I hadn't seen this post before... I've run through from the start and given honest answers without peeking:
1. A Ferrari driven by Michael Schumacher breaks down on the parade lap.It happened a few times in 1996 didn’t it? I’ll say France 1996
2. Alesi crashes with a Sauber, he then retires from the sport.Japan 2001
3. Villeneuve takes to the grass to pass a suffering Hill to take victory on the final lap of the race.Hungary 1997
1 When M.Schumacher is black-flagged and fails to stop and then is banned for 2 races and the team fined.Silverstone 1994. Actually it was originally only a one race ban but was increased after a failed appeal.
2 When David Coulthard crashes in the entrance of the pit lane while in the lead.Adelaide 1995.
3 When Johnny Herbert crashes at 200mph because someone from the pit crew left an object in the brake disc.Italy one year - he crashed at Lesmo 1. 1997? I thought his problem was they'd left it in the footwell, and it got stuck behind the brake pedal...
1 Shinya Nakano drives fo the Kawasaki team in Moto Gp but before he switch to bikes who did he drive for in his last season in F1??They're not the same people are they? I’d guess at Minardi, when they were blue and silver.
2 Fangio won his fifth and last World title with which team??Maserati. Next…
3 What team did Alain Prost buy to form his infamous Prost team??Ligier.
1. In what year did Prost switch to Michelins?Prost the driver first used Michelins in 1981, but I’m guessing it’s about the team. Hmmm… Probably not until their final season in 2001.
2. Who was the only major search engine to sponsor Prost during their time in F1?Yahoo.
3. Burti drove for Prost in 2001, but at what race, and in what car did he have his F1 debut?A Jaguar, after Pizzonia was fired I think. Couldn’t say which race. Germany?
1. Where/when did Burti and Irvine collide, causing a race to be red flagged?Spa 2001, I was there!
1 I think this is a hard question, Name the five drivers that drove the Jordan car in its first season??Ooooh… Bertrand Gachot, Michael Schumacher, Alex Zanardi, Andrea De Chesaris, and… bugger.
2 A bit tougher, Name the seven engines that supplied the Jordan team through the years??Ford, Yamaha, Hart, Peugeot, Mugen-Honda, Honda, Ford again, and finally I’m guessing Toyota.
3 What year and postion did Jordan team finish in their most sucessful year in the WCC and name the type of car??Jordan 199, 1999, 3rd in the Constructors’ Championship
1. In which achievement category is MS classified third behind MA and AP and by how much is he beaten by AP?Who is MA? Mario Andretti? God knows.
1 How many fastest laps did Minardi have?At least 1, possibly 2. I’ll say 2.
2 In the 98 season, Esteban Tuero became the third youngest driver in f1 with Minardi. Who are the other 2 drivers? (Before 1998)!!Mike Thackwell is one, I have a feeling Bruce McLaren is the other.
3 Name Minardi's car, year, driver and track that they had there best result on?? (Name the three)Phoenix 1990, Perluigi Martini. They came second didn’t they?
1. Which circuit hosted the most F1 races?Monza
2. Which GP had the smallest winning marging?It used to be the 1971 Italian GP but it is now the 2002 US GP after that fiasco payback.
3. Which GP was the fastest race (speed-wise)?Italy in, I think, 2004
4. Which was the shortest GP (time-wise)?Australia in 1991
5. Which three races had the fewest retirements?God knows. There has been one or two with none, hasn’t there?
6. Who had the most wins at which single circuit excluding MS?Senna with 6 wins at Monaco. Has to be.
1 The SC led the cars over the finish line for the first time ever at what race and year?? (and who won the race?)Belgium I think, 1999, Mika Hakkinen won.
2 Three races started with the SC due to wet conditions, what races where they?The second half of the 1994 Japanese GP started under safety car, but I couldn’t say about the others.
3 A SC had its door smashed off in what year, race, and who drove the f1 car?Heidfeld at the Hungaroring, in 2002
1. What was the best result for Lola Team Haas during their time in F1 in the mid 80's?Fourth at least.
2. At which race did Minardi lead their only grand prix?Phoenix in 1990?
3. How many times did Life manage to pre-qualify in 1990?I’m not sure they did… Once?
4. Who replaced Christian Klien at Red Bull after he was ditched?Justin Wilson
5. When did Hakkinen cry behind a bush after spinning out of the lead?Imola or Germany I think, the year was definitely 1999. No, no, it was Monza! He changed down a gear too many which caused the spin.
1. In 1982 Keke Rosberg won his first and only world championship, with only one race victory. At which round was this?Hmmm… Austria, at a wild guess.
2. The 1976 season would see James Hunt become Britain's first world champion since Jackie Stewart in 1973. But which other Brit would win that season?John Watson with Penske's first and only F1 win – he had to shave his beard off afterwards.
3. Which 1998 Album did Damon Hill play a guest guitar solo on?One of George Harrison’s but I couldn’t name it.
4. When and where was the last Grand Prix not to be held on a Sunday?Probably in South Africa in the 1960s. They used to hold them on Boxing Day didn’t they?
5. Who is the only F1 driver to be ever disqualified from a Grand Prix for going too slow?I’d laugh if it was Bernie Ecclestone, but I don’t know.
1. At which race was the first stop/go penalty for speeding in the pitlane handed out and which driver got the penalty?All I can say is that it came after Imola 1994.
1. Before entering Formula 1, what was Flavio Briatore's first job?He was involved at Benetton in the clothes section somewhere.
2. Who was Mclaren's test driver in 1997?Ricardo Zonta? Either him or Alex Wurz.
3. Who Failed to qualify his Brabham six times in 1992?“His” narrows it down to Van De Poele or Damon Hill, but Van De Poele jumped ship early so I think it’s Damon, who started in Britain and Hungary.
4. Which famous French film star's son competed in Formula one?Something Belmondo wasn’t it?
5. Which engines did Lotus run in the second half of the 1983 season?Renault turbos
Q1: When was the safety car first deployed in a grand prix?It was sometime in mid 1993, in Germany I think.
Q2: And when was it first used due to atrocious weather conditions?The 1994 Japanese GP – the second half started behind it before a rolling start.
1. Who is the only driver to win the championship with a French BUILT chassis?Jackie Stewart, in 1969 in a Cosworth-powered Matra MS80
2. What season did Martin Brundle first compete in F1?1984, but Tyrrell had their results taken away.
3. Who scored the only point ever scored with a 4WD F1 car?It would have been in the Climax-engined, Rob Walker entered Fergusson P99 at the 1961 British GP, but I’m buggered if I can remember the driver as it wasn’t Stirling Moss. Jack Fairford rings a bell.
(I've seen the answer and take issue with it: Servois-Gavin may have been driving an MS84 but by the latter stages of the season they had removed the transmission to the front wheels)4. How many grands prix did Johnny Herbert win?Three: Britain and Italy in 1995, Europe in 1999.
5. Who took Benetton's first and last victories?Gerhard Berger.
6. Why was Mansell black flagged at Estoril in 1989?Reversing in the pitlane. Silly rabbit.
1. Hundreds of drivers have represented many countries over the years in F1. However the are some who have represented countries that technically no longer exist - can anyone name one of the countries, and at least one of the drivers who represented that country?Technically West Germany no longer exists. Where do I start? Stefan Bellof, Wolfgang Von Trips, Hans Joachim Stuck…
Any good?
Jim Clark, Monza, one lap down...
