Sentence examples for setting the quickest from inspiring English sources

But Williams have pace too, with new driver Felipe Massa setting the quickest lap of all in Bahrain during a qualifying simulation, pace that was also demonstrated over race-length runs.

Just to have finished the 24 Hours would have been a major achievement, but the cars had shown that they were very fast, with Phil Hill setting the quickest lap of the race.

Three drivers took a whack at the record on Sept. 4. Walter Röhrl, former European rally champion; Timo Kluck, a Porsche test driver; and Marc Lieb, a Porsche factory driver, each broke the record in a 918 Spyder, with Lieb setting the quickest time.

Reigning champion Casey Stoner put down a marker for Sunday's British MotoGP by setting the quickest time in practice.

Ingham completed the opening dressage event in bronze medal position before setting the quickest time over the cross-country course with a clear round.

Northern Ireland's Michael Dunlop retired at Glen Darragh on his opening lap on the Honda Legends Superbike, but returned and went back out on his Supersport machine, setting the quickest time for the class at 122.67mph.

Yamaha's Rossi had set the quickest lap in qualifying but he was pipped at the end of the session by Marquez, who claimed a 0.325secs advantage.

Williams driver Pastor Maldonado set the quickest time on the penultimate day of the second pre-season test.

Michael Dunlop set the quickest time in qualifying at the Isle of Man TT on Thursday night, topping the Supersport timesheets in a disrupted session.

Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi found a late fast lap to set the quickest time in practice for Sunday's Catalunya grand prix in Barcelona.

He also set the quickest lap, behind the wheel of his regular Toro Rosso in the morning, when he was 0.215 seconds quicker than he was in the Red Bull.