Sorry for the slow reply Bob. Have been in Abu Dhabi watching the GP and trying to keep one step ahead of your questions! Not so sure about number 23 though... have I erred...please let me down gently!
1. Name the make’s of car that Jack Brabham drove during his Formula 1 career? Cooper, Maserati, Lotus and, oh yes, Brabham.
2. Explain how the name MARCH originated.? Max
Mosley,
Alan
Rees, Graham
Coaker and Robin
Herd
3. Which driver has won the most Monaco Grands Prix? Senna with 6
4. Name F1 three drivers whose surname begins with Z? How about 4: Renzo Zorzi, Ricardo Zunino, Ricardo Zonta, Alex Zanardi
5. The ‘Constructors’ title was introduced in 1958. When did Ferrari first win it? 1961
6. Which three circuits have held a round of the German GP? Nurburgring, Hockenhein, Avus
7. McLaren have used seven different engines in their cars over the years, name them? Ford, BRM, TAG, Honda, Peugeot, Mercedes and, the strange named one, Serenissima.
8. How old was Sebastien Vettel when he won his first Grand Prix? 21 years and 73 days
9. How many races did Brawn win in their Championship year? Eight, six for Jenson followed by 2 for Rubens
10. Where and when did Jackie Stewart make his Grand Prix debut? 1965 South African GP in a BRM – East London not Kyalami
11. How many World Driver Championships has Brazil won.? Eight – Fittipaldi (x2), Piquet (x3), Senna (x3)
12. In which years did America drivers win the F1 Championship, and name them? 1961 Phil Hill, 1978 Mario Andretti
13. Name the driver who has competed in the most GPs, and how many? Rubens on 322 (disputed). Seems a long time ago when I saw Jolly Jacques Laffite beat Graham Hill’s record at Brands…
14. What links Alan Rees with two Grand Prix marques? MARCH and ARROWS. He was a founder of both teams being the AR in MARCH and the R in Arrows
15. Olivier Panis only won a single Grand Prix, where and when? Monaco in 1996 – Ligier’s last win
16. In what year did Frazer Nash contest GPs? 1952
17. Damon Hill took Jordan’ first victory in Belgium 1998, what marked the start of the race? Big pile up started by DC caused race to be red flagged. Lucky they didn’t use a safety car as we all know they aren’t very good at deploying safety cars at Spa!
18. Who were the ‘Three F’s’ ? Fangio, Farina and Fagioli – Alfa teammates who dominated the 1950 British GP, finishing in that order.
19. Name the World Champions whose sons also drove in Formula 1? Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, Mario Andretti, Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet
20. Which circuit has held the most Grands Prix? Monza – has held the Italian GP every year except 1980 (Imola)
21. Which driver has the lowest career points score? Lella Lombardi – half a point for Spanish GP in 1975 (half points awarded as race stopped early)
22. Where was Jenson Button’s last win? 2012 Brazil
23. How did Nico Rosberg overtake his father this year? Not sure about this one – only stat I can come up with is that Keke competed in 9 GP seasons, 1978 to 1986. Nico in 2015 exceeded that at this year was his 10th season (debut was in 2006)
24. At which race did Sebastien Vettel clinch his 2013 World title? Indian GP
25. In 1952 Alberto Ascari won 6 of seven Grands Prix, who won the other one? Piero Taruffi in the first GP of the year
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