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«It already feels faster than it is because you don't have the engine sound, and I think on these tight street circuits we race on you could have some big accidents if the top speeds are too high.»
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Formula 1 has raced on a wide variety of race tracks since its inception in 1950, from tight and twisty street circuits to undulating old - school venues and airfield runways.
The two cars will go head - to - head in a roll race - basically a drag race from a rolling start - on the pit straight of the Adelaide street circuit, which hosted the Australian GP until 1986.
They will be implemented at Marrakesh and Villa Real — both street circuits which tend to produce somewhat dull racing.
The iconic streets of Rome will host a Formula E race on April 14 next year with the circuit set to be the second longest on the calendar at 1.77 miles long.
The Brit believes city races are the future of F1 and wants to see more street circuits — like the Circuit de Monaco, Baku City Circuit and Marina Bay Street Circuit — added to the calstreet circuits — like the Circuit de Monaco, Baku City Circuit and Marina Bay Street Circuit — added to the calStreet Circuit — added to the calendar.
Today the Pau Grand Prix is one of the most prestigious races a driver can win in junior formulae, but in the 50s and early 60s it was F1 cars that tackled the tricky street circuit.
As well as racing on traditional F1 circuits, F3000 also visited some bizarre tracks such as the tight and twisty Pau street circuit and the bonkers Enna - Pergusa.
What do you get when you combine a bumpy American street circuit with seven different racing series?
The 2017 IndyCar season started this weekend with its now - traditional opening race at the St. Petersburg street circuit in Florida.
Badoer was thrown in at the deep end for his first race back at the European Grand Prix at the Valencia street circuit.
Montreal played host to the double - header finale, on a twisty, undulating street circuit that produced pretty exciting racing.
When you combine twisty, barrier - lined street circuits with single - seater electric race cars that are tricky to drive, you're in for a pretty manic weekend.
It also still races at Long Beach, one of the most famous street circuits in the world.
It's perhaps no surprise though that they'll go down the city street circuit route with F1's new owners Liberty Media wanting to make races more like Super Bowls.
Bernie Ecclestone wants to hold the first Formula One race in Azerbaijan on a street circuit in the capital Baku in 2016.
From Paris to Abu Dhabi, Chicago to the sun - kissed California coast and beyond, beautifully created city streets, licensed circuits and edge - of - control mountain roads will become home to the most visceral and exhilarating racing yet.
The game will also feature many fictional racing tracks, from street roads, to grand prix raceway circuits.
Created to dominate on the international race circuit, new sanctions imposed by the FIA required a small run of street - legal production cars before it could set wheel on the starting line.
First Race on New Track Configuration Is Final Rehearsal for 24 Hours of Le Mans SALT LAKE CITY — After back - to - back races on concrete - lined street circuits, the Corvette Racing team will revel in the wide - open spaces of Miller Motorsports Park, the site of Sunday's American Le Mans Series Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix.
The next event for Corvette Racing is the Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix on Saturday, April 8 from the Long Beach (California) street circuit.
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In the early days, sports cars raced through the streets and county roads surrounding the village of Elkhart Lake on temporary circuits until enthusiasts found an enduring home with the opening of the permanent Road America track in 1955.
CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: Victory for Gavin, Milner in No. 4 Corvette Sixth victory for team at action - packed street circuit LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 8, 2017)-- Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class at Saturday's Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach in the No. 4 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet CorvetteRACING AT LONG BEACH: Victory for Gavin, Milner in No. 4 Corvette Sixth victory for team at action - packed street circuit LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 8, 2017)-- Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class at Saturday's Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach in the No. 4 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet CorvetteRacing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class at Saturday's Bubba Burger Sports Car Grand Prix of Long Beach in the No. 4 Mobil 1 / SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.
CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: Westward Bound with Momentum In - Hand Five class wins at historic street circuit for sport's leading GT program All four Corvette Racing drivers have won at Long Beach Garcia, Magnussen coming off Sebring GTLM victory Gavin, Milner second in last year's Long Beach GTLM race DETROIT (April 4, 2017)-- Three weeks after winning one of the longest races on its schedule for the 11th time, Corvette Racing will attempt to score a sixth victoryRACING AT LONG BEACH: Westward Bound with Momentum In - Hand Five class wins at historic street circuit for sport's leading GT program All four Corvette Racing drivers have won at Long Beach Garcia, Magnussen coming off Sebring GTLM victory Gavin, Milner second in last year's Long Beach GTLM race DETROIT (April 4, 2017)-- Three weeks after winning one of the longest races on its schedule for the 11th time, Corvette Racing will attempt to score a sixth victoryRacing drivers have won at Long Beach Garcia, Magnussen coming off Sebring GTLM victory Gavin, Milner second in last year's Long Beach GTLM race DETROIT (April 4, 2017)-- Three weeks after winning one of the longest races on its schedule for the 11th time, Corvette Racing will attempt to score a sixth victoryRacing will attempt to score a sixth victory in...
Corvette Racing's next event is the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio on the temporary street circuit in St. Petersburg, Fla., on April 5.
«I've raced a Daytona Prototype there previously, and the track is much like the street circuit in St. Petersburg in terms of how the track is crowned.
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The streets of Long Beach are uncharted territory for the American Le Mans Series, but several Corvette Racing drivers already know the ins and outs of the famed waterfront circuit.
«Long Beach is one of the classic street circuits, and I've followed the races there since the early days when it hosted Formula 1 events,» said Gavin, the two - time and reigning GT1 champion.
Corvette Racing Gears Up for Second of Three Consecutive ALMS Street Races LONG BEACH, Calif. — The streets of Long Beach are uncharted territory for the American Le Mans Series, but several Corvette Racing drivers already know the ins and outs of the famed waterfront circuit.
LONG BEACH — Wayne Taylor Racing's Ricky Taylor captured his first pole position since 2012 with the fastest qualifying time for the Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase following Friday's qualifying at the Long Beach street circuit.
The Tequila Patrón Sports Car Showcase at Long Beach, the third race of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, is set for 4:05 p.m. PT on Saturday, April 18 from the Long Beach street circuit.
The streets of Long Beach were, however, awash and qualifying for Saturday's two - hour American Le Mans Series at Long Beach race was cancelled due to rain and standing water on the temporary circuit.
Crab cakes, Camden Yards and Charm City's temporary street circuit await Corvette Racing and its two Compuware Chevrolet Corvette C6.R race cars this weekend with the third running of the Grand Prix of Baltimore.
But, with the two - hour sprint race taking place on a 2 - mile, 12 - turn temporary street circuit in Maryland's city of Baltimore, achieving the target amongst the highly competitive GT field won't necessarily be straightforward.
Survival Is the Name of the Game in Grand Prix of Houston HOUSTON — The second annual Grand Prix of Houston, to be contested on Saturday night, April 21, on the 1.7 - mile JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park temporary street circuit, is the third in a series of three street races on the American Le Mans Series calendar.
Sixth victory for team at action - packed street circuit LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 8, 2017)-- Corvette Racing's Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner won the...
It is the first pole position for Corvette Racing since the Baltimore street circuit in 2012.
With both turbocharged Kia Racing Optimas having scored hard - fought top - ten finishes at the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge season opener in St. Petersburg, Fla., the Kia Racing team had just three days in their Buford, Ga., shop to prepare the No. 36 DonorsChoose.org and No. 38 B.R.A.K.E.S. machines before making the long haul west to another ocean - side street circuit, this time the legendary 1.968 - mile, 11 - turn concrete canyon in Long Beach, Calif..
(LONG BEACH, Calif., April 19, 2013)-- Corvette Racing returns to where its championship season in 2012 earned its first of four victories: The 1.968 - mile, 11 - turn Long Beach Street Circuit.
Corvette Racing's next event is the Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg on the temporary street circuit in St. Petersburg, Fla., on April 5.
«With years of racing, especially at street circuits like this, you get a sense of what will happen and unravel, so I gave myself some breathing room as you could see (from the) the body language of the cars ahead that they were going to have an accident.
ClassicCars.com was invited on one of the first rides in the latest model of the street car on the 4 - mile race circuit at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin this past week.
BALTIMORE — Crab cakes, Camden Yards and Charm City's temporary street circuit await Corvette Racing and its two Compuware Chevrolet Corvette C6.R race cars this weekend with the third running of the Grand Prix of Baltimore.
SALT LAKE CITY — After back - to - back races on concrete - lined street circuits, the Corvette Racing team will revel in the wide - open spaces of Miller Motorsports Park, the site of Sunday's American Le Mans Series Larry H. Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix.
The one - hour, 55 - minute race began under caution with a single - file start on the 1.8 - mile street circuit alongside Tampa Bay.
Racing on the rough and rugged 1.7 - mile JAGFlo Speedway at Reliant Park temporary street circuit was like riding a mechanical bull, but Magnussen and O'Connell held on throughout the two - hour and 45 - minute race to stake their claim to the GT1 winner's circle.
ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R «I've always like racing at Long Beach, and I enjoy all street circuits.
O'Connell has previously raced twice on the St. Petersburg street circuit, driving a Cadillac CTS - V to a runner - up finish in the SCCA World Challenge GT race in 2006 and driving a Corvette C6.R in the inaugural ALMS race in 2007.
There are always pinch points and the nature of the Long Beach street circuit contributed to it, but the incident shaped the race for the # 912 Porsche and that's regrettable.