Grand Prix Rejects

Lower (This is almost like The Price is Right)

Wizzie wrote:Lower (This is almost like The Price is Right)

Exactly what I was thinking.
Anyway, 1/5

tommykl wrote:

Wizzie wrote:Lower (This is almost like The Price is Right)

Exactly what I was thinking.
Anyway, 1/5

Higher

1/7

tommykl wrote:1/7

I could say lower but it'ld give it away

8 attempts...that's only a tad more than 5 when yoou think about it.

Here's another one:

Why was one of the practice sessions for the first Malaysian Grand Prix halted?

Wizzie wrote:Here's another one:

Why was one of the practice sessions for the first Malaysian Grand Prix halted?

Was it because it was too hot & the new tarmac started to break?

Or perhaps a kerb / rumble strip came loose?

ibsey wrote:

Wizzie wrote:Here's another one:

Why was one of the practice sessions for the first Malaysian Grand Prix halted?

Was it because it was too hot & the new tarmac started to break?

Or perhaps a kerb / rumble strip came loose?

No. It's slightly more ridiculous than that.

Not enough marshalls?

Not quite as ridiculous as that.

HINT: Think back to Canada 2007.

Wizzie wrote:Not quite as ridiculous as that.

HINT: Think back to Canada 2007.

Canada 2007...wasn't that the race, when Ant Davidson hit a goffer which cost him the chance to score points for Sooper Aguri?

Therefore was there a problem with wildlife getting onto the track?

ibsey wrote:

Wizzie wrote:Not quite as ridiculous as that.

HINT: Think back to Canada 2007.

Canada 2007...wasn't that the race, when Ant Davidson hit a goffer which cost him the chance to score points for Sooper Aguri?

Therefore was there a problem with wildlife getting onto the track?

Bingo! Now, can you guess what the wildlife in question was?

Haven't got a clue....but i'll say a dog, since Bruno Senna hit a dog in a GP2 race in Turkey 2008.

A snake, I'd say.

tommykl wrote:A snake, I'd say.

It was a cobra to be exact but that'll do.

This has gone quiet for almost a week now, so I'll add a new question:

Which current driver has finished on the podium in the last 6 races in a certain country?

It's Schumacher in Magny-Cours (French GP)

2001: 1st, 2002: 1st, 2003: 3rd, 2004: 1st, 2005: 3rd, 2006: 1st

Ed24 wrote:This has gone quiet for almost a week now, so I'll add a new question:

Which current driver has finished on the podium in the last 6 races in a certain country?

Could you clarify your question a bit more - are these six races over the past six years, are they for a circuit currently on the calendar list, and do they have to be the last six races that have occurred there, or just the last six races that driver drove there?
You see, I was thinking of Michael Schumacher, and the French Grand Prix - he won the event in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2006, with 3rd places in 2003 and 2005, which would give you your run of six podium finishes in six years, although the event was not dropped from the calendar until after he retired. The same logic would also apply to the United States GP, where in fact it'd extend over seven years (1st in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, with 2nd place in 2001 and 2002), but again the race continued after Schumacher retired from the sport.

Schumacher at Magny-Cours or Indianapolis are not the answers I'm looking for.

To clarify, the question refers to a driver being on the podium in the 6 most recent races that have taken place in a country.

It's a trick question.
Felipe Massa has podiums in the 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 German GPs and the 2006 and 2007 European GPs.

tommykl wrote:It's a trick question.
Felipe Massa has podiums in the 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 German GPs and the 2006 and 2007 European GPs.

Yes, well done.

2006 European GP - 3rd (first ever podium - so is unbeaten for podiums in Germany in a Ferrari)
2006 German GP - 2nd (formation finish behind Schumacher)
2007 European GP - 2nd (led 47 of the 60 laps, but Alonso caught him during the late shower)
2008 German GP - 3rd (Piquet finished 2nd after a lucky safety car, which means that this was probably the race that partly led to Renault's Singapore cheating, and which arguably cost Massa the championship. Led 3 laps)
2009 German GP - 3rd (Long first stint helped him to 3rd after a Kovalainen train. Led 5 laps)
2010 German GP - 2nd (led 40 of first 48 laps before team orders)

So despite the podiums, and leading almost 100 laps, he really hasn't got that many good memories in Germany.

Massa has a excellent record in Turkey:

DNF= 2005
1st 2006
1st 2007
1st 2008
6th 2009
7th 2010

Not a question, but put my 2 bobs worth!

Massa drives like me playing F1 2010. Amazing on certain tracks, absolutely rubbish on others and he has a terrible tendency to spin a lot particularly in the rain

Same for me on the rain

For me, I'm Bellof-esque in the rain, okay in the dry, and absolute rubbish on Tilkedomes.

EDIT: Hold on, you're talking about F1 2010? I only have F1C...

My game keeps crashing/freezing before I even get to a race - does that make me the Claudio Langes of F1 10?

shinji wrote:My game keeps crashing/freezing before I even get to a race - does that make me the Claudio Langes of F1 10?

I had that problem on F1 2010 on PS3. You need to uninstall + reinstall the game on your HD. If that doesn't sort out the crashing / freezing problem, then hello Claudio Langes.

OK got another question for you lot. When drivers stall on the grid prior to the start of a race, they are usually penalised by being sent to the back of the grid for the restart. However this rule was only introduced after a certain driver stalled his car on purpose... for a very absurd reason.

Can you name the driver involved & have a guess at the reason why this driver purposely stalled his car on the grid?

(Hint; The driver involved, was not exactly unknown for doing silly things like this)

Also you get a bouns pat on the back from me, if you can name the year & race this driver did this act (I don't even know the answer to that, but would love to find out).

I want to say De Cesaris or Arnoux but something makes me think it was even before their days......

James1978 wrote:I want to say De Cesaris or Arnoux but something makes me think it was even before their days......

Bingo... you correctly identified De Cesaris as the driver involved. Can you guess why De Cesaris decided to stall his car on purpose?

I don't know which race it was or why, it was just a stab in the dark! The only thing I can sort of think of was something to do with fuel rationing in the 80s turbo era, so he could get the race shortened if he was marginal on fuel?

I reckon it was something to do with the car-to-pits radio and not yet having the ear pieces in yet?

dr-baker wrote:I reckon it was something to do with the car-to-pits radio and not yet having the ear pieces in yet?

You are absolutely spot on Dr Baker, well done!. Basically De Cesaris realised he didn't have his car-to-pits radio ear pieces in yet...hence he decided to stall his engine to cause a delay.

I must admit, I didn't think anyone would get the correct answer so soon.

According to Martin Brundle, it was actually quite common practice amongst drivers to purposely stall their cars on the grid, for simliar reasons. However following this particular incident (which I guess took place around mid 80's), the FIA decided to penalise the driver responsible for the delay owing to the disruption it caused to both TV stations & other F1 drivers.

Tealy wrote:Massa drives like me playing F1 2010. Amazing on certain tracks, absolutely rubbish on others and he has a terrible tendency to spin a lot particularly in the rain

Wrong assumption really.

In 07 and 08 the seasons where he became known for being bambi on the ice, he took more points than any other driver on the wet races.

ibsey wrote:

dr-baker wrote:I reckon it was something to do with the car-to-pits radio and not yet having the ear pieces in yet?

You are absolutely spot on Dr Baker, well done!. Basically De Cesaris realised he didn't have his car-to-pits radio ear pieces in yet...hence he decided to stall his engine to cause a delay.

I must admit, I didn't think anyone would get the correct answer so soon.

According to Martin Brundle, it was actually quite common practice amongst drivers to purposely stall their cars on the grid, for similar reasons. However following this particular incident (which I guess took place around mid 80's), the FIA decided to penalise the driver responsible for the delay owing to the disruption it caused to both TV stations & other F1 drivers.

To be honest, I had heard the story before but couldn't initially remember to whom it referred. So I let someone else come up with the name first!

OK, got another question for you lot.

Can you name a particularly race, where a team's two drivers crashed so often during FP & Qualifying, that the team actually ran out of spare nosecone's for the race? Therefore they only had the ones left on the two cars come the actual race.

Hint; Despite the two drivers in question being on strict instructions not to crash during the race, one of the drivers crashed out at the 1st corner in the race (damaging his nosecone in the process, suprisingly) & the other one crashed out soon afterwards (but I can't remember whether he did damage his nosecone or not, I reckon he probably did). Maldonado antics today reminded me of this.

ibsey wrote:OK, got another question for you lot.

Can you name a particularly race, where a team's two drivers crashed so often during FP & Qualifying, that the team actually ran out of spare nosecone's for the race? Therefore they only had the ones left on the two cars come the actual race.

Hint; Despite the two drivers in question being on strict instructions not to crash during the race, one of the drivers crashed out at the 1st corner in the race (damaging his nosecone in the process, suprisingly) & the other one crashed out soon afterwards (but I can't remember whether he did damage his nosecone or not, I reckon he probably did). Maldonado antics today reminded me of this.

Footwork Arrows, 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (I watched the race the other day which is why I remember it)

Wizzie wrote:

ibsey wrote:OK, got another question for you lot.

Can you name a particularly race, where a team's two drivers crashed so often during FP & Qualifying, that the team actually ran out of spare nosecone's for the race? Therefore they only had the ones left on the two cars come the actual race.

Hint; Despite the two drivers in question being on strict instructions not to crash during the race, one of the drivers crashed out at the 1st corner in the race (damaging his nosecone in the process, suprisingly) & the other one crashed out soon afterwards (but I can't remember whether he did damage his nosecone or not, I reckon he probably did). Maldonado antics today reminded me of this.

Footwork Arrows, 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (I watched the race the other day which is why I remember it)

Well done Wizzie. Really didn't think anyone would get it that quickly.

Did Rosset also damage his nosecone? From my vague recollection, I think he crashed at La Rasscase?

ibsey wrote:
Well done Wizzie. Really didn't think anyone would get it that quickly.

Did Rosset also damage his nosecone? From my vague recollection, I think he crashed at La Rasscase?

He did go off at la Rasscase but I'm fairly certain he went into the wall backwards.