trivia question....

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 23 Dec 2010, 07:52

tommykl wrote:
F1000X wrote:Why were there no Ferraris in the 1982 Swiss Grand Prix?

Pironi had just had his accident the race before, and Ferrari decided to withdraw Tambay from the race as a sign of respect.

Incorrect.

Post by **tommykl** » 23 Dec 2010, 08:05

F1000X wrote:Why were there no Ferraris in the 1982 Swiss Grand Prix?

Try 2: Ferrari still hadn't found a replacement fro Pironi and Tambay was injured in practice.

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 23 Dec 2010, 08:10

tommykl wrote:
F1000X wrote:Why were there no Ferraris in the 1982 Swiss Grand Prix?

Try 2: Ferrari still hadn't found a replacement fro Pironi and Tambay was injured in practice.

Close enough. Tambay had a pinched nerve in his back that weekend rendering him incapable of driving.

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 23 Dec 2010, 12:27

To be honest, when I got the year-review video of the 1982 season, it amazed me how long it took for Ferrari to get replacements for Villeneuve and Pironi (I believe Pironi was on his own in Monaco/Detroit/Canada, and Tambay on his own in Austria and in Dijon practice). It was 1994 when I bought the video and couldn't have imagined Williams that year leaving Damon Hill on his own until France, which is comparable to Ferrari in 1982.

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 24 Dec 2010, 10:45

James1978 wrote:To be honest, when I got the year-review video of the 1982 season, it amazed me how long it took for Ferrari to get replacements for Villeneuve and Pironi (I believe Pironi was on his own in Monaco/Detroit/Canada, and Tambay on his own in Austria and in Dijon practice). It was 1994 when I bought the video and couldn't have imagined Williams that year leaving Damon Hill on his own until France, which is comparable to Ferrari in 1982.

What makes the affair more strange is that all results already counted by that stage, yet they walked away with the Constructors Championship with a 5 points margin over McLaren.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 24 Dec 2010, 10:46

Phoenix wrote:
James1978 wrote:To be honest, when I got the year-review video of the 1982 season, it amazed me how long it took for Ferrari to get replacements for Villeneuve and Pironi (I believe Pironi was on his own in Monaco/Detroit/Canada, and Tambay on his own in Austria and in Dijon practice). It was 1994 when I bought the video and couldn't have imagined Williams that year leaving Damon Hill on his own until France, which is comparable to Ferrari in 1982.

What makes the affair more strange is that all results already counted by that stage, yet they walked away with the Constructors Championship with a 5 points margin over McLaren.

1982: The one year when nobody wanted to win...

Ed24 · Post by **Ed24** » 24 Dec 2010, 10:49

James Allen's put together quite a good quiz if anyone's interested

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/12/its-the-ja-on-f1-christmas-quiz/

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 24 Dec 2010, 10:51

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
Wizzie wrote:You forgot 2 wins for Camel under Lotus.

And here's another question:

Which season had the most drivers take their debut victories? For bonus points name them and the race each of them won.

1982 is the season with the most debut winners, at 5. Riccardo Patrese won the Monaco Grand Prix, Patrick Tambay won the German Grand Prix, Elio de Angelis won the Austrian Grand Prix, Keke Rosberg won the Swiss Grand Prix, and Michele Alboreto won the Car Park Grand Prix.

And we have a winner

Post by **mario** » 24 Dec 2010, 12:56

Ed24 wrote:James Allen's put together quite a good quiz if anyone's interested

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/12/its-the-ja-on-f1-christmas-quiz/

He's put up a few good questions there, and in some ways it is a good way of seeing how much attention you've paid this year.

[EDIT]

Ferrim wrote:I got many questions, but some of them depend on your definition. Take number 2, for example: does the first leader of the season count as one change? (I think not, but with these you never know). Number 4: is "failing to score" right when you didn't compete on the previous season? You can't fail at anything if you don't even try it.

A few of them I don't know at the moment, but I know where I have to look for the answers.

Any that you are stuck on in particular? It took me a bit of time to work out the one about who came from behind in the final race to win the title on two occasions (I realised after a while that it was Nelson Piquet Sr., in 1981 and 1983).

Post by **tommykl** » 24 Dec 2010, 12:58

Ed24 wrote:James Allen's put together quite a good quiz if anyone's interested

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/12/its-the-ja-on-f1-christmas-quiz/

Some questions are really hard...

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 24 Dec 2010, 13:56

I got many questions, but some of them depend on your definition. Take number 2, for example: does the first leader of the season count as one change? (I think not, but with these you never know). Number 4: is "failing to score" right when you didn't compete on the previous season? You can't fail at anything if you don't even try it.

A few of them I don't know at the moment, but I know where I have to look for the answers.

Ed24 · Post by **Ed24** » 24 Dec 2010, 14:56

Yes, some questions are a bit too ambiguous.

For example, does Hockenheim count as a Hermann Tilke designed track, even though he only did half of it?

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 24 Dec 2010, 15:39

Ed24 wrote:Yes, some questions are a bit too ambiguous.

For example, does Hockenheim count as a Hermann Tilke designed track, even though he only did half of it?

Yes, until someone shows up and decides to make the track good again!

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 24 Dec 2010, 21:14

Ferrim wrote:Number 4: is "failing to score" right when you didn't compete on the previous season? You can't fail at anything if you don't even try it.

Good point. At first I thought the answer might be Prost (1993 of course); but then I realised there's another answer for that. But in this case there's no point mentioning 1950 as an exception, as in 1949 nobody tried to score.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 24 Dec 2010, 23:02

QuickYoda41 wrote:
Ferrim wrote:Number 4: is "failing to score" right when you didn't compete on the previous season? You can't fail at anything if you don't even try it.

Good point. At first I thought the answer might be Prost (1993 of course); but then I realised there's another answer for that. But in this case there's no point mentioning 1950 as an exception, as in 1949 nobody tried to score.

It's not Prost... I know the answer but I don't know whether saying it will ruin the fun

EDIT: Question 11 is so damn easy it's not funny. Stuck with question 9 though.

Post by **mario** » 24 Dec 2010, 23:12

Wizzie wrote:
QuickYoda41 wrote:
Ferrim wrote:Number 4: is "failing to score" right when you didn't compete on the previous season? You can't fail at anything if you don't even try it.

Good point. At first I thought the answer might be Prost (1993 of course); but then I realised there's another answer for that. But in this case there's no point mentioning 1950 as an exception, as in 1949 nobody tried to score.

It's not Prost... I know the answer but I don't know whether saying it will ruin the fun

EDIT: Question 11 is so damn easy it's not funny. Stuck with question 9 though.

I think that Felipe Massa might have completed the most racing laps this year, as he only had one retirement this season (in Japan) - for all other races, he was still going when the flag came down.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 24 Dec 2010, 23:25

mario wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
QuickYoda41 wrote:Good point. At first I thought the answer might be Prost (1993 of course); but then I realised there's another answer for that. But in this case there's no point mentioning 1950 as an exception, as in 1949 nobody tried to score.

It's not Prost... I know the answer but I don't know whether saying it will ruin the fun

EDIT: Question 11 is so damn easy it's not funny. Stuck with question 9 though.

I think that Felipe Massa might have completed the most racing laps this year, as he only had one retirement this season (in Japan) - for all other races, he was still going when the flag came down.

I was thinking it was Jenson Button but I couldn't remember if he had one or two retirements. Then I remembered he was the innocent victim of two of the most embarrasing moments all year.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 25 Dec 2010, 09:38

Autosport now have their annual Christmas quiz up and I did embarrassing poorly.

You scored 51/101 (50.50%).

F1 only: 16/26 (61.54%).

Non-F1: 35/75 (46.67%).

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 25 Dec 2010, 10:00

dr-baker wrote:Autosport now have their annual Christmas quiz up and I did embarrassing poorly.

You scored 51/101 (50.50%).

F1 only: 16/26 (61.54%).

Non-F1: 35/75 (46.67%).

Oh yeah?
You scored 35/101 (34.65%).
F1 only: 14/26 (53.85%).
Non-F1: 21/75 (28.00%).

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 25 Dec 2010, 10:01

You scored 47/101 (46.53%).
F1 only: 17/26 (65.38%).
Non-F1: 30/75 (40.00%).

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 25 Dec 2010, 10:27

Their NASCAR and IndyCar questions were a joke in comparison to the F1 questions.

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 25 Dec 2010, 11:32

Wow, it seems this year I haven't followed motorsport closely enough... I'm stuck even with many F1 questions :shock:

You scored 41/101 (40.59%).
F1 only: 15/26 (57.69%).
Non-F1: 26/75 (34.67%).

BTW 71st question felt stupid.

EDIT: now that I'm checking the F1 answers (90% of the others I had no idea)... It says that Vettel does not hold the youngest ever record for podium finisher... that means he holds the other two (world champion and race starter). The thing is, I DON'T agree he holds the record for youngest race starter (I knew Fernando Alonso was younger, I've just checked and Esteban Tuero was younger too) while he actually holds the record for youngest podium finisher.

Post by **mario** » 25 Dec 2010, 12:22

Ferrim wrote:Wow, it seems this year I haven't followed motorsport closely enough... I'm stuck even with many F1 questions

You scored 41/101 (40.59%).
F1 only: 15/26 (57.69%).
Non-F1: 26/75 (34.67%).

BTW 71st question felt stupid.

EDIT: now that I'm checking the F1 answers (90% of the others I had no idea)... It says that Vettel does not hold the youngest ever record for podium finisher... that means he holds the other two (world champion and race starter). The thing is, I DON'T agree he holds the record for youngest race starter (I knew Fernando Alonso was younger, I've just checked and Esteban Tuero was younger too) while he actually holds the record for youngest podium finisher.

It is a big mistake, because Alguersuari is the youngest driver to have ever started a race, and by a substantial margin over Vettel (Vettel was over seven months older, and is currently the 7th youngest race starter). Do Autosport not remember the huge fuss - which the spent a lot of time lavishly reporting on - about how Alguersuari was too inexperienced to be taking part in the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2009?

Post by **tommykl** » 25 Dec 2010, 12:58

You scored 43/101 (42.57%)
F1 only: 17/26 (65.38%)
Non-F1: 26/75 (34.67%)

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 25 Dec 2010, 13:31

You scored 36/101 (35.64%).

F1 only: 14/26 (53.85%).

Non-F1: 22/75 (29.33%).

Would've gotten question 7 had they worded it correctly. Giancarlo Baghetti did win his first race in a Ferrari, but it was not for the actual Ferrari team, which is what I thought they were asking for.

Pieman · Post by **Pieman** » 25 Dec 2010, 13:34

Closed the tab without copying my full scores, but i got 61/101 overall.

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 25 Dec 2010, 14:34

HERE'S HOW WELL (OR BAD) YOU DID:

You scored 46/101 (45.54%).

F1 only: 20/26 (76.92%).

Non-F1: 26/75 (34.67%).

Seems like I did rather well comparatively on F1, and total rubbish on non-F1!!!

Phoenix · Post by **Phoenix** » 25 Dec 2010, 18:17

You scored 41/101 (40.59%).

F1 only: 17/26 (65.38%).

Non-F1: 24/75 (32.00%).

QuickYoda41 · Post by **QuickYoda41** » 25 Dec 2010, 20:16

You scored 46/101 (45.54%).

F1 only: 23/26 (88.46%).

Non-F1: 23/75 (30.67%).

Not bad, as I haven't watched a single BTCC- or NASCAR-race in my whole life.

Myrvold · Post by **Myrvold** » 26 Dec 2010, 00:07

Cynon wrote:Their NASCAR and IndyCar questions were a joke in comparison to the F1 questions.

? Too easy? Not for me, even though I follow NASCAR as much as I possibly can.

You scored 39/101 (38.61%).

F1 only: 15/26 (57.69%).

Non-F1: 24/75 (32.00%).

And it looks like they have changed that Vettel thing

Which youngest ever record does Sebastian Vettel not hold?

Correct answer: Race starter
You answered: Race starter

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 26 Dec 2010, 01:35

You scored 43/101 (42.57%).

F1 only: 15/26 (57.69%).

Non-F1: 28/75 (37.33%).

Hmm as it said, not too bad...

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 26 Dec 2010, 19:04

Is there any engine manufacturer that has never had an engine failure before? If not, who has had the least engine failures?

Post by **tommykl** » 26 Dec 2010, 19:11

Peter wrote:Is there any engine manufacturer that has never had an engine failure before? If not, who has had the least engine failures?

The way you worded that tells me you don't have ananswer yourself...

Anyway, I'd say Toyota (they claim to have had the most reliable engines in F1).

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 26 Dec 2010, 22:20

tommykl wrote:
Peter wrote:Is there any engine manufacturer that has never had an engine failure before? If not, who has had the least engine failures?

The way you worded that tells me you don't have ananswer yourself...

Anyway, I'd say Toyota (they claim to have had the most reliable engines in F1).

Well, Toyota definitely has had a few failures, Zonta at Spa 2004 stands out, only thanks to Caption This though.

watka · Post by **watka** » 26 Dec 2010, 22:52

You scored 40/101 (39.60%).

F1 only: 16/26 (61.54%).

Non-F1: 24/75 (32.00%).

Par for the course then.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 27 Dec 2010, 04:48

Here's an easy one:

What elite club is Jenson Button set to enter at next year's British Grand Prix?

Faustus · Post by **Faustus** » 27 Dec 2010, 08:16

Wizzie wrote:Here's an easy one:

What elite club is Jenson Button set to enter at next year's British Grand Prix?

The club for drivers that have entered 200 races.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 27 Dec 2010, 08:32

Faustus wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Here's an easy one:

What elite club is Jenson Button set to enter at next year's British Grand Prix?

The club for drivers that have entered 200 races.

I'll give you half a point for that even though it's not quite correct. He would join the club of drivers who have made 200 race starts (His 200th race entry would have been the race before at Valencia)

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 27 Dec 2010, 10:31

Wizzie wrote:
Faustus wrote:
Wizzie wrote:Here's an easy one:

What elite club is Jenson Button set to enter at next year's British Grand Prix?

The club for drivers that have entered 200 races.

I'll give you half a point for that even though it's not quite correct. He would join the club of drivers who have made 200 race starts (His 200th race entry would have been the race before at Valencia)

Is the one-race discrepancy the US GP 2005?

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 27 Dec 2010, 10:35

dr-baker wrote:
Wizzie wrote:
Faustus wrote:
The club for drivers that have entered 200 races.

I'll give you half a point for that even though it's not quite correct. He would join the club of drivers who have made 200 race starts (His 200th race entry would have been the race before at Valencia)

Is the one-race discrepancy the US GP 2005?

Actually I got it wrong... he would have entered the club at the German Grand Prix which was the next grand prix weekend because he missed the start of the 2003 Monaco Grand Prix aswell