Mr. Assad maintained his tight grip through a cold-blooded instinct for power.
The best cars are designed for maximum grip through mechanical and aerodynamic downforce, which do not count so much in the wet.
"If you increase grip through here by 5 percent, you see a difference of around 0.2 seconds per lap, which is huge," Allison said.
The Ring of Power extends its grip through the medium of music, which is the work of the gifted film composer Howard Shore.
Senna said the change in lighting would affect car grip through changes in humidity and in the temperature of the track.
Winter tires are designed to provide added mechanical grip through the use of small channels, called sipes, cut into the tread surface.
An economic company, says Mr de Geus, is a corporate machine with the sole goal of producing wealth for a small group of managers and investors a group that maintains its grip through tight controls and rigid hierarchies.
But beneath this calm, Mr. Kadyrov's private army of 2,000 to 3,000 fighters was maintaining its grip through a campaign of kidnappings and terror, according to local residents and human rights groups.
Now out on DVD in a fine new print (MGM Home Video, $19.98, 103 minutes), the film shows how even the simplest of plots can be made gripping through masterly execution.
A win is the intent and although Porsche have an advantage in straight-line speed that Jarvis acknowledges, he also knows Audi have experience, reliability and an advantage in grip through the corners and higher mid-corner speed.
