Little F1 quiz question to get minds off Sundays farce
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OK, never let it be said I have OCD, but I couldn't get on with the accounts until I had looked into this some more!
I make it 13:
Jean Alesi 89-01
Mario Andretti 68-82
Jo Bonnier 56-71
Jack Brabham 55-70
Bruno Giacomelli 77-90
Dan Gurney 59-70
Johnny Herbert 89-00
Graham Hill Snr 58-75
Jan Lammers 79-92
Pete Lovely 59-71
Bruce McLaren 58-70
Ricardo Patrese 77-93
Nelson Piquet Snr 78-91
Please put me out of my misery and let me get back to work - is that it!?
I make it 13:
Jean Alesi 89-01
Mario Andretti 68-82
Jo Bonnier 56-71
Jack Brabham 55-70
Bruno Giacomelli 77-90
Dan Gurney 59-70
Johnny Herbert 89-00
Graham Hill Snr 58-75
Jan Lammers 79-92
Pete Lovely 59-71
Bruce McLaren 58-70
Ricardo Patrese 77-93
Nelson Piquet Snr 78-91
Please put me out of my misery and let me get back to work - is that it!?
Miss Pitstop said:
OK, never let it be said I have OCD, but I couldn't get on with the accounts until I had looked into this some more!
I make it 13:
Jean Alesi 89-01
Mario Andretti 68-82
Jo Bonnier 56-71
Jack Brabham 55-70
Bruno Giacomelli 77-90
Dan Gurney 59-70
Johnny Herbert 89-00
Graham Hill Snr 58-75
Jan Lammers 79-92
Pete Lovely 59-71
Bruce McLaren 58-70
Ricardo Patrese 77-93
Nelson Piquet Snr 78-91
Please put me out of my misery and let me get back to work - is that it!?
Give yourself a chocolate biscuit. I make it 13:
Jean Alesi 89-01
Mario Andretti 68-82
Jo Bonnier 56-71
Jack Brabham 55-70
Bruno Giacomelli 77-90
Dan Gurney 59-70
Johnny Herbert 89-00
Graham Hill Snr 58-75
Jan Lammers 79-92
Pete Lovely 59-71
Bruce McLaren 58-70
Ricardo Patrese 77-93
Nelson Piquet Snr 78-91
Please put me out of my misery and let me get back to work - is that it!?
I thought Jan Lammers might have been the tricky one, with his 2 Leyton House (March) drives in 92.
I asked the question after seeing Ricardo Patrese congratulate Rubens Barrichello on beating his GP starts record. Rubens still has 5 more years to make it a triple decade.
FourWheelDrift said:
Miss Pitstop said:
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Give yourself a chocolate biscuit. I thought Jan Lammers might have been the tricky one, with his 2 Leyton House (March) drives in 92.
I asked the question after seeing Ricardo Patrese congratulate Rubens Barrichello on beating his GP starts record. Rubens still has 5 more years to make it a triple decade.
Good question by the way, but please can you not ask the next one whilst I'm trying to do my end of year finances - I just can't concentrate!!
Edited by Miss Pitstop on Tuesday 9th September 12:57
One of the first I wasn't sure about so had to check was a guy called John Love who always took part in the South African GP every year and almost won it in 1967 but his career was 62-72 only. I found Peter Lovely at the same time, another single race driver albeit with big gaps between races.
Pete Lovely used to get drives from Lotus, especially in US races.
Obviously, starting a career near the end of a decade is very useful for making it into a third decade. Schumacher didnt manage it because he started in F1 in 1991.
I would also query some of the statistics quoted because they probably only refer to World Championship F1 races. Up until the mid 1960s, there were sometimes as many NON WDC F1 races in a season. Also, in the years 1952/53, the WDC was run to F2 regulations.
To be fair, the question really needs to refer to Grand Prix careers - and that of course, throws the stats out as they hardly ever include pre WW2 Grand Prix events, of which there were many. On that score, Prince Bira might be considered because I'm pretty sure he drove in Grand Prix/F1 races in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. What about Novolari? Did he make it into the 50s?
Obviously, starting a career near the end of a decade is very useful for making it into a third decade. Schumacher didnt manage it because he started in F1 in 1991.
I would also query some of the statistics quoted because they probably only refer to World Championship F1 races. Up until the mid 1960s, there were sometimes as many NON WDC F1 races in a season. Also, in the years 1952/53, the WDC was run to F2 regulations.
To be fair, the question really needs to refer to Grand Prix careers - and that of course, throws the stats out as they hardly ever include pre WW2 Grand Prix events, of which there were many. On that score, Prince Bira might be considered because I'm pretty sure he drove in Grand Prix/F1 races in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. What about Novolari? Did he make it into the 50s?
Edited by Eric Mc on Tuesday 9th September 13:23
OK, Here's a few more motorsport questions (not just F1) that I prepared a couple of years ago for a petrolhead pub quiz...
Just for fun, no prizes or anything. See how many you can get.
1. Which company produced a flat-12 engine used by Coloni in 1990?
2. Which F1 driver has had the most DNFs between 1990-2003?
3. What does the 'JJ' stand for in ex-F1 driver, JJ Lehto's name?
4. At their peak in the mid 1980's, BMW’s 1.5 litre 4 cylinder turbo engines produced how much power (to nearest 100bhp) in qualifying trim?
5. What move prompted Gerhard Berger to grab Nigel Mansell between the legs to "see just how big they are"?
6. What was unusual about the "Life Racing Engines" F1 engine used in 1990 (apart from DNPQ being it's best result)?
7. Which driver has made the most GP starts without getting a win?
8. (a) Name the Italian shoe magnate who formed an F1 team in 1992 and (b) who is the rumoured Top Gear Stig who he reluctantly employed as a driver?
9. On which ex-F1 circuit would you find Tarzan?
10. Which F1 team lost their driver to a fatal accident on 30th April 1994?
11. On which circuit would you find the karrussel corner?
12. Who is the only F1 driver to receive the world championship title posthumously?
13. Who is the only female F1 driver to receive world championship points?
14. On which circuit would you find the corkscrew chicane?
15. What was notable about Ayrton Senna's fastest lap during the European Grand Prix held at Donington Park in 1993?
16. Of which Nationality was the following said in 1991... "We have no chance of a home win, we have one driver in prison, one in hospital and one in a Ligier"
17. What is the most successful WRC car ever?
18. Elio de Angelis and François Cevert were both killed in F1 cars but what musical ability did they have in common?
19. What is Ayrton Senna's full surname?
20. Which F1 driver has had the most wins without getting a world championship?
21. Name the backmarker who collided with Senna at Monza and prevented McLaren Honda winning all 16 races in 1988?
22. In the 1995 Hungarian GP which driver was run over by a safety car?
23. What incident occurred at both the 2003 British GP and the 2000 German GP?
24. Which U.S. circuit has a yard of bricks inlaid into the tarmac surface.
25. Which manufacturer won the Le Mans 24hr after a gap of 73 years?
26. Olivier Panis won the 1996 Monaco GP but how many other cars finished the race?
Just for fun, no prizes or anything. See how many you can get.
1. Which company produced a flat-12 engine used by Coloni in 1990?
2. Which F1 driver has had the most DNFs between 1990-2003?
3. What does the 'JJ' stand for in ex-F1 driver, JJ Lehto's name?
4. At their peak in the mid 1980's, BMW’s 1.5 litre 4 cylinder turbo engines produced how much power (to nearest 100bhp) in qualifying trim?
5. What move prompted Gerhard Berger to grab Nigel Mansell between the legs to "see just how big they are"?
6. What was unusual about the "Life Racing Engines" F1 engine used in 1990 (apart from DNPQ being it's best result)?
7. Which driver has made the most GP starts without getting a win?
8. (a) Name the Italian shoe magnate who formed an F1 team in 1992 and (b) who is the rumoured Top Gear Stig who he reluctantly employed as a driver?
9. On which ex-F1 circuit would you find Tarzan?
10. Which F1 team lost their driver to a fatal accident on 30th April 1994?
11. On which circuit would you find the karrussel corner?
12. Who is the only F1 driver to receive the world championship title posthumously?
13. Who is the only female F1 driver to receive world championship points?
14. On which circuit would you find the corkscrew chicane?
15. What was notable about Ayrton Senna's fastest lap during the European Grand Prix held at Donington Park in 1993?
16. Of which Nationality was the following said in 1991... "We have no chance of a home win, we have one driver in prison, one in hospital and one in a Ligier"
17. What is the most successful WRC car ever?
18. Elio de Angelis and François Cevert were both killed in F1 cars but what musical ability did they have in common?
19. What is Ayrton Senna's full surname?
20. Which F1 driver has had the most wins without getting a world championship?
21. Name the backmarker who collided with Senna at Monza and prevented McLaren Honda winning all 16 races in 1988?
22. In the 1995 Hungarian GP which driver was run over by a safety car?
23. What incident occurred at both the 2003 British GP and the 2000 German GP?
24. Which U.S. circuit has a yard of bricks inlaid into the tarmac surface.
25. Which manufacturer won the Le Mans 24hr after a gap of 73 years?
26. Olivier Panis won the 1996 Monaco GP but how many other cars finished the race?
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