popular driver, whose best finish is 14th and ranks 25th in points.

Drivers» fortunes swinging from one extreme to other is just what France had in mind when he unveiled this new Chase format prior to the 2014 season.

Vitaly Petrov was runner - up to Nico Hulkenberg in the 2009 GP2 championship, and like Hulkenberg he was promoted to F1 for the 2010 season, replacing Romain Grosjean at Renault to become Russia's first Formula 1 driver.

The defending Sprint Cup champion recorded two wins, amassed 10 runner - ups and led all drivers in top fives, top 10s, laps led and average finish during the regular season.

# 27 Dale Jarrett NEWTON First driver to win Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in same season (1996); won career - high six events in» 97.

Halfway through this season Childress has three drivers on pace to make NASCAR's postseason; along with Bowyer, Burton is fifth in points, and Harvick is ninth.

A sign of the times: A.J. Foyt, arguably the biggest name in the history of Indy car racing, will field a NASCAR Winston Cup team next season and is looking for a driver.

Driver changes between seasons are often hot topics in Formula 1 and there have been some major modifications to the grid in the past.

Three years removed from a stellar short - track career running 30 - mile, dirt - oval sprints, Bowyer has exhibited a veteran's car - control skills and is one of only three drivers in the top 12 to have finished all 18 races this season.