Sentences with phrase «top gear hunt»

Not exact matches

Jochen Rindt, Jean - Pierre Beltoise and Bruce McLaren were all in the hunt but it was the canny Scot who came out on top, thanks partly to a choice of gear ratio that meant he wouldn't have to change gear on the run to the line.

Under normal conditions, the automatic transmission doesn't suffer from the gear hunting issues that some slushboxes do, but its tendency to want to stay in top gear makes sport driving a bit of a mess, with downshifts coming on unpredictably.