trivia question....

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 20 Jun 2013, 08:47

Which was, apart from the obvious 1950 British GP and the 1950 Indy 500, the only race in which no driver took part who had previously won a world championship Grand Prix?

Post by **tommykl** » 20 Jun 2013, 08:50

pi314159 wrote:Which was, apart from the obvious 1950 British GP and the 1950 Indy 500, the only race in which no driver took part who had previously won a world championship Grand Prix?

I'm thinking a race where the British teams boycotted, so I believe it's the 1960 Italian Grand Prix, where Phil Hill took his first win, I think.

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 20 Jun 2013, 08:59

tommykl wrote:
pi314159 wrote:Which was, apart from the obvious 1950 British GP and the 1950 Indy 500, the only race in which no driver took part who had previously won a world championship Grand Prix?

I'm thinking a race where the British teams boycotted, so I believe it's the 1960 Italian Grand Prix, where Phil Hill took his first win, I think.

Yes, that's correct.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 21 Jun 2013, 22:27

Who was Murray Walker talking about in my quote below?

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 25 Jun 2013, 11:36

pi314159 wrote:
tommykl wrote:
pi314159 wrote:Which was, apart from the obvious 1950 British GP and the 1950 Indy 500, the only race in which no driver took part who had previously won a world championship Grand Prix?

I'm thinking a race where the British teams boycotted, so I believe it's the 1960 Italian Grand Prix, where Phil Hill took his first win, I think.

Yes, that's correct.

I was just about to make myself look a right idiot there and say there was also any race in 1994 after Senna died and weren't Mansell's comeback races, but misread it as no championship winner rather than race winner.

As for the Murray Walker quote, could it be the Renault team in the early 80s when they went kaputt all the time?

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 25 Jun 2013, 14:41

James1978 wrote: As for the Murray Walker quote, could it be the Renault team in the early 80s when they went kaputt all the time?

I can give a clue and narrow it down that the time-frame is 1999-2012. Murray Walker was quoted saying this in a Season Preview while dissecting a certain team.
And it was not Renault.

ibsey · Post by **ibsey** » 25 Jun 2013, 16:29

Jocke1 wrote:
James1978 wrote: As for the Murray Walker quote, could it be the Renault team in the early 80s when they went kaputt all the time?

I can give a clue and narrow it down that the time-frame is 1999-2012. Murray Walker was quoted saying this in a Season Preview while dissecting a certain team.
And it was not Renault.

Was Murray talking about Sauber, during a 2001 season preview article he did for F1 Racing magazine?

IIRC the technical boss he was talking about was Sergio Rinland.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 25 Jun 2013, 17:56

ibsey wrote:
Jocke1 wrote:
James1978 wrote: As for the Murray Walker quote, could it be the Renault team in the early 80s when they went kaputt all the time?

I can give a clue and narrow it down that the time-frame is 1999-2012. Murray Walker was quoted saying this in a Season Preview while dissecting a certain team.
And it was not Renault.

Was Murray talking about Sauber, during a 2001 season preview article he did for F1 Racing magazine?

IIRC the technical boss he was talking about was Sergio Rinland.

You're bang on target, ibsey.
It was indeed the F1 Racing article you are referring to, and Sauber was the team.
However it was Willi Rampf he spoke of.

ibsey · Post by **ibsey** » 25 Jun 2013, 18:23

Jocke1 wrote:You're bang on target, ibsey.
It was indeed the F1 Racing article you are referring to, and Sauber was the team.
However it was Willi Rampf he spoke of

I remember reading that very article back in the day. IIRC Murray absolutely slated Sauber in it. But in the end it turned out to be another of Murray’s “prophecies that did not come true”. Since Sauber when on to have their best ever season (up until then). Despite an extremely inexperienced driver lineup. Also I seem to remember during Murray’s ITV commentaries of the early races in 2001. Murray spent a lot of the time trying to rectify his pre season comments about Sauber.

Can’t think of another question to post here at the moment, so someone else is more than welcome to do so.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 25 Jun 2013, 18:49

ibsey wrote: Can’t think of another question to post here at the moment, so someone else is more than welcome to do so.

Who is this former-F1-driver-turned-dj?

Post by **kevinbotz** » 25 Jun 2013, 19:10

Jocke1 wrote:
ibsey wrote: Can’t think of another question to post here at the moment, so someone else is more than welcome to do so.

Who is this former-F1-driver-turned-dj?

Jaime Alguersuari? Either him or Sakon Yamamoto.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Jun 2013, 19:11

I'mma go with Raul Boesel.

Post by **Ataxia** » 25 Jun 2013, 19:24

kevinbotz wrote:
Jocke1 wrote:
ibsey wrote: Can’t think of another question to post here at the moment, so someone else is more than welcome to do so.

Who is this former-F1-driver-turned-dj?

Jaime Alguersuari? Either him or Sakon Yamamoto.

It's totally Sakon...both Jaime and Boesel actually have some hair.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 25 Jun 2013, 19:29

Ataxia wrote:
kevinbotz wrote:
Jocke1 wrote:
Who is this former-F1-driver-turned-dj?

Jaime Alguersuari? Either him or Sakon Yamamoto.

It's totally Sakon...both Jaime and Boesel actually have some hair.

You never know with some people... JV's hair fell off within a month

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 25 Jun 2013, 20:01

Jocke1 wrote:
ibsey wrote: Can’t think of another question to post here at the moment, so someone else is more than welcome to do so.

Who is this former-F1-driver-turned-dj?

I believe those are Red Bull cans in the background, so it could be Alguersuari

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 25 Jun 2013, 22:34

kevinbotz called it

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 25 Jun 2013, 22:41

Can you guess who this is? Without zooming...

Post by **tommykl** » 26 Jun 2013, 05:04

That looks like Jacky Ickx. Or David Coulthard. Or Stefan Johansson...

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 26 Jun 2013, 07:42

Eddie Irvine?

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 26 Jun 2013, 10:15

My first thought was Alex Wurz... Second thought was Mika Hakkinen.

The Dutch Bear · Post by **The Dutch Bear** » 26 Jun 2013, 12:30

Kimi Raikkonen?

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 26 Jun 2013, 13:35

Coops already said Irvine and I believe he's right. I remember seeing that picture in an F1 Racing magazine.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 26 Jun 2013, 16:41

Yes, Irvine is correct. And indeed it is from F1 Racing, I took a picture of the page from the mag.

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 29 Jun 2013, 10:46

When was the last time Jacques Villeneuve led a lap of a Grand Prix?

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 29 Jun 2013, 11:38

good_Ralf wrote:When was the last time Jacques Villeneuve led a lap of a Grand Prix?

Jerez, 1997?

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 29 Jun 2013, 12:47

He was very competitive in Germany 1998, so a lap then during the stops?

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 30 Jun 2013, 08:33

dr-baker wrote:
good_Ralf wrote:When was the last time Jacques Villeneuve led a lap of a Grand Prix?

Jerez, 1997?

I second Jerez 1997.

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 01 Jul 2013, 10:26

According to Murray Walkers 1991 Grand Prix Year (sponsored by Fosters, wont see that any more!)

Which team introduced a 'go faster' button in their car which gave em an extra 200rpm for a very short period of time.

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 01 Jul 2013, 10:39

The answer to my latest question was indeed Jerez 1997. When Jacques let Mika and DC through on the last lap, little did he know that he would never lead a lap of a Grand Prix again, although he was ahead of Fisichella in that hilarious moment at Montreal 1998.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 01 Jul 2013, 12:29

David AGS wrote:According to Murray Walkers 1991 Grand Prix Year (sponsored by Fosters, wont see that any more!)

Which team introduced a 'go faster' button in their car which gave em an extra 200rpm for a very short period of time.

Williams?

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 01 Jul 2013, 13:54

David AGS wrote:According to Murray Walkers 1991 Grand Prix Year (sponsored by Fosters, wont see that any more!)

Which team introduced a 'go faster' button in their car which gave em an extra 200rpm for a very short period of time.

Probably Williams, they had all sorts of gizmos like that back then

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 01 Jul 2013, 13:58

David AGS wrote:According to Murray Walkers 1991 Grand Prix Year (sponsored by Fosters, wont see that any more!)

Which team introduced a 'go faster' button in their car which gave em an extra 200rpm for a very short period of time.

Williams as well and although they weren't sponsored by Fosters, their livery is very similar and that gave me a potential hint.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 01 Jul 2013, 16:30

I'm gonna say Ferrari. Because I can and I like to be different.

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 02 Jul 2013, 23:39

Not Williams and Ferrari.

More of a middle/rear to the grid team!

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 02 Jul 2013, 23:48

Leyton House? Larrousse? The Red Scuds?

ibsey · Post by **ibsey** » 03 Jul 2013, 19:34

Brabham-Yamaha?

I'm guessing the engine was so bad, it wasn't able to rev very high for long periods of time. Hence the go faster button, to assist overtaking?

David AGS · Post by **David AGS** » 04 Jul 2013, 11:45

Whos the Red Scuds?

If that is Scueria Italia/Dallara well im afraid you are

Was used at Hungary!

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 13 Jul 2013, 19:06

What F1 driver was quoted saying this:

At ______ last year, I think I drove a very, very good race.
I started __ and overtook two cars to win. And I overtook two cars not because they pitted, not because they ran wide.
No, I actually overtook two cars, in anger, to win a GP - and it was totally overlooked, in my view, because I'm not Michael Schumacher.
If I was Michael Schumacher, everyone would have said, "What a magnificent, classic Schuey win!".
But no one said that. No one said, "F*cking Hell! ________ won a great race and actually passed two cars to do it."
No one said that.

Post by **tommykl** » 13 Jul 2013, 19:52

That has to be Juan Pablo Montoya.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 13 Jul 2013, 20:00

tommykl wrote:That has to be Juan Pablo Montoya.

My favourite Formula One driver, for the fact he wasn't afraid of anything.