Quiz

[Invincible]

Here we go 25 multiple-choice questions to do with the history of F1 and I should warn you some are not easy

There easier to start with but get harder along the way

1. Which future F1 champ triggered off the infamous Woodcote pile-up at the British GP in 1973?

A. Niki Lauda
B. James Hunt
C. Jody Scheckter
D. Alan Jones

2. Which local Canadian driver was disqualified for being too slow in his home GP in 1969?

A. Al Pease
B. Bill Brack
C. John Cordts
D. Eppie Wietzes

3. Despite banning motorsport in their home grounds since the Le Mans disaster of 1955, Switzerland held a GP held in 1982 on a racetrack in France but where?

A. Magny-Cours
B. Dijon
C. Paul Ricard
D. Clermont-Ferrand

4. Which better-known Indy-Car racer tried to qualify a March at canada in 1982?

A. Rick Mears
B. Johnny Rutherford
C. Tom Sneva
D. Kevin Cogan

5. Which of these drivers is the odd one out? (I need the reason as well)

A. Johnny Cecotto
B. John Surtees
C. Mike Hailwood
D. Giacomo Agostini

6. French single-seater car builder Martini launched the career of which French driver?

A. Patrick Tambay
B. Rene Arnoux
C. Alain Prost
D. Didier Pironi

7. How many cars started in the 1958 Argentine GP?

A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40

8. And which Brit retired on the first lap of that race with a broken rear axle?

A. Stirling Moss
B. Roy Salvadori
C. Tony Brooks
D. Peter Collins

9. Which two newcomers to the 1984 championship finished 5th and 6th in the Italian GP but were ineligable to score points?

A. Phillipe Streiff/Jo Gartner
B. Phillipe Streiff/Stefan Bellof
C. Stefan Bellof/Gerhard Berger
D. Gerhard Berger/Jo Gartner

10. Which of these drivers is the odd one out? (Reason as well!)

A. Elio de Angelis
B. Patrick Depailler
C. Bertrand Gachot
D. Masahiro Hasemi

11. Which Brabham driver did James Hunt describe as 'simply not a world-class driver'? (Be careful)

A. Ricardo Zunino
B. Hector Rebaque
C. Riccardo Patrese
D. Corrado Fabi

12. Who did Ayrton Senna run into the back of in the wet conditions in the Australian GP of 1989?

A. Martin Brundle
B. Stefano Modena
C. Emanuele Pirro
D. Phillipe Alliot

13. Graham Hill drove for the new Shadow team in 1973 but which American was his team-mate?

A. Brett Lunger
B. Sam Posey
C. George Follmer
D. Mark Donohue

14. Which two drivers collided on the first lap in wet conditions in the Belgian GP in 1977?

A. Mario Andretti/John Watson
B. Gunnar Nilsson/Hans-Joachim Stuck
C. Patrick Depailler/Jochen Mass
D. Ronnie Peterson/James Hunt

15. Jacques Laffite, Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg race their final GP's, Ayrton Senna chooses his own team-mate and Benetton enter F1, but what was the year?

16. Which of these drivers didn't drive for Minardi in 1996?

A. Giancarlo Fisichella
B. Taki Inoue
C. Giovanni Lavaggi
D. Tarso Marques

17. How many cars started the 1982 San Marino GP?

A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14

18. Which familiar GP was missing from the 1987 F1 calendar?

A. American GP
B. Mexican GP
C. Canadian GP
D. Brazilian GP

19. Which team debuted the turbo Honda engines in 1983?

A. Williams
B. Theodore
C. Arrows
D. Spirit

20. Which of these is the odd one out?

A. Long Beach
B. Las Vegas
C. Dallas
D. Detroit

21. Which driver started on pole in the 1975 Argentine GP but broke down on the warm-up lap?

A. Carlos Pace
B. Carlos Reutemann
C. Clay Regazzoni
D. Jean-Pierre Jarier

22. What nationality is Slegfried Stohr?

A. American
B. Italian
C. Australian
D. South African

23. When Nelson Piquet famously kicked and punched Eliseo Salzar at the German GP in 1982, a member of Brabham told him Salazar did a good thing by taking him out, what was the reason?

A. The suspension was to go
B. The engine was about to blow
C. The car was about to run out of fuel
D. The steering was about to break

24. Niki Lauda was classed 9th in the results at the British GP in 1974, but was then promoted to fifth after an appeal what was the reason?

A. Penalty For jumping start later discovered to be Regazzoni
B. Wasn't able to leave pits because road was blocked
C. He ran out of fuel on the slowing down lap which was thought to be the last lap of the race
D. A timing error put him down in ninth

25. Which of these drivers is the odd one out?

A. Jack Brabham
B. Jackie Stewart
C. Emerson Fittipaldi
D. Artruro Merzario

Good Luck!

[TimD]

Number 24

Answer B - the pitlane was blocked.

I remember this so well. The Ferrari came tanking in for a last-minute pitstop from 4th with a slow puncture. The team did the business and Lauda shot out...

...except that the Clerk of the Course had parked his Ford Cortina in the centre of the pitlane exit, in anticipation of closing the course after the chequered flag. Niki had to just sit there, fuming.

[Vitesse]

1 C - Scheckter

2 A - Pease (this was the last WC appearance of an Eagle IIRC)

3 B - Dijon-Prenois

5 D - Agostini. Never drove in a WC race, although all of them were motorcycle World champs. See the 8W Summer game:
http://8w.forix.com/lmresult.html

6 C - Prost

7 A - 10

8 D - Collins

9 D - Gartner/Berger

12 A - Brundle

13 C - Follmer
{Hill did NOT drive for the works Shadow team, which carried UOP sponsorship. He had sponsorship from Embassy and his car was maintained and run from his own operation, which later became the Hill team. Follmer, Jack Oliver and Brian Redman were the works drivers)

14 A - Andretti/Watson

15 1986

17 C - 13

18 C - Canada

19 D - Spirit

20 C - Dallas (never held a CART race)

21 D - Jarier

22 B - Italian

And a query:

4: I think the answer you're looking for is Cogan, but it was 1980 in a Williams ....

[fines]

There are a number of mistakes in your quiz, Invincible!

Question 4: The Indycar driver who tried to qualify a March at Canada in 1982 was Raul Boesel, but he started his Indy career a few years later (1985).

Question 6: I think you'll find that all of them started their career with a Martini in Formula Renault! Tambay, Arnoux and Pironi also drove Martinis in Formula Two, and Prost in Formula Three.

Question 11: Hunt disliked Patrese all of his life. Whether he really didn't think of him as a "world-class" driver is another question...

Question 13: Graham Hill never drove for the Shadow team. He had merely bought a DN1 for his own team to enter.

Question 15: The Benetton team entered F1 in 1985, with a Toleman/Hart.

Question 17: 14 qualified, 12 returned from the warm-up lap but only 11 left the line, with one joining in when the race was already started, so almost any answer is correct!

[fines]

Oh, I can see Vitesse has left some questions unanswered, so I'll finish it:

10 de Angelis - no fastest race lap

16 Takachio Inoe

23 B

24 B

25 B (no team of his own name)

Also, I think he's got Nr. 5 wrong. Surely Cecotto is the odd one out, he's the only one not to have won the 500cc World Championship, also he never won a Tourist Trophy. He never rode for MV Agusta, has won less than half a dozen World Championships, and is the only non-European in that list.

Here's another quiz for you:

1 - Which former teammate of Stirling Moss scored the only ever World Championship points for a certain German manufacturer?

2 - In which country did Didier Pironi enter the podium for a World Championship Grand Prix for the first time?

3 - When was the last time a Grand Prix was won by a car built in the United States of America?

[Vitesse]

Michael, if I might be permitted to correct you

I think the answer to 25 is Merzario, as his cars never won a GP - where did you get the idea there was no team called Stewart?

And Hunt only started disliking Patrese after Ronnie Peterson's death - he continued to blame Riccardo for the accident.

Damn: should have got the de Angelis one ... it was late, I was tired etc etc

No1 Dunno - is this a trick question?

No2 Belgium

No3 1921

[Lola]

Vitesse you are right. All but Artruro Merzario were world champs.
All had there own F1 teams + cars except Stewart never drove for his own team so he is the odd one out.

[Roger Clark]

1 - Which former teammate of Stirling Moss scored the only ever World Championship points for a certain German manufacturer?

Martin Brundle?

[Invincible]

So here are the answers to invincible's quiz

1. Which future F1 champ triggered off the infamous Woodcote pile-up at the British GP in 1973?
C. Jody Scheckter


2. Which local Canadian driver was disqualified for being too slow in his home GP in 1969?
A. Al Pease


3. Despite banning motorsport in their home grounds since the Le Mans disaster of 1955, Switzerland held a GP held in 1982 on a racetrack in France but where?
B. Dijon


4. Which better-known Indy-Car racer tried to qualify a March at canada in 1982?
D. Kevin Cogan (Couldn't find what car Cogan drove so took a stab!)

5. Which of these drivers is the odd one out? (I need the reason as well)
D. Giacomo Agostini (Cecotto,Hailwood and Surtees all drove in the F1 championship, while Agostini race in the British F1 series!)

6. French single-seater car builder Martini launched the career of which French driver?
B. Rene Arnoux (This question was meant to be about Martini in F1 and so Arnoux is the right answer because he drove for Martini in 1978)


7. How many cars started in the 1958 Argentine GP?
A. 10


8. And which Brit retired on the first lap of that race with a broken rear axle?
D. Peter Collins

9. Which two newcomers to the 1984 championship finished 5th and 6th in the Italian GP but were ineligable to score points?
D. Gerhard Berger/Jo Gartner

10. Which of these drivers is the odd one out? (Reason as well!)
A. Elio de Angelis (Never posted a fastest lap)


11. Which Brabham driver did James Hunt describe as 'simply not a world-class driver'? (Be careful)
B. Hector Rebaque (Hunt once said that Rebaque wasn't a world-class driver and shouldn't be in F1, he did say the same about Patrese but we all know why)


12. Who did Ayrton Senna run into the back of in the wet conditions in the Australian GP of 1989?
A. Martin Brundle


13. Graham Hill drove for the new Shadow team in 1973 but which American was his team-mate?
C. George Follmer (Well it said in the 1973 result sheets Hill Shadow-Ford so that's why I said Hill drove for them!)


14. Which two drivers collided on the first lap in wet conditions in the Belgian GP in 1977?
A. Mario Andretti/John Watson


15. Jacques Laffite, Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg race their final GP's, Ayrton Senna chooses his own team-mate and Benetton enter F1, but what was the year? 1986 (I meant when Toleman were re-named Benetton)

16. Which of these drivers didn't drive for Minardi in 1996?
B. Taki Inoue


17. How many cars started the 1982 San Marino GP?
C. 13


18. Which familiar GP was missing from the 1987 F1 calendar?
C. Canadian GP (Apparently it was because the startline was being changed)


19. Which team debuted the turbo Honda engines in 1983?
D. Spirit (With Stefan Johansson until Williams nicked later in the year!)

20. Which of these is the odd one out?
C. Dallas (The one I was looking for, Dallas never hosted a GP in 1982, whilst Long Beach, Las Vegas and Detroit did!)


21. Which driver started on pole in the 1975 Argentine GP but broke down on the warm-up lap?
D. Jean-Pierre Jarier

22. What nationality is Slegfried Stohr?
B. Italian


23. When Nelson Piquet famously kicked and punched Eliseo Salzar at the German GP in 1982, a member of Brabham told him Salazar did a good thing by taking him out, what was the reason?
B. The engine was about to blow


24. Niki Lauda was classed 9th in the results at the British GP in 1974, but was then promoted to fifth after an appeal what was the reason?
B. Wasn't able to leave pits because road was blocked



25. Which of these drivers is the odd one out?
B. Jackie Stewart (Never drove for the team bearing his name!)

I know it was slightly crooked but it was good for me at a first attempt maybe i'll give another go soon!

[fines]

Ýes Richard, of course Stewart had his own team, but that was just two years ago, and remember I'm a historian!

Invincible, I think the 1987 Canadian GP was cancelled for financial reasons.


About my quiz: Roger's right, Martin Brundle is the answer to 1. He was Moss' teammate in the 1981 British Saloon Car Championship, and scored Zakspeed's only WC points in 1987. I thought that was pretty tricky, hats off to you, Roger!! :up:

Richard has No. 3 right, but No. 2 is wrong! Have another try

[fines]

Come to think of it, when was the last time a World Drivers Championship race was run by a car built outside of Europe?

[Vitesse]

Originally posted by fines
Come to think of it, when was the last time a World Drivers Championship race was run by a car built outside of Europe?

1977 Japanese GP - Kojima KE009

Pironi - I'm baffled:confused: :confused:

[fines]

You're probably right about the Kojima, but what I meant to ask was the last car to have won a World Championship round (apparently I was REALLY tired...)

About Pironi, this is a trick question! I'll give you one more chance.

[fines]

You're probably right about the Kojima, but what I meant to ask was the last car to have won a World Championship round (apparently I was REALLY tired...)

About Pironi, this is a trick question! I'll give you all one more chance.

[Vitesse]

Originally posted by fines
You're probably right about the Kojima, but what I meant to ask was the last car to have won a World Championship round (apparently I was REALLY tired...)

Mexican GP 1965, Honda RA271 - I think this is the ONLY WDC round won by a non-European-built car!

Originally posted by fines
About Pironi, this is a trick question! I'll give you all one more chance.

Nope - still:confused: !

[fines]

I'm actually not sure about the Honda, it may have been built in Amsterdam, but disregarding that it would be the Watson of "Jim" Rathmann in 1960.

The answer to question 2 is: Brazil! Now who can come up with an explanation?

[Vitesse]

I figured it had something to do with a protest or DQ! However, the only report I have of Brazil 1979 says Reutemann was "initially excluded from the results". Presumably, he was also excluded from the podium amd Didier took his place, only to be bumped back to fourth later ...

Nice one!!