Sentences with phrase «slick tyres»

And the drivers did an awesome job to keep everything pointing in the right direction, considering they were on slick tyres in the wet!

Specific changes include new settings for all - wheel drive vehicles, heating performance changes for cars with slick tyres, and even engine performance differences depending on temperature and air density.

Conditions in Q1 were wet and slippery to begin with but the track dried out as the session progressed, so towards the end, a lot of people were thinking about slick tyres.

Having started 14th he began passing cars left, right and center, and after a perfectly timed pit stop for slick tyres found himself in fourth place.

The new arches cover 9 - inch wide slick tyres.

The Senna GTR's chief weapon is likely to be the sheer amount of grip it can generate on the race track, partly attributable to a new design of wheel shod with Pirelli slick tyres, its revised suspension and wider tracks.

Marussia gambled on putting both drivers out on slick tyres at the end of Q1 and the track dried out quicker than expected, putting both Bianchi and Max Chilton through to Q2.

It had been a largely wet race, but with around a dozen laps to go the track was getting to the stage where slick tyres were the quicker option.

Old slick tyres.

It's fairly close to production spec, too, with the inevitable loss of interior trim and seats, some toughened suspension and the fitment of slick tyres and necessary safety equipment the only major changes.

New five - spoke forged alloy wheels (Satin black on the yellow cars, High Power Silver on the black ones) are a slightly wider diameter to accommodate slick tyres, for those who don't feel the standard fit Yokohama AO48s provide enough trackday grip.

They do have limited - slip diffs, but they're quite open, so it's easy to spin up the inside Michelin slick tyre.

I have never driven something so punchy that doesn't live exclusively on a circuit and enjoy the benefits of vast rear slick tyres.

Pirelli slick tyres ensure the FXX K stays keyed into the track surface, while temperature, pressure and G - force sensors relay everything the engineers need to know about what's happening at the tyre - road contact patch.

Since slick tyres had yet to be introduced into racing, the cars ran with treaded racing tyres, such as the Firestone «No - DOT», but later moved onto slicks.

I'm assuming you mean Pilot Sport Cup 2, which is the semi slick tyre also OEM tyre for GT3, as opposed to Pilot Super Sport which is a road tyre standard on cars like M5 and M135i.

Factor in much beefier slick tyres, and you're looking at a half metre increase in width over a road - going hot Golf.

Beefier brakes have been supplied by Brembo, and the car now runs slick tyres.

They've also done away with the magical ability in F1 2011 to drive in the pouring rain on slick tyres without a problem and thrown in a new localised weather mechanic so that it can rain on one part of the track while the other is dry, bringing in another degree of strategy to tyre choice.

«The lower rolling resistance of high pressure slick tyres and the lower drag of high quality sealed bearings allow Hummingbirds to go faster with less effort.

The Toyota driver was struggling with slick tyres on a wet track and ended up losing a place to Hamilton with just a couple of corners to go.

The New Hudson - based Corvette Racing team elected to start on slick tyres with Gavin in the driving seat, only for rain to fall as the cars left the grid.

Firstly, the tyres: since this Senna isn't a road car, it can wear Pirelli Slick tyres.

Having served a 10 second stop - go penalty for jumping the start, Alesi made an early switch to slick tyres at a wet Suzuka.

In the WEC it's developed a slick tyre which can be used in the wet, known as the «slicktermediate», and in Formula E has made tyres which can run in all conditions, something the company is enormously proud of.

He actually started to reel in Alonso, closing right up behind the Ferrari as the two made their final pit stops for slick tyres.

It's a pity room wasn't found in its near - five - hour running time for more of Carlos Sainz Jnr's superb drive in China, particularly his heroic lap one effort on slick tyres.

With the track continuing to dry out, more drivers swapped to slick tyres with the benchmark time tumbling.

On slick tyres.

The way you can lean on the nose - even tighten the line, then tighten it again without any of that that scrubby feeling from the tyres - is very commanding and something you rarely find without the benefit of wings and slick tyres.

The Toyota FT - 1 concept was the first hint that a new Supra was in the works and in Vision GT form, there's a strong Super GT vibe with wider arches, larger intakes and slick tyres.

Like its predecessor, the P1 GTR, the Senna GTR is more powerful — with «at least» 814bhp — it also has slick tyres, a wider track and a gargantuan diffuser hanging from its rear.

The young racers be able to work with the Clio to improve their pace, but the limits aren't so high that only a handful of competitors best able to exploit the car - as might happen on slick tyres and with more power - will run away with things.

Driven by rally ace Mark Higgins, the 2016 Subaru WRX STI features a huge rear wing, slick tyres, revised bodywork and a completely stripped out interior.

With around 270bhp, a six - speed Quaife sequential gearbox, locking differential, aero, adjustable brake bias and slick tyres the new - for - 2015 car really is a mini touring car.

I'm considering buying used slick tyres.

What I did learn was that with 190bhp, slick tyres and a weight of just 920kgs it was a quick and feisty little thing, and unless the brakes were correctly set it was tricky to stop.

Michelin has a dedicated slick tyre for colder running at night, and a «magic» hybrid «intermediate» compound that's a slick tyre for damp conditions.

Say 300bhp, no back seats and some near - slick tyres.

In particular, vehicles fitted with slick tyres can be pretty (if realistically) edgy until the tyres are brought up to temperature - and in some cars, that can take several laps.

Having recently driven the real Global Cup racer it was interesting to get behind the wheel of its virtual counterpart and experience the similarities - from the rowdy exhaust note to incredible turn - in on its slick tyres.

In the afternoon, the weather conditions improved to allow him to run an «09 - spec rear wing and slick tyres, doing his first meaningful run.

This is further helped by an aggressive front splitter and slick tyres on 19 - inch forged wheels with F1 - style centrelock hubs.

The front track is 80 mm wider than the road - going McLaren P1 ™ and with its aggressively profiled front splitter, the also car sits 50 mm lower to the ground on centre - locking 19 - inch motorsport alloy wheels shod with Pirelli slick tyres.

S... Slick tyres.

Olly and engineer Chuck Houghton took the bold decision to stay out on slick tyres, giving Corvette the advantage over its rivals.

The additional benefit of a race - style transmission, revised double wishbone suspension and Pirelli slick tyres — together with up to 1,000 kg of downforce — will ensure that the McLaren Senna GTR will also post the quickest McLaren circuit lap times outside Formula 1.