Killer Trivia Quiz: Part Quatre: Revenge of the Belgian - The answers1. In Formula 2, David Purley once drove for a team owned by another Formula One reject. Who was this reject?No clue.
A driver who scored less than 3 points in F1
. No idea.
Purley David, his archi-unknown-enemy-secret-lover.
He drove for a team owned by a gentleman named Alec "Lec" Refrigeration. He was a pretty cool guy.
Coloni
Bernie Ecclestone
John Barber?
Johnny Claes
Well, this is off to a great start. I'll just randomly guess Harald Ertl
Brian Henton
I am going to look towards Japan as they had a big F2 scene and hazard a guess that it might be Kuwashima
The team owner was Japanese IIRC, so I'm gonna answer... Masami Kuwashima!
Masami (sp?) Kuwashima
Masami Kuwashima
Quite a tough one to start with, but it seemed that a few people did indeed know the answer! It was Masami Kuwashima, known for his single practice session in Japan 1976. The race in question was in Hockenheim in 1975.
2. What was the full name of 1959 constructor Tec-Mec, founded by Maserati designer Valerio Colotti?kekmek?lolwut?
I think FMecha would like to think it was named after him...
Claes Technology
Tex-Mex cuisine? Dunno.
Colotti Racing
Technical Something or other
Technology Meci
Tecnological Mechanical Engineering
No idea, Technical Mechanical?
Technical-Mechanical.
Technico Mechanico.
Erm... Tecnica Mecanica?
Tecnologia Mecanico de Colotti
I don't know, so I'll have to guess what it means based on what Italian I know...Tecnica Meccanica?
Studio Tecnica Meccanica. How Italian.
Well, not much to say here. It was Studio Tecnica Meccanica. I gave half a point for anything like "Technical - Mechanical", because why the hell not?
3. Name the four drivers to have been entered to a championship Grand Prix by Token (0,25 points per correct answer).Tow-Ken 1, Tow-Ken 2, Street Fighter Ken, and Kenny Roberts Jr.
Johnny Claes, Harald Ertl, Vincenzo Sospiri, Alex Caffi
Chris Amon; Huub Rothengatter; Mauricio Guglemin; Mark Donohue
Tony Trimmer, forgot, forgot, forgot
I should remember this, but I don't. So I'll randomly guess Chris Amon, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Harald Ertl, and... Mike Thackwell. I'll be amazed if any of those are right.
Not entirely sure, but I think Tom Pryce was one of them. Have no idea about the other three.
I seem to remember Tom Pryce was one...no idea about the others
I remember David Purley, but I can't remember any others.
Tom Pryce, Chris Amon , ...
Tom Pryce, David Purley, dunno, dunno
Tom Pryce, David Purley, No Idea, No Idea.
The above David Purley, Tom Pryce, Tony Trimmer., Mike Wilds?
Tom Pryce, David Purley, Ian Ashley
Tom Pryce made his debut for them. David Purley also drove the car. As for the other two, I'll guess Ian Ashley and Mike Wilds.
Tom Pryce seemed like an easy answer, and most of you found him. David Purley was fairly well guessed too, and two of you found Ian Ashley. However, the final one does not show up on Wikipedia, but on StatsF1, which claims that Jacques Laffite was entered in the French Grand Prix for Token. The deal apparently fell through.
4. The 1967 Syracuse Grand Prix featured an unusual finish. How was it unusual, and which two drivers were involved (0,33 points per correct answer)?No bells rung.
Did the Spartans return?
I guess it was about two Italians fighting for a plate of Spaghetti.
The finish was unusual because one driver felt his honour was impugned by the other's rather ungentlemanly conduct in taking the lead on the penultimate lap of the Grand Prix, and thus challenged him to a duel. The drivers were Jeff Smith and Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth.
It finished a lap early, Graham Hill , Denny Hulme
Someone crashed into each other?
Last two cars running crashed into each other? One of them must be a Ferrari seeing as it's a race in Italy, so let's guess...Amon and Scarfiotti.
pretty sure It ended in a dead heat
Guessing on a dead heat for the lead, as that has not happened in any other F1 Race. Don't know the drivers though, but probably two Italians.
The finish was dead heat, so 1-2 is awarded co-winner. Who was involved? Lorenzo Bandini, and.......................................... Fangio
Denny Hulme; Bruce McLaren - The two drivers finished at the same time.
It was a complete dead heat, however it was a non championship event so I cant remember the drivers. Amon, Hobbs
Two Ferraris (can't remember the drivers) finished between 0.00 seconds of each other.
Ferrari staged a dead heat, which was reasonably possible back then since the timing was only to one decimal digit. It featured Turbogirl and Ludovico Scarfiotti.
Ah, a successful dead heat involving two Ferrari drivers, and this one wasn't so controversial. That was Parkes and Scarfiotti if memory serves.
Indeed, it was the only recorded dead heat in Formula One history, between Ferrari teammates and sportscar heroes Ludovico Scarfiotti and Mike Parkes. Whether or not this dead heat was staged is another story...
5. Rejects-wise the 1967 Canadian Grand Prix is best remembered for the “break-out” performances of Al Pease and Tom Jones, qualifying 16th and 19th respectively. Which two drivers split them (0,5 points per correct answer)?mmmh, no idea, but sure they were rejects? yeah, they have to be.
Al Pease qualified faster than other drivers??? They probably left those grid slots empty to make Pease feel better about himself.
Two canadians guys?
The raging feud between Smith and Hallstingdingdingworth continued into the Canadian GP with Smith qualifying 17th and Hallstingdingdingworth right alongside in 18th. This is despite the fact that, knowing my knowledge of this time period, it was probably before the Syracuse GP, but let's not let that get in the way of a crappy made-up story specifically created to make up for the fact that I have absolutely no clue at all about any question on this quiz.
Vague recollections about this one. Jochen Rindt was the name that stood out, but can't remember the other two.
Graham Hill, Chris Amon
Graham Hill, Al Unser
Bonnier, Hobbs?
Ludovico Scarfiotti, Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Mike Spence and Jo Bonnier?
John Surtees; Bob Anderson.
Was Eppie Wietzes one?
Another Canadian reject, Wietzes and... I don't know, Bonnier?
The drivers in question were not as high-profile as some of you guessed. Two of you correctly remembered Eppie Wietzes as one of them, but the other was possibly as obscure, anonymous and American as Tom Jones: Mike Fisher.
6. Which country has the record for most starts by drivers coming from it before leading a single lap?France?
France
Lelgium by any chance?
I've got about five different guesses in my head right now! Belgium?
Germany
Germany
UK
Netherlands
I think Spain seems like an actually fairly legitimate guess here, so, I'll answer seriously for this one and probably never again. Not that it'll be right or anything, that'd be far too daring.
I'll take a wild guess at this one. Japan.
Japan, with them not leading laps until Sato at least, or maybe even up until Kobayashi, but Sato probably led a few laps here and there.
Japan?
Japan?
Japan
Japan
The Netherlands and Spain were good shouts, but the answer was indeed Japan, which endured years of Nakajima, Suzuki, Katayama, Nakano and Takagi before Takuma Sato came along.
7. Name the five drivers who have led the most laps without winning a single race (Indianapolis 500 excluded) (0,2 points per correct answer).Chris Amon
Chris Amon; Nick Heidfeld; Martin Brundle; Elio de Angelis; Louis Rosier
Nick Heidfeld, Chris Amon, Derek Warwick and I have no idea who are the other two
Amon, Johansson, Heidfeld, Cheever, Villoresi?
Martin Brundle, Chris Amon, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Nick Heidfeld, Derek Warwick
Nick Heidfeld, Derek Warwick, Chris Amon, I'm just making plug up
Heidfeld, de Cesaris, Bottas, Amon and Johansson
De Cesaris, Amon, JP Jarier
Chris Amon and Nico Hülkenberg. No idea about the others.
Chris Amon, Martin Brundle...I wanna say Nico Hulkenberg too because, let's be honest, he should have won a million races by now...no idea about the others
let's get serious with this one... Chris Amon, Nico Hulkenberg, Markus Winkelhock, and surely a couple of 50s, 60s, 70s stooges I don't know about.
Chris Amon, Nick Heidfeld, Stefan Johansson, Nico Hulkenberg, and... Sergio Perez? I'd include Martin Brundle, but I'm fairly certain he never actually got to lead a GP.
Thinking of drivers that had led but not won a race... Amon, Jarier, De Cesaris, Capelli, Grosjean.
Chris Amon's probably one of them, the poor bastard. I'll finish off with Jean Behra, Ivan Capelli, Romain Grosjean and Nico Hulkenberg.
Chris Amon's number one, of that I'm sure. Jean Behra was a great driver who often had a good car but didn't win so he's probably up there. Ivan Capelli is probably there as well for that injustice that happened at France 1990. Also speaking of injustice, Hulkenberg is probably up there as well for Interlagos 2013. Grosjean's also led quite a few laps when Lotus weren't hopeless so he will be my fifth choice.
Chris Amon was the obvious choice, and everyone found him. I didn't expect Nico Hülkenberg to be found as much, but he is indeed another answer. The other three were Jean Behra, Jean-Pierre Jarier and Ivan Capelli. Heidfeld did not quite lead as many laps, nor did Grosjean, de Cesaris, Johansson or Pérez. Martin Brundle never led a single lap.
8. Which constructor was the only one to have gone over ten years between two consecutive points finishes on two separate occasions?No idea.
wut
...probably Alfa Romeo.
Theodore?
Osella?
Minardi
This sounds like something that would happen to a team that withdrew from the sport and then came back. If that's the case then Mercedes is the first team that springs to mind.
Tyrrell
March ( can't be right though)
March
I should probably be able to get this one, but I'm having trouble thinking of a constructor which could feasibly do that. I'll just guess Brabham.
A really crap team. But, in all seriousness, probably LOLa. They had their Honda, Embassy Hill and Haas stints in F1, which was probably where they scored points. Of course, they tried to make it three separate occasions with MasterCard, but we know how that went.
It must be Lola, surely? They've been in and out of F1 quite a bit...
I would guess Lola. Given their stop start life in F1
It was indeed a constructor with a long life span but long amounts of time away from F1, and it was indeed Lola. They scored points when entered by Reg Parnell as Bowmaker-Yeoman in 1962, then by Embassy-Hill in 1974 and Beatrice-Haas in 1986 (then later for Larrousse). Had the Hondas in 1967 and 1968 counted, they would not have this distinction, but those cars were officially called Hondas, and not Lolas.
9. Which driver started his racing career under the pseudonym “Antonio Bronco”?Again, no clue.
Ah yes, the famed exploits of the fourteenth Duke of Dellsborough in Northern Newhamptonshire, Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth, began as the humble Antonio Bronco. This ruse continued as long as Lord Hallstingdingdingworth pretended to be mute, which inevitably ended as soon as his eternal rival Jeff Smith accidentally-on-purpose ran over his foot, causing the Lord to yell out in pain which instantly revealed himself as a proper English gentleman.
Antonio Bizarri
An Italian cowboy. But I dunno in reality. So how about Gerino Gerini, since that was the last obscure Italian F1 Driver I remember.
Antonio Ascari
Pedro Diniz :p
Ludovico Scarfiotti
Vittorio Brambilla
...Mario Andretti? It's a bit of a lame pseudonym if you ask me
Sounds like Toni Branca.
I am pretty sure it is Ricky Van Opel?
Rikky von Opel
Rikky von Opel
Rikky von Opel.
Toni Branca (born Antonio Branca) would have been far too easy. Instead, it was Liechtensteiner Rikky von Opel, who used the name early in his career career to avoid accusations of nepotism.
10. Two drivers hold the joint record for the most Grands Prix between two consecutive pole positions. Name them (0,5 points per correct answer).No idea:P
Alain Prost? Probably not. I'll also randomly guess.... Graham Hill.
Nigel Mansell? Eh, screw it, I'll go with Alonso for the second choice, why not?
Fernando Alonso and Nigel Mansell
Massa, Berger
Nick Heidfeld and Riccardo Patrese
Ricardo Patrese; Rubens Barrichello
Niki Lauda, John Watson
Does Schumacher's grid penalty at Monaco 2012 count? Because that was around a six year gap from the last one...
Reutemann and Mario Andretti, but truthfully I'm just listing names...
Mario Andretti, Niki Lauda
Giancarlo Fisichella
Fisdichella, I remember he got pole in 98 in the Benetton and then it was a bit of a wait until he got a pole in the Renault? I would guess the other is Massa as he was never a great qualifier but he had the Ferrari for years.
I think one of them is Fisichella and the other is Patrese?
Both answers were guessed, but not at the same time! It was actually Mario Andretti (between 1968 and 1976) and Giancarlo Fisichella (1998-2005), each with 108 Grands Prix between consecutive poles. Michael Schumacher's pole in 2012 would have been an issue, but even had it counted, it would have fallen a few races short anyway.
11. Which driver retired from racing at the urging of his girlfriend following his involvement in two separate fatal accidents?No idea
No idea, I'm afraid.
I don't know who, but he was such a crybaby and that guy, had no balls, I repeat louder: NO BALLS
Niki Lauda and some guy who wanted pussy instead of ROID RAGE IN RACING
It certainly wasn't Ol' "Two Wheels" McClenaghan, because during his race career he refused to be tied down to one woman...and he was skilful enough to avoid trouble in the races.
Jack Brabham or Jochen Rindt?
Phil Hill
Jackie Stewart
Jochen Mass?
Jochen Mass.
I think it was Macklin, who was involved in the 1955 Le Mans accident.
While Jochen Mass was a good guess, being involved in Gilles Villeneuve's fatal crash and a scary accident with Mauro Baldi in France, the answer was actually Lance Macklin, involved in the le Mans disaster and later in an accident killing two drivers in the Tourist Trophy in Dundrod.
12. The 1965 South African Grand Prix saw the first occurrence of three separate events. Name them all (0,33 points per correct answer).Not even going to try.
No idea...
A race in South Africa, a seagull shitting over a couple helmets and a race in January?
Used yellow flags, used blue flags, used oil flags
Debut for a driver, first points for some driver and first podium for a driver?
First fire in the pit lane, first laps led for a driver, and first time a race was held in 1965
First South African Grand Prix at East London; First Win by Brabham; Last race to have 3 drivers per row on the grid.
First F1 race at Kyalami, last year of 1.5 litres engine, first win for John Love. Hue
First points for Jackie Stewart
Jackie Stewart's debut (and probably a few locals too). Jackie Stewart's first points. Jackie Stewart's first Grand Prix in a BRM. Jackie Stewart's first Grand Prix in a BRM-engined car. The first time an F1 race was held in 1965. Jackie Stewart's first race in 1965.
Was it the first race which was held on New Year's Eve? Probably not, but that's one thing I do remember about the 60's South African GPs, so I'll go with it. It was also the first time somebody exclaimed 'CLARKWINSLOL' in response to a driver utterly destroying their competition, leading to the time-honoured tradition of doing this anytime a driver does such, leading to the more widely known examples of 'VETTELWINSLOL' and 'HAMMYWINSLOL' today. This is of course taking into account my horrendous knowledge of this time period, ensuring that this was one of the races that Clark actually didn't win in 1965, even though I'm actually pretty sure he did for once. And lastly, it was the first start of both Jeff Smith, and 'Antonio Bronco', better known of course as Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth.
first time a podium was repeated in the same order
IIRC it was the first time a podium repeated another, and Jackie Stewart scored his first points there.
Is one the death of a driver before a GP? Ray Reed crashing his plane. Is the second it was held on the 1st of Jan? And last, er first time 4 british drivers finished 1 to 4?
Guessing by the era...maybe this was Goodyear's debut in F1? The rest must be statistical...first time an F1 podium had repeated? Lotus and Ferrari were pretty dominant at this point, probably some combination of Clark (who I remember won the race), Hill and Surtees or Rindt was probably up there. As for the third...not a clue, so I'll take a stab in the dark at first Grand Chelem (by Clark).
Citing the race as Jackie Stewart's début would have been far too easy. Instead, I was looking for the fact that it was the first race held on January 1st (and therefore held practice sessions the year before), it had the very first repeating podium (Jim Clark - John Surtees - Graham Hill), the same as in Britain in 1963, and finally the fact that it saw the very first prequalifying session, which saw three drivers knocked out (Clive Puzey, Jackie Pretorius and Dave Charlton).
13. Of all drivers to have won a Grand Prix, which one has the highest ratio of second and third place finishes to wins?No idea.
I'll say Martin Brundle :p
Coulthard
Michael Schumacher
Gonna go with Francois Cevert.
Richie Ginther
Barrichello, probably.
Fernando Alonso?
Fernando Alonso?
Fernando Alonso
Maurice Trintignant?
Maurice Trintignant and Nico Rosberg
Jenson Button
Jean Alesi, probably. Not. But I'll say him anyway.
Jean Alesi? 1 Win, 30 odd podiums?
While Alonso now holds the record for most combined 2nd and 3rd places, he also has a handy amount of wins. I was indeed looking for fan favourite Jean Alesi. One win, 31 other podiums.
14. Who won the first post-War South African Grand Prix?No clue.
When was war? Wait, what war you talking about?
Somebody not from Asia.
Juan Manuel Fangio
Sam Tingle
John Love. I hope. He deserved to win one.
pffft...Jim Clark?
Jim Clark?
Jack Brabham
Stirling Moss?
Stirling Moss
Stirling Moss
Stirling Moss.
None other than Le Mans winner Paul Frere!
Stirling Moss was a decent guess, and in fact won the second post-War South African GP (of course, I'm talking about WWII), but the first of them, held in 1960, was won by Paul Frère! Interestingly, both of these South African GPs were held in 1960.
15. Which driver, who had a competitive career in Formula One, was the only man to have won both the Monte Carlo Rally and the 24 Hours of Daytona?Is it a trick question and the answer is the same as above?
haven't got a scooby, I'm afraid
Wow, did he survive all three? Lucky guy
Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth. Quite the proilific racer he was, in his day.
Andre Lotterer
Masten Gregory
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jim Clark?
Derek Bell?
Mario Andretti
Vic Elford?
Vic Elford?
Vic Elford.
There were quite a few versatile drivers in racing history, but few were as versatile as Vic Elford, who won Daytona and Monaco in the same year, within one week of each other! The year in question was 1968, and he made his F1 début a few months later. He also won the Targa Florio, 1000km of the Nürburgring, Marathon de la Route at the Nürburgring (84 whole hours long), 12 Hours of Sebring, the European Rally Championship, the first rallycross event at Lydden Hill and also competed in CanAm.
16. Which driver, supported by F&S, competed simultaneously in F1, F2 and F3 as late as 1978?I'll pass.
Don't have a clue.
Is F&S an acronym of Fat&Son? -sounds like baker's dad then-
The scouser scamp Jeff Smith, of course. He never knew when to call it quits. Much to the chagrin of Lord Hallstingdingdingworth.
Some reject?
Ronnie Peterson
Eddie Cheever?
Tony Trimmer?
Hans Heyer
Brian Henton?
Brian Henton?
Harald Ertl
Bleekemolen
Not an easy one this. It was, as one person correctly answered, Michael Bleekemolen, who did a handful of entries for RAM (replacing Boy Hayje, also backed by F&S) and ATS in 1977 and 1978 while competing in Formula 3 and, briefly, Formula 2. His career continued until 2008 in Porsche Supercup, a series which featured his greatest contribution in motor racing: Jeroen Bleekemolen.
17. Which constructor’s “chassis design strategy” consisted of forcefully taking up ownership of another constructor’s existing car, and who was the unlucky constructor concerned (0,5 points per correct answer)?No idea:D
Wow, that guy was mean.
Dick Dastardly.
...sounds like something Guy Ligier would do.
Safir, Token
Forti from Larrouse
Red Bull, Sauber
Well, Arrows did something like this with "Phoenix GP" or whatever it was called that was taking over the remnants of Prost, so I'm saying them, even though this is clearly not the answer you're looking for.
Life, FIRST?
Arrows / Shadow as a random guess?
Arrows ( wasnt all that forceful though ) and Shadow
German ATS and Penske.
Sounds like Wolf-Williams and Hesketh...
While a few teams have based cars off of "vague memories" from engineers switching teams, only one team physically came to another's factory and demanded that their car be handed over, and this happened in 1976. Ensign were sponsored by HB Bewaking, but when Ensign started failing to get results and failing to hire Dutch drivers after the sacking of the brilliantly-named Roelof Wunderink, HB Bewaking sued Ensign, then turned up at the factory and demanded the N175, which eventually became the Boro 001.
18. Which constructor’s only Formula One chassis was named the “Fly”, who drove it in its only Grand Prix appearance, and when and where was this only Grand Prix (0,25 points per correct answer)?What a terrible name.
DON"T KNOW at all
I BELIEVE I CAN FLY, UNTIL ARGENTINA IN 1965. I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CORRECT ANSWER, BUT IT FITTED WITH THE SONG
OH I SO KNOW THIS BUT HOW COME I CAN"T REMEMBER. I REMEMBER LAUGHING AT THE NAME. SOMETIME 1960's-ISH.
No idea, but no wonder he drove it once because flies only live for a few months, and most probably this guy was out of funds and ded before he could enter a GP again
1959 British Grand Prix
McGuire?
Politoys, British GP 1972, A Stooge
Kauhsen, Brancatelli , Spain 1979
It was the Apollon Fly, wasn't it? Thank you, pi's alternate F1, for making this the only question that I know, even though it's worth 0.25 points and therefore probably worthless in making me not last in this quiz. And now I've probably spelt it wrong or misremembered, and won't get the points anyway, making me look like a complete idiot. Not that I didn't already.
The Fly was built and raced by Apollon in 1976, with Loris Kessel driving. No idea about the race though.
Apollon, Loris Kessel, 1977, errr....France?
AHA! Thanks go to Pi for this one; learned it through his management thingamajig...It was Apollon, and the driver and team owner was Loris "Less Than 12 Parsecs" Kessel. The entry was in 1977, but I don't recall which race...
Apollon, Loris Kessel, 1977(?), Italian GP.
As was correctly guessed by quite a few, it was indeed the Apollon Fly, driven by Loris Kessel in 1977. The race was indeed the Italian Grand Prix, and not the 1959 British Grand Prix. That was the Fry. A completely different constructor. The Apollon was actually a heavily modified Williams FW03 sold to Kessel by Frank himself when he turned down the Swiss driver's offer to drive a spare car.
19. Which reject with a brief career occasionally moonlighted as a male model?No idea.
No idea
Don't know, so let me name a random driver. Ivor Bueb. (I just saw a photo of Bueb, and he looks dangerously like Hitler, so I'm probably wrong, but the answer stays)
Perry McCarthy -now that would have been fun-
Christian Horner.
Christian Horner is a reject, he was rejected before he even made it to F1.
Slim Borguud?
Brett Lunger
James Hunt
Paolo Barilla
No idea, but for his tace Harald Ertl.
was it Guy Edwards? I haven't a clue...
Rupert Keegan springs to mind.
Not surprised that no one got this, really, as I've only seen it written in one place. It was Andy Sutcliffe. Sadly, almost no pictures of him survive. He entered the 1977 British Grand Prix and failed to prequalify.
20. Which Canadian Formula A driver’s F1 career was limited to appearances at his home race for Lotus and BRM?No clue
It's starting to get a bit wearisome now.
wtf is formula a, i think wikipedia once told me f1 was called that for a bit before 1950 but i don't know if it was even cited, obviously this is a different formula a anyway
Wait? Canadians in F1 other than Villeneuves? Are you serious?
Allen Berg's Dad
Moose McCanada. (No idea)
Jacques Villeneuve Sr is the only driver which comes to mind, even though it almost certainly isn't him.
I remember his nick name of Eppie but not his full name.
Eppie Wietzes?
Eppie Wietzes
I'm gonna guess Wietzes again
Al Pease
Bill Brack.
Again, many Canadian drivers quickly appeared and disappeared in the late 60s and early 70s, but only one of them fit the criteria: Bill Brack. Also, Formula A was the predecessor of Formula Atlantic. Brack won the first two seasons of Formula Atlantic, too.
21. Which team once planned to run a monster six full-time cars simultaneously over the length of the season, in which year was this to have taken place, and who were the planned six drivers (0,125 points per correct answer)?I'm not wasting all this effort for 0.125 points, so I'll pass on this question
Must have been the 50s... Ooooh, the good'ol 50s
This sounds like something somebody would've done in the 50s, however my knowledge of this time period is even worse than in the 60s so I'll pass.
Lion, to go with their twelve wheels
Lancia?
No idea would hazard a guess at Ferrari in 1953, with Farina, Hawthorn, Ascari, Taruffi, Simon, Gonzalez
Ferrari, 1955, Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Stirling Moss, Peter Collins, Maurice Trintignant
Ferrari, 1957, Mike Hawthorn, Peter Collins, Luigi Musso, Eugenio Castellotti, Maurice Trintignant, Wolfgang von Trips, Alfonso de Portago (my guess is Castellotti and de Portago died before Ferrari could fulfill their plan?)
March in the mid-70s?
That's very good indeed, shame it was cancelled. Errr, Tyrrell, Andrea de Adamich, Francois Cevert, Jackie Stewart, Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Dan Gurney, Rene Arnoux
good job you're not awarding multiple points because I've got no clue...I'm gonna guess BRM?
BRM in the early 70s
BRM, 1974, six random stooges: Ralf Stommelen, Tom Belso, Tom Walkinshaw, David Purley, Roger Williamson and John Watson
BRM 1971, Rodriguez, Gethin, Beltoise, Ganley, Pescarolo, Schenken
Either BRM wanted even more cars in 1972, or someone was trying to outdo BRM's five-car squad! My guess is the former. I know Beltoise drove for them that year, winning their final race, and Dr. Marko got a stone in his eye while driving for them. 1971 Monza winner Gethin was probably still there, along with Howden Ganley. As for the other two, maybe Reine Wisell and Jackie Oliver?
While the 1950s certainly saw its fair share of multi-car teams, it was BRM who decided to take over the world in 1972, attempting to enter full-time cars for Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Helmut Marko, Peter Gethin, Howden Ganley, Reine Wisell and Alex Soler-Roig (a star-studded line-up if ever there was one). However, due to the sheer magnitude of necessary work, reliability was an issue, and not once in the season did all six drivers compete.
22. Name the ten different drivers who competed for Frank Williams over the 1975 season (0,1 points per correct answer).Frank Williams would have been shitted by fines had he competed in F1RWRS
I don't know much about the 1970s
Jacky Ickx was one, but nope for the rest.
Keke Rosberg, Chris Amon, David Purley, Wank Williams, John Watson, Piercarlo Ghinzani, Mauro Baldi, Brian Henton, Jean-Paul Jarier, Patrick Néve.
erm...Henri Pescarolo? I think Artur(i)o Merzario was one as well...
Andrea de Adamich, Jacques Laffite, and that's about it. Oh, Jeff Smith, and Lord Hallstingdingdingworth, as well, of course.
Lella Lombardi, Jacques Laffite
Clay Reggazoni, Jody Schekter, Ian Ashley, Arturo Mezzario, Lella Lombardi, dunnnnoooo. I should have play F1Seven mod more
Right. Ian Scheckter, Jacques Laffite, Lella Lombardi, Tony Brise and six other people.
Tom Belso, Ian Scheckter, Jaques Laffite, Arturo Merzario, Lella Lombardi
Arturo Merzario, François Migault, Patrick Neve, Lella Lombardi, Jacques Laffite. No idea about the others.
Y U MAKE THESE QUESTIONS SO HARD????? OK, um....Gijs van Lennep, Arturo Merzario, Jacques Laffite, Vern Schuppan, Renzo Zorzi, Lella Lombardi, Ian Schekter, Harald Ertl, Tom Belso?
Laffite, Jones, Lunger, Migault, Merzario, Perkins, Neve, Zorzi, Jabouille Ian Ashley
Lombardi, Laffite, Scheckter, Brise, Merzairo, Lunger, Ashley, Hobbs, Purdley, Trimmer. Most wrong...
Laffite, Zorzi, Lombardi, Ian Scheckter, Brise, Merzario and Migault are the ones I'm sure of. The other three I will guess were Ian Ashley, Warwick Brown and Michel Leclere.
This one was just a case of memory, so I'll just list them in no particular order. Jacques Laffite, Lella Lombardi, Arturo Merzario, François Migault, Tony Brise, Ian Scheckter, Ian Ashley, Renzo Zorzi, Damien Magee and Jo Vonlanthen.
23. Which driver, better known for his IndyCar career, was the 500th driver to start an F1 Grand Prix?*gallic shrug*
Whoever was the 500th guy who started a Grand Prix.
Uhhhhh, Bill Vukovich? Maybe? Please?
Teo Fabi
Da Matta
Justin Wilson
Justin Wilson
Sebastian Bourdais
Danny Sullivan
Danny Sullivan
Bobby Rahal?
Michael Andretti ?
Michael Andretti ?
Jim Crawford?
Many good guesses here, but they all came far too late, such as Fabi, Rahal, Sullivan, Andretti, da Matta or Bourdais. Vukovich, however, was far too early. One of you got the correct answer: Jim Crawford, who did two races for Lotus in 1975 before becoming a familiar face of Indianapolis for over ten years.
24. Which one-race reject was, later in life, an engineer for Eric van de Poele?No idea.
No idea.
No idea.
....I can't even guess
see above.
I can't even come up with a "funny" answer for this one. Booo.
You know, *I* could collect 30 random F1 qualifying performances too
Erm. A man.
Did they drink beer together?
Some belgium dude.. Johnny Claes?
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Teddy Pilette?
South?
Tony Trimmer
Débuting in the same race as the man above, it was Dave Morgan, who drove for Surtees in the 1975 British Grand Prix. He later became an engineer for van de Poele in both F3000 and F1.
25. Which driver has the record for the best performance in qualifying without ever making a race start, and where did he qualify (0,5 points per correct answer)?No idea.
See above.
....I can't wait to find out
Yeah, I've got nothing.
Had to have been a DNS, but I haven't the faintest idea.
No bathplugging idea, but I'll say he qualified 12th. Surely a diarrhea or something like that put him out of the race.
21st?
I don't know.. Naoki Hattori
Bernard Charles Ecclestone. I remember he qualified for a race, but gave up his car for Jack Fairman to race instead.
HANS HEYER, 1977 GERMAN GP
Claudio Langes?? 12th??
I'm going to guess from one of your previous questions, with Tom Jones qualifying 19th...
Ernesto Brambilla, 12th (iirc Rodriguez didn't make the field and nicked his car)
Ken Richardson, who was an engineer and developement drive with the BRM team with the V16 engine. He qualified 10th before <answer redacted> and was not allowed to start.
I'm surprised that no one got this one, but the ideas were all good. The answer was in fact none other than Colin Chapman, who qualified fifth on début for Vanwall in the <answer redacted> Grand Prix. However, towards the end of practice, he crashed into teammate Mike Hawthorn, wrecking the car. He never entered another F1 race as a driver.
26. What were the unusual circumstances behind the Formula One début of Ricardo Zunino?I dunno
He made poop in the wrong place, which turned out to be Niki Lauda's car?
Mistaken for Juan Manuel Fangio's son, played along with it
The team that replaced him went from A-Z in just one driver?
First Brazilian F1 Driver.
That he accidentaly bought an F1 car and accidentaly filled an entry form and his friend accidentaly mis-deliver racing equipments to him.
Lord Hallstingdingdingworth had had quite enough of Jeff Smith's raucous attitude up and down the paddock, and although the Duke of Dellsborough had retired some seasons earlier, he could not resist one final chance at putting one over on his old rival, where he scribbled out Smith's name on the entry list and replaced it with some random Argentinean name he made up on the spot. Only for it to be the name of an actual Argentinean, who was not only a racing driver, but also in the paddock for some reason. And thus Zunino's career began...
Niki Lauda had retired after practise, so Zunino and his team mate had to pre-qualify.
Niki Lauda was fed up with F1 and quit on Brabham mid-season, leaving the door open for Zunino.
He replaced Lauda who quit during the practice session.
Wasnt he only at the track as a spectator
Niki Lauda had quit, so Brabham got a certain Argentinean spectator to drive.
YES! I ACTUALLY KNOW THIS ONE! Zunino was drafted in as a spectator on his debut weekend.
Niki Lauda had just announced he was bored and wouldnt be racing, so Bernie found Ricardo, and some of Niki's overalls (?) and he was in the F1 big time
Lauda decided to say "bathplug you F1", and Zunino was in the stands watching the GP, so Bernie offered him the drive in the place of Lauda
To pull together everyone's answers, this occurred at the 1979 Canadian Grand Prix. After practice, Niki Lauda suddenly decided to retire from Formula One, leaving Brabham without a driver. A desperate Bernie Ecclestone sent a message over the Montréal PA system asking if anyone there was able to drive. Zunino, who had recently tested for Brabham, happened to be attending the race weekend as a spectator and duly took Lauda's place.
27. Which driver-turned-pundit only had a single Formula One entry in which he outpaced his team mate by three whole seconds in qualifying?No idea.
No idea.
No clue
...and this newfound jubilation was painfully short-lived.
....err
Some loud mouth australian?
One extremely talented guy!
Will Power?
Rudolf Carraciola
Let's say .... mmmmh .... Hideki Noda
Vincenzo Sospiri
David Hobbs maybe?
David Hobbs
David Hobbs was reasonably close, in the sense that he drove in the same era as the man I'm looking for, who was Sam Posey. Yes, I did just realise that he drove in two races, not one. But I was talking about the 1971 United States Grand Prix, where he seriously outpaced teammate Gijs van Lennep, who eventually failed to make the start. Other teammate Mike Hailwood was faster than both, though. Posey also entered the race the following year, but in a single-car team. My point stands
28. Which single-race reject who took pride in having never once crashed in a competitive race was covered in controversy early in his career, losing a Formula Junior title for using an oversized engine?No idea.
No clue.
....err
Don't know.
I swear I've seen this before as well, but the Formula Junior title was in Italy, right?
He didn't crash because he was a pundit. Period.
Sounds like something Jeff Smith would do. That scouser was always cheating somehow...
Hans Heyer
Vincenzo Sospiri
I have no idea... Naoki Hattori? Or as I like to call him, NINJA HATTORI
Marcus Winkelhock
No idea, the clean cut Tiff Needell?
I can't remember his full name, I just know he was German, and his surname was Ahrenz I think. I remember reading about this guy being one of the most successful Formula Junior drivers (win count well into double digits), so I'll guess it was him.
This one was definitely not easy, and only one of you got the answer, albeit misspelt slightly. It was indeed Kurt Ahrens, Jr., who was a three-time German Formula Junior champion. Late in the 1960s, he entered numerous German Grands Prix, mostly as an F2 entrant (except 1968, his only F1 start). He retired after 1970, when he suffered a major testing shunt at Ehra-Lessien.
29. Who held the record for the most career podiums between 1981 and 1984?Ayrton Senna da Silva (no way, but something I have to answer)
John Watson
Alain Prost?
Alain Prost
Alain Prost
Will hazard a guess at Piqeut
Nelson Piquet?
Niki lauda?
Lauda
Well, the obvious choice would be Nelson Piquet, Alain Prost, Niki Lauda, or Keke Rosberg, so obviously it's none of them. Instead, I'll say Rene Arnoux, even though that is also probably wrong. Somehow.
Probably someone unexpected, so Rene Arnoux
Carlos Reutemann?
Carlos Reutemann
Carlos Reutemann
Reutemann retired in early 1982 and he had a lot of podiums. Yeah, that sounds about right.
I now understand that this question could have been misunderstood as asking who scored the most podiums between 1981 and 1984, which would have been Prost, then Piquet, Arnoux, Lauda and Watson. What I was actually asking was who beat the record for most career podiums in 1981 and held it until 1984. This man was Carlos Reutemann, who beat Jackie Stewart's record 43 in late 1981 and scored his 45th and last podium in South Africa 1982. Niki Lauda then surpassed this record two years later.
30. Which experienced Formula Three stalwart was the oldest F1 débutant between George Follmer and Toshio Suzuki, described his first F1 test as being “much easier than Formula Three” and took an F1 drive despite being advised not to by the car’s previous driver?No idea.
I give up.
Not even a slight idea.
I do not know. I give up. I tried.*faints*
'Antonio Bronco', of course. Lord Hallstingdingdingworth was of course unable to speak at this point, and so wrote down his opinions of how the test went on a piece of paper. Somehow, nobody questioned the immaculate penmanship of the English writing, something which could've only been done by a true English gentleman such as Lord Elsington Hallstingdingdingworth.
Tony Dron
Eric Swerts
Hasesimo Suzuki?
bizarro-Verstappen
Satoshi Motoyama
Jan Lammers
Let's say Bruno Giacomelli ...
Brian Henton?
Sounds like a privateer, so it was in the '70s, and it was his debut... It was one of the Japanese drivers wasn't it? Takahashi?
It was indeed in the 1970s, but not a privateer. It was in fact the Swede Conny Andersson, who started off with a one-off at his home race for Surtees in 1976, then did a handful of entries for a dying BRM in early 1977, despite having been told by Larry Perkins that the car was "shite". The successful Formula Three racer preferred the added downforce of Formula One, finding that it made the cars easier to handle, and made his home race début at a spritely 36 years old.
I will award points for general funnyness in a couple of days.
