trivia question....

Faustus · Post by **Faustus** » 22 Jun 2011, 09:51

Wizzie wrote:Anyways here's another one:
After his monster shunt in the 2001 German Grand Prix Luciano Burti took the restart in the spare Prost which had been set up for Jean Alesi. What did he have to say about the car?

That it was much better than his and felt like a completely different car?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 22 Jun 2011, 09:56

Faustus wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Anyways here's another one:
After his monster shunt in the 2001 German Grand Prix Luciano Burti took the restart in the spare Prost which had been set up for Jean Alesi. What did he have to say about the car?

That it was much better than his and felt like a completely different car?

That was easier than I thought it would be.

Faustus · Post by **Faustus** » 23 Jun 2011, 18:30

Wizzie wrote:
Faustus wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Anyways here's another one:
After his monster shunt in the 2001 German Grand Prix Luciano Burti took the restart in the spare Prost which had been set up for Jean Alesi. What did he have to say about the car?

That it was much better than his and felt like a completely different car?

That was easier than I thought it would be.

No it wasn't, it's just that I was there (working in F3000) and I remember hearing it.

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 27 Jun 2011, 14:13

Phoenix wrote:
eagleash wrote:Hmm....not really the conciliatory response one might expect from a moderator.....

Well, no ther moderator has ever taken care of this little fact either

Maybe they thought that a well subscribed thread which is not necessarily about either current or historic F1 belonged in probably the most popular/accessed forum. Senna Movie, Caption This, Panderbox, Ponderbox, Rantbox, (& sundry other threads) are not necessarily about current F1 either.

Anyways, here's an easy question to re-activate this thread which has been a bit dormant since moving.

As well as Ascari, which other F1 driver put a car in the harbour at Monaco?

Post by **tommykl** » 27 Jun 2011, 14:56

eagleash wrote:
Phoenix wrote:
eagleash wrote:Hmm....not really the conciliatory response one might expect from a moderator.....

Well, no ther moderator has ever taken care of this little fact either

Maybe they thought that a well subscribed thread which is not necessarily about either current or historic F1 belonged in probably the most popular/accessed forum. Senna Movie, Caption This, Panderbox, Ponderbox, Rantbox, (& sundry other threads) are not necessarily about current F1 either.

Anyways, here's an easy question to re-activate this thread which has been a bit dormant since moving.

As well as Ascari, which other F1 driver put a car in the harbour at Monaco?

Easy. Paul Hawkins.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 27 Jun 2011, 15:36

Couldn't remember the driver's name, but I do know that both drivers died on the same date several years apart...

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 27 Jun 2011, 15:44

dr-baker wrote:Couldn't remember the driver's name, but I do know that both drivers died on the same date several years apart...

True: 26th May. 1955 & 1969. Both having survived their Monaco accidents.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 27 Jun 2011, 16:19

eagleash wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Couldn't remember the driver's name, but I do know that both drivers died on the same date several years apart...

True: 26th May. 1955 & 1969. Both having survived their Monaco accidents.

Thanks for confirming, eagleash!

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 27 Jun 2011, 22:35

Here's one:

the legend that is Bertrand Gachot drove for many reject teams but actually scored points for two teams. One was Jordan. Name the other.

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 27 Jun 2011, 22:47

Larrousse?

Nessafox · Post by **Nessafox** » 27 Jun 2011, 22:53

eagleash wrote:Larrousse?

Larousse Venturi

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 27 Jun 2011, 23:00

This wrote:
eagleash wrote:Larrousse?

Larousse Venturi

That's the one. But with 2 "R"s

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 27 Jun 2011, 23:02

Here's another one:

When the Jordan cars were showed at Phoenix for round 1 of the 1991 season, being the team in its rookie season, Alan Henry made a remark about the car that really caught the attention of Eddie Jordan. So much so, in fact, that he was offering a deal to Henry about it. Now, what was the remark about, and in what did the deal consist?

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 28 Jun 2011, 00:26

He recognised an aerodynamicly weak part and got a designer's job out of it?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 28 Jun 2011, 01:12

Klon wrote:He recognised an aerodynamicly weak part and got a designer's job out of it?

I'm sorry, but no, not even close.

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 28 Jun 2011, 10:48

Was it the livery, the lovely green

Or a sponsor? I think I read something very similar in an F1 Racing mag this year, as it's 20 years since their debut season

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 28 Jun 2011, 11:58

The Green livery was quite like the cover design colour of MotorSport Magazine for whom Henry was writing at the time.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 28 Jun 2011, 20:52

David AGS is close.

uh_clem · Post by **uh_clem** » 28 Jun 2011, 21:00

Did the green color inspire 7UP sponsorship whose cans and bottles were also green?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 28 Jun 2011, 21:13

uh_clem wrote:Did the green color inspire 7UP sponsorship whose cans and bottles were also green?

It's something like that, but not with 7Up. As a clue, the deal never took off.

Klon · Post by **Klon** » 28 Jun 2011, 21:31

Wasn't it something with Spearmint or Tic-Tacs?

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 28 Jun 2011, 21:57

Klon wrote:Wasn't it something with Spearmint or Tic-Tacs?

Nope.

As a clue, it had to do with the blue at the bottom of the car.

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 29 Jun 2011, 11:43

It wasnt UBS or something like that.

Edit: I researched and found the answer

A clue: This sponsor is CURRENTLY involved in Formula 1, in a small but large way.

(If you know the answer you will understand!!!)

eagleash · Post by **eagleash** » 29 Jun 2011, 11:51

It wasn't Allianz was it? :lol:

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 29 Jun 2011, 23:04

I know tic-tac and fujifilm sponsored the Jordan cars. But that's probably too easy to guess lol.

it's stumped me this, resisting the urge to google it.

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 30 Jun 2011, 08:52

Phoenix did say the deal never took off

so Tic Tac, Fuji etc are all ruled out.

Its actually a really good question.

Alan Henry is a journo too.

Not Allianz, but can understand with the blue.

Another clue (hope Phoenix dont mind!) The First Grand Prix of the 1991 season was at Phoenix, USA, so there is a huge huge chance that this backer would come from the States.

Post by **tommykl** » 30 Jun 2011, 09:50

AT&T?

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 30 Jun 2011, 10:01

Bingo!

I think it goes the line that Henry saw the blueis similar to the AT&T blue,and he did comment that to Eddie Jordan. Jordan asked Henry to chase that potential sponsor to no avail.

Current F1 sponsor in a small but large way.

AT&T is the title sponsor of Williams, yet gets little space on the car!

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 01 Jul 2011, 00:32

In 1995, three drivers finished in the points in all the races they completed. Who were they?

Who scored their first career points at Germany 1995 for 5th place?

Whose car burst into flames on the slow-down lap of the same race?

Who was the driver Jenson Button overtook with only a handful of laps left at Brazil 2000 for 7th place? ( which became 6th after a disqualification ahead of him)?

Which driver was DQ'd from 6th place at Australia 2000, handing Zonta his first F1 point?

Why did the Sauber team pull out of Brazil 2000?

Enough for now. Someone will probably answer these pretty easily l

shinji · Post by **shinji** » 01 Jul 2011, 01:25

Sauber in Brazil had two rear wing failures and were the first team to pull out on safety grounds for yonks.

Mika Salo was disqualified.

Button overtook Verstappen I think? To become the youngest points-scorer of course.

To say I devoured the 2000 Review DVD is an understatement.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 01 Jul 2011, 01:32

All correct! 2000 was one of the best years IMO

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 01 Jul 2011, 04:18

The cool down lap question was Ukyo Katayama (Brundle commented that he had to drive that car in 2 weeks time at Hungary :lol:

)

Post by **tommykl** » 01 Jul 2011, 05:17

Coulthard, Hill and Alesi scored points in every race they finished.

The driver who scored points for 5th in Germany was Jean-Christophe Boullion.

And Wizzie, in 1995, Brundle was alternating with Aguri Suzuki, not Katayama.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 01 Jul 2011, 06:29

tommykl wrote:Coulthard, Hill and Alesi scored points in every race they finished.

The driver who scored points for 5th in Germany was Jean-Christophe Boullion.

And Wizzie, in 1995, Brundle was alternating with Aguri Suzuki, not Katayama.

Ah. Must have confused the two. :oops:

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 01 Jul 2011, 12:44

I could have sworn Schumacher scored points in every race he finished in 1995 as well as the three mentioned - his lowest finish IIRC was 5th in Canada after he was delayed. He was on the podium in all the others, or retired.

midgrid · Post by **midgrid** » 01 Jul 2011, 15:24

I think he was classified in Hungary despite retiring with a few laps to go.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 06 Jul 2011, 11:16

Easy question: Identify Car and driver present in this picture.

Bonus: Do the same for this one.

Post by **mario** » 06 Jul 2011, 11:39

DanielPT wrote:Easy question: Identify Car and driver present in this picture.

Hector Rebaque driving a Rebaque HR100?

DanielPT wrote:Bonus: Do the same for this one.

Now, this one is a little trickier - is it Silvio Mosler in a Bellasi F1-70?

Faustus · Post by **Faustus** » 06 Jul 2011, 11:41

DanielPT wrote:Easy question: Identify Car and driver present in this picture.

Hector Rebaque, Lotus 79. It's not the Rebaque HR100 because it's the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. To be fair, they were very similar, mechanically and aerodynamically.

DanielPT wrote:Bonus: Do the same for this one.

Silvio Moser, Bellasi. Not sure where. The number is odd, very high. Is it in a hillclimb, by any chance?

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 06 Jul 2011, 11:48

Faustus wrote:
DanielPT wrote:Easy question: Identify Car and driver present in this picture.

Hector Rebaque, Lotus 79. It's not the Rebaque HR100 because it's the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. To be fair, they were very similar, mechanically and aerodynamically.

DanielPT wrote:Bonus: Do the same for this one.

Silvio Moser, Bellasi. Not sure where. The number is odd, very high. Is it in a hillclimb, by any chance?

Correct!