a marked section of the track at the start where the cars line up according to their times in practice, the fastest occupying the front position
Examples of 'starting grid' in a sentence
starting grid
The list of suspects is as long as a starting grid.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Britain is on the starting grid, but now it's time to get moving.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Two cars swing into position on the impromptu starting grid.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Leave your grey matter at the starting grid and hold fast.
The Sun (2011)
The drivers on the starting grid are brave as well as talented.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
On the starting grid are some classic muscle cars.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The ticket checkpoint is a starting grid of taxis, minibuses, motos, bicycle rickshaws and rather romantic remorques - motorbikes hitched to candy-striped buggies.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Later his party watched the grand prix from an exclusive room overlooking the starting grid.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Soon after that, the jumps season will end with great ceremony, only to hobble off the starting grid again barely 21 hours later.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The starting grid of the 2012-13 tournament will be a landscape much altered from a decade ago.