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English term or phrase:
I got lunged
English answer:
I was overtaken (& forced off track)
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Hello everyone,
Nic Hamilton shares his racing experience.
"I'm braking and Mark is catching me up and then the tyres started going off, so then I made mistakes, I went off, then Mark went past. And then I got lunged and my race was over then really."
What does "got lunged" mean?
Nic Hamilton shares his racing experience.
"I'm braking and Mark is catching me up and then the tyres started going off, so then I made mistakes, I went off, then Mark went past. And then I got lunged and my race was over then really."
What does "got lunged" mean?
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| 4 +2 | I was overtaken |
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I was overtaken
http://www.trackdayfilms.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2378...
... starting with me leading my first race at Silverstone only to get lunged and knocked down to 5th
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lunge
lunge= a quick forward movement or thrust so here it means he was overtaken at speed
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Note added at 13 hrs (2016-02-03 15:50:44 GMT)
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To follow up on Sheiala's comment: If the driver lunging or being "lunged" gets hemmed in "door closed" he can end up on the grass (or get entangled and crash) so that might have happened here.
Which race is it? if this one http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewis...
"Shunted into the gravel by his team-mate, Mark Proctor, on the second of 23 laps, he managed to right himself and rejoin almost a lap down. Abetted by a safety car, he gradually ate into the gap separating him from the field, finishing just five seconds behind penultimate finisher Darren Wilson. "
So, he got pushed off track onto the gravel and the safety car came out so he could get back on track and finish the race (last)
So here, "lunged" could mean being forced off the track when being overtaken
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Note added at 13 hrs (2016-02-03 15:51:32 GMT)
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Sheila!
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Note added at 14 hrs (2016-02-03 17:23:49 GMT)
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Hi,
"14th in the standings" means the overall season's standing not just one race! Mark "missed one round"..i.e didn't take part in one session in the season. So that's talking about overall season whereas the article I posted above is the correct race I think because he came "last".
So, it looks to me that after Mark passed him, he was forced onto the gravel and thus lost time before getting back into the race...
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Note added at 14 hrs (2016-02-03 17:25:19 GMT)
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so being "lunged" overtaken and forced onto the gravel meant he lost so much time "the race was over" for him because there was no way he could catch up. I'm pretty sure now that's the correct reading...
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Note added at 14 hrs (2016-02-03 17:27:34 GMT)
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so this "I mean Nic eventually managed to reach the fnish faster than Mark. " is incorrect! Nick came last in this race.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2016-02-03 18:01:32 GMT)
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OOPs !Sorry I was wrong, you were 're right about the last comment! He's 14th in overall season but also came 14th ahead of Mark in a race.
It's hard to work out which race is which as they just keep mixing them up in the script. But yes, the weekend Lewis was in China, Nick came 14th ahead of Mark Proctor in a race at Donington Park whereas the one where he came last after Darren Wilson was at Brands Hatch.
But anyway, "the race was over" means he had too much time to make up...
Look at the standing in the Drivers' Championship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Renault_Clio_Cup_United_K...
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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2016-02-04 10:49:21 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped
... starting with me leading my first race at Silverstone only to get lunged and knocked down to 5th
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lunge
lunge= a quick forward movement or thrust so here it means he was overtaken at speed
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Note added at 13 hrs (2016-02-03 15:50:44 GMT)
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To follow up on Sheiala's comment: If the driver lunging or being "lunged" gets hemmed in "door closed" he can end up on the grass (or get entangled and crash) so that might have happened here.
Which race is it? if this one http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/lewis...
"Shunted into the gravel by his team-mate, Mark Proctor, on the second of 23 laps, he managed to right himself and rejoin almost a lap down. Abetted by a safety car, he gradually ate into the gap separating him from the field, finishing just five seconds behind penultimate finisher Darren Wilson. "
So, he got pushed off track onto the gravel and the safety car came out so he could get back on track and finish the race (last)
So here, "lunged" could mean being forced off the track when being overtaken
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Note added at 13 hrs (2016-02-03 15:51:32 GMT)
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Sheila!
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Note added at 14 hrs (2016-02-03 17:23:49 GMT)
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Hi,
"14th in the standings" means the overall season's standing not just one race! Mark "missed one round"..i.e didn't take part in one session in the season. So that's talking about overall season whereas the article I posted above is the correct race I think because he came "last".
So, it looks to me that after Mark passed him, he was forced onto the gravel and thus lost time before getting back into the race...
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Note added at 14 hrs (2016-02-03 17:25:19 GMT)
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so being "lunged" overtaken and forced onto the gravel meant he lost so much time "the race was over" for him because there was no way he could catch up. I'm pretty sure now that's the correct reading...
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Note added at 14 hrs (2016-02-03 17:27:34 GMT)
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so this "I mean Nic eventually managed to reach the fnish faster than Mark. " is incorrect! Nick came last in this race.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2016-02-03 18:01:32 GMT)
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OOPs !Sorry I was wrong, you were 're right about the last comment! He's 14th in overall season but also came 14th ahead of Mark in a race.
It's hard to work out which race is which as they just keep mixing them up in the script. But yes, the weekend Lewis was in China, Nick came 14th ahead of Mark Proctor in a race at Donington Park whereas the one where he came last after Darren Wilson was at Brands Hatch.
But anyway, "the race was over" means he had too much time to make up...
Look at the standing in the Drivers' Championship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Renault_Clio_Cup_United_K...
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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2016-02-04 10:49:21 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped
Note from asker:
| Thank you, Gallagy. I think it's this one. http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/03/03/nicolas-hamiltons-defiant-step-up-to-touring-cars/ "Finishing 14th in the standings in his debut season, one spot ahead of his Total Control Racing team-mate and ex-BTCC racer Mark Proctor (who admittedly missed one round) was a great achievement." And in the documentary the commentator says (about the race Nic describes): "Nic Hamilton comes home in 14th, ahead of ex touring-car driver, Mark Proctor." And I've to admit that I'm not sure why Nic says that after getting lunged (and after Mark went past him) the race was really over for him. I mean Nic eventually managed to reach the fnish faster than Mark. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sheila Wilson
: Overtaken yes, but by a manoeuvre that's very much 50/50 and often results in a crash
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Thanks, yes, I've added a note.
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| agree |
philgoddard
: Yes, this is an unusual use of the word which I'd never come across before.
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Thanks. Yes, really not too many examples of it when Googling either...
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| neutral |
Andy Watkinson
: Thanks for the acknowledgement.
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I came to this conclusion all on my own (by actually looking at the script and researching ) and before I saw your note so didn't see the need? If you'd put it as an answer with back-up I'd have agreed (and saved myself a lot of time)
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Discussion
http://subsaga.com/bbc/documentaries/disability/2012/racing-...
Nic Hamilton comes home in 14th, **ahead of** ex touring-car driver, Mark Proctor.