Motorsport Quiz - Page 5

E.B · 3 Dec 2022, 14:30 (Ref:4135980)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

Technically Hulkenberg wasn't Vettel's team mate though. He replaced him at a couple of GPs this season just gone though

He was their official reserve and development driver, certainly in 2021 anyway, so I reckon that makes him officially part of the team.

Last year press reports talked of Hulkenberg "joining Aston Martin...." F1....https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/a...reserve-driver

S griffin · 4 Dec 2022, 09:34 (Ref:4136074)

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Originally Posted by E.B

He was their official reserve and development driver, certainly in 2021 anyway, so I reckon that makes him officially part of the team.

Last year press reports talked of Hulkenberg "joining Aston Martin...." F1....https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/a...reserve-driver

I never knew reserve and development drivers had 'team mates'

Anyway here's one I thought of last night. What do Teo Fabi and Marc Gene have in common?

crmalcolm · 9 Dec 2022, 12:18 (Ref:4136564)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

Anyway here's one I thought of last night. What do Teo Fabi and Marc Gene have in common?

It looks like you have everyone stumped with this one......

BTCC frog · 9 Dec 2022, 12:31 (Ref:4136567)

Both had the shortest name on the grid in every season they competed in Formula 1?

steve_r · 9 Dec 2022, 15:46 (Ref:4136581)

Something to do with having racing driver brothers?

crmalcolm · 12 Dec 2022, 06:59 (Ref:4136838)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

What do Teo Fabi and Marc Gene have in common?

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Originally Posted by BTCC frog

Both had the shortest name on the grid in every season they competed in Formula 1?

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Originally Posted by steve_r

Something to do with having racing driver brothers?

Do we have a correct answer?

S griffin · 12 Dec 2022, 10:04 (Ref:4136849)

Nope. Both did something without officially doing something

BTCC frog · 12 Dec 2022, 10:13 (Ref:4136851)

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Nope. Both did something without officially doing something

Is it that both led a race without actually leading a lap so officially haven't led a race?

crmalcolm · 12 Dec 2022, 10:38 (Ref:4136854)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

Nope. Both did something without officially doing something

They were both registered as entrants in a GP, without actually taking the grid?

S griffin · 12 Dec 2022, 12:14 (Ref:4136868)

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Originally Posted by BTCC frog

Is it that both led a race without actually leading a lap so officially haven't led a race?

Yes, that’s right. Both led a race, but as they weren’t leading when they went over the line, it wasn’t officially recorded. Fabi in the 1986 Austrian Grand Prix and Gene in the 2003 Italian GP

steve_r · 12 Dec 2022, 15:23 (Ref:4136884)

OK - if I wait till I get one right to ask a question, we will be here till next Christmas.

You have all seen the video loads of times. Without looking afresh at youtube, which drivers did Ayrton Senna overtake on lap 1 of the 1993 European GP at Donnington.

BTCC frog · 12 Dec 2022, 15:25 (Ref:4136885)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

Yes, that’s right. Both led a race, but as they weren’t leading when they went over the line, it wasn’t officially recorded. Fabi in the 1986 Austrian Grand Prix and Gene in the 2003 Italian GP

Thanks, I would like to ask a weird question:

Firstly, you must think back to being a child colouring in a menu at 'Little Chef,' and trying to colour in every letter which has an enclosed section. For example, you would colour in the enclosed section of an A or a B, but there is no enclosed section to a C so that would be left as it was.

Now imagine on that Little Chef menu there was a list of the names of every F1 driver from history, all capitalised. You had to colour in every letter that was available in the drivers' names. So for LEWIS HAMILTON you would colour the A and the O, and for MAX VERSTAPPEN you would colour the A, R, A, P and P. For some drivers no letters in the surname could be coloured in, including VETTEL, SUTIL and LIUZZI. Also, LITTLE CHEF has no letters that can be coloured.

But there are five drivers in F1 history (those who have started a Grand Prix) for whom not a single letter in their first name or surname could be coloured in (or six including GEKI). The question is, what is the longest name of an F1 driver in history for whom not a single letter in their entire name (not including middle name) can be coloured in. It is a very well-known driver.

The extension is to get the other four. As a clue, one of them is from the 2010s, one is from the 1970s, and two are from the 1950s (one being an Indy 500 driver). This is apart from the aforementioned longest name, the most well-known driver on the list, which you have to get to win the question and ask the next one.

BTCC frog · 12 Dec 2022, 15:26 (Ref:4136886)

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Originally Posted by steve_r

OK - if I wait till I get one right to ask a question, we will be here till next Christmas.

You have all seen the video loads of times. Without looking afresh at youtube, which drivers did Ayrton Senna overtake on lap 1 of the 1993 European GP at Donnington.

Michael Schumacher
Karl Wendlinger
Damon Hill
Alain Prost

steve_r · 12 Dec 2022, 15:29 (Ref:4136887)

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Originally Posted by BTCC frog

Michael Schumacher
Karl Wendlinger
Damon Hill
Alain Prost

3 minutes until a correct answer. I thought people might struggle with Wendlinger.

crmalcolm · 12 Dec 2022, 15:42 (Ref:4136889)

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Originally Posted by BTCC frog

The question is, what is the longest name of an F1 driver in history for whom not a single letter in their entire name (not including middle name) can be coloured in. It is a very well-known driver.

The extension is to get the other four. As a clue, one of them is from the 2010s, one is from the 1970s, and two are from the 1950s (one being an Indy 500 driver). This is apart from the aforementioned longest name, the most well-known driver on the list, which you have to get to win the question and ask the next one.

Gilles Villeneuve
Will Stevens
Ken Miles
Jim McWithey
Willi Heeks

BTCC frog · 12 Dec 2022, 16:40 (Ref:4136892)

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Originally Posted by steve_r

3 minutes until a correct answer. I thought people might struggle with Wendlinger.

The move on Wendlinger was around the outside on the Craner Curves, one of the finest overtakes ever in F1. Sorry it was only three minutes, I just happened to be online at the same time writing out my question and it is something I knew.

BTCC frog · 12 Dec 2022, 16:42 (Ref:4136893)

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Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Gilles Villeneuve
Will Stevens
Ken Miles
Jim McWithey
Willi Heeks

That was very quick, well done.
Gilles Villeneuve was the answer I was looking for, so you are correct and can ask the next one.

Stevens, Heeks and McWithey are three of the other four, but I don’t believe Ken Miles ever raced in Formula 1, and he died in the 1960s anyway so couldn’t be the 1970s driver. That is someone else.

crmalcolm · 12 Dec 2022, 16:46 (Ref:4136894)

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Originally Posted by BTCC frog

That was very quick, well done.
Gilles Villeneuve was the answer I was looking for, so you are correct and can ask the next one.

Stevens, Heeks and McWithey are three of the other four, but I don’t believe Ken Miles ever raced in Formula 1, and he died in the 1960s anyway so couldn’t be the 1970s driver. That is someone else.

Miles is listed as one entry.

I think the other driver you are looking for is Tim Schenken?

peebee2 · 12 Dec 2022, 20:29 (Ref:4136928)

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Originally Posted by steve_r

OK - if I wait till I get one right to ask a question, we will be here till next Christmas.

You have all seen the video loads of times. Without looking afresh at youtube, which drivers did Ayrton Senna overtake on lap 1 of the 1993 European GP at Donnington.

?? I don’t think there’s ever been an F1 venue called “Donnington.”

S griffin · 12 Dec 2022, 21:10 (Ref:4136934)

You know he means Donington Park. So what if he spelt it with two n’s. No one’s perfect and it at least it has the same pronunciation with two n’s

peebee2 · 12 Dec 2022, 21:22 (Ref:4136935)

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Originally Posted by S griffin

You know he means Donington Park. So what if he spelt it with two n’s. No one’s perfect and it at least it has the same pronunciation with two n’s

Thanks but no, I was actually correctly answering the question.

crmalcolm · 13 Dec 2022, 06:28 (Ref:4136962)

Right - if we're done with the pedantry, on to the next question:

Alberto Ascari’s is the largest.
Charles LeClerc's is the most recent.

What do they have?

steve_r · 13 Dec 2022, 09:23 (Ref:4136977)

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Originally Posted by peebee2

?? I don’t think there’s ever been an F1 venue called “Donnington.”

Wow. Thanks. For. That.

steve_r · 13 Dec 2022, 09:27 (Ref:4136978)

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Originally Posted by crmalcolm

Right - if we're done with the pedantry, on to the next question:

Alberto Ascari’s is the largest.
Charles LeClerc's is the most recent.

What do they have?

Is it something to do with streets being named after them in Romme or Ittaly?

crmalcolm · 13 Dec 2022, 10:15 (Ref:4136983)

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Originally Posted by steve_r

Is it something to do with streets being named after them in Romme or Ittaly?

- no, that is not the answer (at least not the answer I am looking for).

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