Motorsports Trivia Thread!
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Benetton?
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Shadow? They started off as being registered in the good old US of A, but practically everything was built, designed, constructed and ran from England...
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In this instance, no.
Not quite. I'm not sure if any of the fake Lotus teams since 2010 (Enstone and Tony Fernandes Racing) have been anything other than British registered.
It was not.
No, but you are correct in sussing that they changed their racing licence; in 1996 they went from being British to Italian and, really, that was the sign of things to come. The champions of the last two years would only win once race out of 99 as an Italian team which saw the team drop to the last row of the grid in 2001.
It was! They were an American enterprise from 1973-75 but from 1975 onwards they changed their official racing licence from America to Britain, moved their entire base there and as a British team won their only race, the 1977 Austrian Grand Prix, before most of the staff left and formed the Arrows team. There then followed the infamous controversy over the Shadow DN9 and the Arrows FA1.
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Next question either @daan (two turns ago) or @Kingofweasles if we're playing this right.
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Shortest I'm thinking something like Barrichello at Interlagos in 2004. I think that's the shortest track and I think he has the pole record there.
Actually it may be Montoya but I couldn't be sure on a year, 2005?
Actually it may be Montoya but I couldn't be sure on a year, 2005?
It's not at Pescara. There have been lots of circuits with faster times than at Interlagos 
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My guesses:
Shortest timed pole lap: 1960, E. Sachs, Dean Van Lines, Indy, ~1:01.4 time. Note: J. Hurtubise was quicker, but not awarded pole.
Longest timed pole lap: 1953, A. Ascari, Ferrari, Nurburgring, 9:59.8
Edit: Shortest: 1974, Lauda, Ferrari, Dijon-Prenois, 58.79
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Do non-championship races count? If so the shortest I'd guess to be Moss's 42.8 at Roskilde in 1961.
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[Supertrivia Alert!]
While we're waiting for better answers, I'd like to point out that Ascari's pole times noted above at the Nurburgring were well slower than times set back in the 1930's. In fact, it was not until Pirelli developed and raced Rayon and steel carcass tires later on after the mid-50's that pre-war times were bettered at the Nurburgring.
While we're waiting for better answers, I'd like to point out that Ascari's pole times noted above at the Nurburgring were well slower than times set back in the 1930's. In fact, it was not until Pirelli developed and raced Rayon and steel carcass tires later on after the mid-50's that pre-war times were bettered at the Nurburgring.
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In 1959 the German GP at Avus was run in two heats due to concerns about tire safety. Tony Brooks, Ferrari, started on pole for heat two. His winning time for heat one was one hour, 3 minutes and 17.6 seconds, which qualified him for pole in heat two. So I suppose this could be considered the longest "pole lap" in F1 history.
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