off the pace
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The second Red Bull of Isack Hadjar was third fastest, 0.783secs off the pace, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, split from his team-mate Lewis Hamilton by championship leader Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The midfielder was off the pace and never came out for the second half.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Red Bull's Max Verstappen, still yet to win a race this year, was 0.818secs off the pace with ninth-fastest time, behind the Racing Bulls of Arvid Lindblad and Oliver Bearman's Haas.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Even then, he found himself two shots off the pace on a leaderboard jam packed with the game’s best players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The American boys were only a length off the pace but still out in the widest part of the lake, bucking the relentless, punishing winds, spray flying from their oars with every release.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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