Motorsports Trivia Thread!

[SVT Cobra GT]

Nelson Piquet.

 

[daan]

So it must be Nelson Piquet then. (80 Champ Alan Jones would probably be too old by then.)

 

[TenEightyOne]

Still guessing rosberg. ..

 

[Jimlaad43]

Prost?

 

[Liquid]

Nelson Piquet.

So it must be Nelson Piquet then. (80 Champ Alan Jones would probably be too old by then.)

Ooh, just beaten to it. Yes, Nelson Piquet was born in 1952 making him the first champion born after the start of the F1 and from my research he is also the first race winner born after the start of the F1; Scheckter and Gilles Villeneuve were both born in January 1950. Keke Rosberg was actually born in 1948.

SVT's turn.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

I actually don't know the answer to this one, I will start to search the answer but it may take a while;

When was the last time an F1 Grand Prix had the EXACT same result as that year's championship standings?

 

[Liquid]

I was pondering this one a few days ago. Are we sure it has ever occurred?

 

[DK]

Well, I suppose it would have to be a season where the grid remained constant throughout, and there were 26 or less entrants.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

Well, I suppose it would have to be a season where the grid remained constant throughout, and there were 26 or less entrants.

I'd have guessed it'd have been within the last 15 years or so.

 

[Liquid]

Straight away the first thing I found were the 2000 European and Japanese Grands Prix which had the first four in that year's championship order.

1st Michael Schumacher
2nd Mika Hakkinen
3rd David Coulthard
4th Rubens Barrichello

Best I can do for now.

Edit: It happened as well at the 1998 Luxemburg Grand Prix.

1st Mika Hakkinen
2nd Michael Schumacher
3rd David Coulthard
4th Eddie Irvine

 

[Jimlaad43]

Singapore 2011 trumps that, with the top 5 being correct.

Vettel, Button, Webber, Alonso, Hamilton

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

I fear this maybe more difficult to find out than I thought.

I was initially discounting any season where teams made mid season driver changes as that would not represent the full final drivers championship standings for that season.

But I've already gone past the 2004 season with no luck.

 

[DK]

I actually don't know the answer to this one, I will start to search the answer but it may take a while;

When was the last time an F1 Grand Prix had the EXACT same result as that year's championship standings?

Would this year's Australian GP count? Technically, its results are the exact same as this season's.

 

[Jimlaad43]

I fear this maybe more difficult to find out than I thought.

I was initially discounting any season where teams made mid season driver changes as that would not represent the full final drivers championship standings for that season.

But I've already gone past the 2004 season with no luck.

Can you at least tell us if it's top 6, top 10, top 22 or so

 

[SagarisGTB]

Singapore 2011 trumps that, with the top 5 being correct.

Vettel, Button, Webber, Alonso, Hamilton

During the 1973 Monaco GP, the points scorers (top 6) all finished in their corresponding championship positions.

 

[DK]

So, @SVT Cobra GT, is @SagarisGTB's answer the best?

 

[SagarisGTB]

I'll ask the next question to keep things moving.

What was the most recent World Championship F1 Grand Prix to be held on a Saturday?

 

[TheCracker]

Depends on where in the world you live. If you live in Hawaii then the last race was held on Saturday.

 

[SagarisGTB]

Cheeky.

If it wasn't obvious, a Saturday start in local time.

 

[Jimlaad43]

1985 South African GP

 

[SagarisGTB]

Correct. 👍

1970s and 80s South African GPs were predominantly held on Saturdays until the event was taken off the F1 calendar for 1986. When it came back in 1992, the race was held on a Sunday like every other GP.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Name all the drivers who have won an F1 race on at least 5 of the Original F1 circuits. (Silverstone, Monaco, Indianapolis, Bremgarten, Spa-Francorchamps, Reims, Monza)

 

[TenEightyOne]

Name all the drivers who have won an F1 race on at least 5 of the Original F1 circuits. (Silverstone, Monaco, Indianapolis, Bremgarten, Spa-Francorchamps, Reims, Monza)

Wow, is this definitely a no-wiki question?

 

[Liquid]

Jackie Stewart
Juan Manuel Fangio
Michael Schumacher
Graham Hill
Jim Clark
Emerson Fittipaldi

 

[Dotini]

Juan Manuel Fangio only. I don't consider the Spa and the Indy that Schumacher raced on to be the same Original circuits as they were in 1950. But for the sake of answering this question, he may be included.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Juan Manuel Fangio only. I don't consider the Spa and the Indy that Schumacher raced on to be the same Original circuits as they were in 1950. But for the sake of answering this question, he might be included.

You're going to have to consider them

 

[Dotini]

You're going to have to consider them

Okay. Then the answer is Fangio and Schumacher only.
Edit: Add Lewis Hamilton!

 

[TheCracker]

Juan Manuel Fangio only. I don't consider the Spa and the Indy that Schumacher raced on to be the same Original circuits as they were in 1950. But for the sake of answering this question, he may be included.

Monaco is the only one that hasn't changed considerably since the '50s.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Okay. Then the answer is Fangio and Schumacher only.
Edit: Add Lewis Hamilton!

We have a winner.
Fangio won at 6 of the circuits (Silverstone, Monaco, Bremgarten, Spa, Reims and Monza)
Schumacher and Hamilton won at 5 (Silverstone, Monaco, Indianapolis, Spa and Monza)

 

[DaGiBUS]

What driver combo won the Bathurst 1000 in 1987?