Sentences with phrase «tyre tracks of»

The BMW 2 Series Active Tourer follows in the tyre tracks of the Coupe as the second member of the new BMW 2 Series line - up and impresses from every angle with its sporty presence and harmonious proportions.

And taking to the stage alongside the i3 will be the BMW Concept X5 eDrive, which follows in the tyre tracks of the BMW Concept Active Tourer unveiled in 2012 as the second plug - in hybrid vehicle to feature BMW eDrive.

The MINI John Cooper Works GP follows eagerly in the tyre tracks of its predecessor — and with an even greater spring in its step.

The BMW Concept X5 eDrive now follows in the tyre tracks of the BMW Concept Active Tourer unveiled in 2012 by demonstrating how model - specific BMW eDrive technology can be employed in plug - in hybrid models from the BMW core brand.

The BMW 740Le xDrive iPerformance follows in the tyre tracks of the BMW X5 xDrive40e as the brand's second model to distribute its power permanently to all four wheels in pure - electric driving, when the combustion engine cuts in and when both drive systems are in use at the same time.

In the tyre tracks of DB4, DB5, DB6 and DB7, today's DB9 GT continues that distinguished tradition of luxury, excitement and style with a raft of engineering, equipment and styling developments calculated to make this the very best of what DB9 can be.

The pressure is well and truly on Mercedes to ensure the AMG GT is able to take the charge to a very capable list of rivals, a list that includes the ultra-involving Porsche 911 and brutish Jaguar F - Type Coupe R. And the fact the AMG GT follows in the tyre tracks of some very iconic Mercedes (just look at our gallery of them), well, that will only raise expectations.

This is the new Ferrari 488 Pista, following in the illustrious tyre tracks of its hardcore V8 - powered predecessors, and due to make its debut at this year's Geneva motor show.

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Not exact matches

We look closely at the only part of the car to touch the race track, as well as the only business that pays for the right to supply the tyres to F1.

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 Aussie made the most of the RB14, the hypersoft tyres, and a freshly - resurfaced circuit to set a new track record

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.

I've always been a big fan of strategy shaking up a race and the old Pirelli tyres opened up a lot of options due to the amount of wear, but these new, wider 2017 compounds are much more durable and that could limit drivers to one - stop races at a lot of tracks.

Many of the front - runners chose the full wet tyres, but Schumacher felt the track might dry out sooner than expected and opted for intermediates.

«We know we have more aquaplaning on these tyres, it was fine most of the track, just the straight line, brand new tarmac, not clearing the water.

It's also thanks to there being more Pirelli rubber hitting the track because of the 25 % wider tyres for 2017.

Keen to save tyres in Q1, in 2010 Ferrari and McLaren elected not to go out on track at the start of the session and set a time.

Keeping track of who's on what tyres, who needs to pit, who has the pace and who's saving their car can be a sizeable task, but in MotoGP there's none of that.

As is tradition in Bahrain, the combination of a track where overtaking is pretty straightforward and seriously high tyre wear made for an epic Formula 2 race.

Track conditions were tricky and the tyres required a couple of laps to get up to temperature before drivers could comfortably push.

The combination of softer tyres and a resurfaced track is always going to result in lower lap times, but even so, Sebastian Vettel's lap on the penultimate day was seriously quick.

Alonso was out on track for the final half of the session and worked his way up to eighth place on the supersoft tyres, 1.8 s down on Hamilton's P1 time.

In those vital seconds, as Hamilton cruised through on the outside, Vettel had the presence of mind to steer across the track and spear the broken wing into Hamilton's rear tyre, thus preserving his title chances for at least the rest of the race.

The team from the University of Cambridge found the corpse partly buried in a tyre track on a road through the Nechisar National Park during a 13 - week expedition to the Nechisar Plains of southern Ethiopia.

Splatter zombies into chunks of gore as you speed across the fields and leave tyre - tracks in their guts as you take on daring jumps.

Then to make things even more real, add in all sorts of weather and this makes the track even more varied to race, so you need to change your strategy and of course your tyres.

From S - bends on the race - track to driving the twisting mountain roads at speed, it quickly becomes apparent that this particular tyre is a perfect example of Michelin's «track to street» ethos.

The R fixes many of the 300's foibles with more power (306bhp up from 296bhp), a 20 mm wider track, revised suspension with greater amounts of negative camber and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres.

In reality, you can lean on the front tyres more than your instinct tells you, but while this is easy to put into practice on track, it can feel unnatural on the road, a bit too much like a leap of faith.

Sweltering heat meant that ambient temperatures were well above 30 degree Celsius, and track temperatures were in excess of 50 degree Celsius — a massive challenge for the cars» Michelin tyres.

Plenty of performance cars today are track - ready out of the box, and are a set of stickier tyres away from the real deal.

And / or plenty of tyres, brake pads and track days.

Witnessed many a shunt on track days in front or behind... normally people going out like nutters not taking a bit time to get feel for car track first (I would for example not push very till second of 6 sessions no matter how many times driven castle come, tracks are live things need to feel & judge grip levels and your tyres on the day first).

I can't afford to go to a garage as the original one charged me # 60 extra for wheel balancing and tracking (or wheel alignment), on top of the tyre price, as it doesn't come as standard when fitting new tyres - they also charged me # 10 for 2 plastic valve caps, so go figure - I do not want to have to shell out another # 60 for this repair.

So lower the car by 30 - 40 mm, use semislick tyres and stiff up the compression and the car will be much better on track... The bad side of the R&T kit, both aftermarket and OE, is that there's no front camber adjustments, so you end up eating the tire sidewalls.

On track the Urus — now on 22 - inch wheels with a Corsa tyre — is a freak, storming down the straights and able, at least for small numbers of laps at a time, to brake late into corners.

Novices should be able to navigate most tracks unscathed and there are plenty of driving aids to help out, but more experienced players, having turned off all the assists, will quickly identify the fiery temperaments of some vehicles and have to keep on top of tyre slip and weight transfer.

It's still a bit too much of a brute, and you can imagine your rear tyre and front brake bills being astronomical if you spent much time on track.

The wider rear track must count for something, but more likely it's the optional Corsa tyres that make the difference, this being one of the rare occasions where a stickier, more robust tyre actually makes the car more enjoyable to drive — in the dry, at least.

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.

On cold tyres and with the air temperature only just in positive figures, the Jaguar's tail is happy to step well out of line through the first couple of tight corners, if you've slackened the DSC to its nicely judged «track mode» or switched it off altogether.

Tyres conceived with track driving in mind will be specially designed to give the optimum performance in these parameters so you're buying a tyre specifically designed for the job of performing well on track.

Below we've selected a range of the best tyres across a range of three price bands to show you what's on offer when it comes to track day tyres...

It rides like a pliantly suspended sled, with the feeling that the track is broad and with a big, sticky tyre right at the extremity of each corner.

Perhaps that's because the PASM dampers work so well, rediscovering some of the suppleness of the first GT3 and coupling that to a vast increase in grip thanks to the wider tracks, improved suspension design and huge tyres (305/30 ZR19s at the rear).

There are five variants of the GTS at launch — Coupe, Cabriolet and Targa, with the first two available with two or four driven wheels — but this rear - wheel drive Coupe with a manual gearbox, sticky track - biased tyres and bucket seats could just be the pick of the GTS range, and therefore the entire Carrera line - up.

But this willingness to oversteer adds a useful degree of influence when navigating a track, rather than the ability to simply cook your rear tyres.

«We could read the surface temperature of the tyre with a laser,» remarks Jerome, «but the tyre is very sensitive to the track surface and that would only tell us the temperature of the pitlane.

Some of us have reservations over its ride quality on the third - party Nitron dampers, but on smooth roads or the race track it's a riot, with searing turn - in (on lightweight Team Dynamics wheels and Michelin Cup 2 tyres), a biddable chassis and a naughty exhaust note.