Definitions for victory lap
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. victory lap, lap of honournoun

   a lap by the winning person or team run to celebrate the victory

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1. Victory lap

   A victory lap (also lap of honor) is a term used in motorsports to describe an extra lap of the race track after the conclusion of a race. This lap, driven at reduced speed, allows the winning driver to celebrate their victory and gives the spectators an opportunity to congratulate and honor the competitors. Commonly, trackside flag marshals will wave their flags in a gesture known as the FIA salute or the Monkey Dance in the US. It is not uncommon for marshals to clap or wave their hands at drivers as a gesture and sometimes the drivers wave back in response. Victory laps can sometime become dangerous for the winner and the other drivers, since in many tracks the safety nets can be easily climbed over by the crowd, which then becomes an obstacle for the racers. Victory laps have regularly seen drivers who have retired in the final stages of a race being given a lift back to the pits on one of their competitors' cars. Some notable examples in Formula One include Riccardo Patrese and Didier Pironi at the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix, Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna at the 1991 British Grand Prix (pictured), Jean Alesi and Michael Schumacher at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher and Giancarlo Fisichella at the 1997 German Grand Prix, Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix, and Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso at the 2011 German Grand Prix and 2013 Singapore Grand Prix and Sebastian Vettel and Pascal Wehrlein at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix. Since the mid-2000s, the FIA, motor sport's world governing body, have restricted what a Formula One driver may do on his victory lap. The sporting regulations state that at the end of a race, "all cars must proceed on the circuit directly to the post race parc fermé without stopping, without overtaking (unless clearly necessary), without receiving any object whatsoever and without any assistance (except that of the marshals if necessary)", although this rule has rarely been enforced, such as Felipe Massa taking a Brazilian flag following his victory at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix, and more recently Lewis Hamilton taking a British flag following his controversial victory at the 2021 British Grand Prix. It is also commonplace to see drivers overtaking on the victory lap, as well as drivers stopping to conserve a one-litre fuel sample required for post-race inspection, amongst other reasons.

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1. victory lap

   A victory lap is a tradition in sports where after achieving a victory or accomplishment, the winner proceeds to make a circuit or complete a lap around the track, field, or court, celebrating their success. It is also often used metaphorically to describe a celebratory activity or tour marked by the feeling of satisfaction for something successfully achieved or accomplished.

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1. Victory lap

   A victory lap is a term used in motorsports to describe an extra lap of the race track after the conclusion of a race. This lap, driven at reduced speed, allows the winning driver to celebrate his or her victory and gives the spectators an opportunity to congratulate and honor the competitors. Commonly, trackside flag marshals will wave their flags in a gesture known as the FIA salute or the Monkey Dance in the US. It is not uncommon for marshals to clap or wave their hands at drivers as a gesture and sometimes the drivers wave back in response. Victory laps can sometime become dangerous for the winner and the other drivers, since in many tracks the safety nets can be easily climbed over by the crowd, which then becomes an obstacle for the racers. Victory laps have regularly seen drivers who have retired in the final stages of a race being given a lift back to the pits on one of their competitors' cars. Some notable examples in Formula One include Riccardo Patrese and Didier Pironi at the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix, Nigel Mansell and Ayrton Senna at the 1991 British Grand Prix, Jean Alesi and Michael Schumacher at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher and Giancarlo Fisichella at the 1997 German Grand Prix, Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix, and Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso at the 2011 German Grand Prix.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of victory lap in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of victory lap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of victory lap in a Sentence

1. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:

   It is just disgraceful that we are sitting with a president who takes a victory lap for the worst economic growth in post-World War II history, imagine how many people I could fire from the IRS if you could do your taxes in 15 minutes.

2. Marsha Blackburn:

   Nearly every family sitting around the Thanksgiving table can agree: prices, from the gas pump to the grocery store, are out of control and hurting the pocketbook, while President Biden takes another victory lap, inflation remains at a 40-year-high, more than half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, and Thanksgiving dinner is expected to cost 20% more than last year.

3. Eric Johnson:

   We're not taking a victory lap here, we're glad to be in a very small group of cities where the crime is going down. And given how much it’s going up other places, you have to say that it's going down pretty significantly, and we're happy about that.

4. Doug Ducey:

   Like I said, no celebration, no victory lap, we're going to stay the course, stay vigilant and keep our guard up. But we have a path forward in Arizona.

5. Erin Hohlfelder:

   Despite the good news, we should not take a victory lap yet.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=victory lap
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Lap
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
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