Motorsports Trivia Thread!

[DK]

Lotus 49?

 

[Liquid]

I think we've had the Maserati 250F before as an answer to a very similar question; I think it was highest number of different entries.

 

[LancerEvo7]

The Ferrari 312T scored every year from 1975-1980.

 

[TheCracker]

a) Lotus 72 ('70 - '75)
b) It was a customer car as well as a works entry. Or that there were 5 major revisions of it (72/72B/72C/72D/72E/72F)

 

[Jimlaad43]

Ferrari 312 lasted from 1966-1980
312: 66-69
312B: 69-71
312B2: 71-73
312B3: 73
312B3-74: 74-75
312T: 75-76
312T2: 76-78
312T3: 78-79
312T4: 79
312T5: 80

EDIT: How about a Kurtis Kraft from the Indy 500's?

 

[Dotini]

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Good heavens, there has been a wealth of really outstanding answers since I've been off fooling around in the Opinions threads! Much could be said as to their respective merits.

My answer is the Lotus 72.
In an era where the formula was Cosworth/Hewland, the 72 arrived as the most advanced and fastest design, racing and scoring points for six seasons. It, indeed all Cosworth powered cars, was made obsolete by the 312T.

Lotus 72, 1970-1975

E Fittipaldi, Nuburgring 1971

Races: 75
Wins: 20
Poles: 17
F. Laps: 9

Constructor's Championship: 3
Drivers' Championships: 2

 

[daan]

Ferrari 312 lasted from 1966-1980
312: 66-69
312B: 69-71
312B2: 71-73
312B3: 73
312B3-74: 74-75
312T: 75-76
312T2: 76-78
312T3: 78-79
312T4: 79
312T5: 80

EDIT: How about a Kurtis Kraft from the Indy 500's?

But that's a bit like saying that the McLaren MP4 has raced from 1981 to the present.

 

[TheCracker]

Someone else can take my turn if they like.

 

[Legro]

But that's a bit like saying that the McLaren MP4 has raced from 1981 to the present.

In both F1 and GT3.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Someone else can take my turn if they like.

I'll jump in with a quicky...

...who am I?

 

[Jimlaad43]

McLaren this year?

 

[TenEightyOne]

McLaren this year?

Nope, but I expected an answer like that

The reference is to a specific Grand Prix driver (amongst other things).

 

[Kingofweasles]

I'll jump in with a quicky...

...who am I?

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Tazio Nuvolari.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Tazio Nuvolari.

Perfect answer

 

[Kingofweasles]

Perfect answer

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There's a great story behind how his personal logo became a tortoise, but I'll save it for later.

What car holds the record for having the largest official engine displacement of any starter of the famed Lemans 24 Hours endurance race?

 

[TheCracker]

I'd like to say it was one of the 7.0ltr Nascars that visited in the mid '70s, but i bet some of those 1930's entries had even bigger capacities.

 

[Jimlaad43]

There was an 8L SRT Viper GTS-R, but I'm sure there's some monster from the pre-war era with 12l or something.

 

[Dotini]

The Renault which won the Grand Prix of France at the Sarthe Circuit in the year 1906 had a displacement 12,970cc. However, even bigger was the Panhard & Levassors, at 185 x I70mm, giving a swept volume of 18,279cc.

That year, the length of the race was 1238 kilometers accomplished over two days.

 

[Kingofweasles]

The Renault which won the Grand Prix of France at the Sarthe Circuit in the year 1906 had a displacement 12,970cc. However, even bigger was the Panhard & Levassors, at 185 x I70mm, giving a swept volume of 18,279cc.

That year, the length of the race was 1238 kilometers accomplished over two days.

Dotini scores the correct answer and can ask the next question.

I also would've accepted the 1950 entry from M.A.P./Deletrez (Which was the car I was thinking of when typing the question out), as though it had a supercharged 5.0L Inline-4, supercharged cars that ran at Lemans back then were considered to have double the capacity of "Atmo" cars. Thus, the car ran at an "Official" capacity of 10 Liters...

 

[Dotini]

It was the final race of the F1 season, and 3 worthy men could be World Champion depending the result. The points balance shifted as the dramatic race unfolded, and at times it appeared each worthy man held the upper hand and would be champion. In the end, the outcome was affected by an unworthy man ramming a worthy man from the rear.

Name the year, the race, the worthy men, and the unworthy one.

 

[LancerEvo7]

1964 Mexican GP, worthy men were Graham Hill, John Surtees, and Jim Clark, the unworthy one was Lorenzo Bandini.

 

[Liquid]

This was when John Surtees won it in 1964, was it not? I remember there being a three way dance between Clark, Hill and Surtees going into the finale but I do not remember the exact race or the clumsy driver.

Surtees might have been driving for NART. Mexico springs to mind and the NART link means I think it must be somewhere in America.

Jim Clark, Lotus
Graham Hill, BRM
John Surtees, NART-Ferrari

1964 Mexican Grand Prix.

 

[Dotini]

1964 Mexican GP, worthy men were Graham Hill, John Surtees, and Jim Clark, the unworthy one was Lorenzo Bandini.

Please take a turn!

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[LancerEvo7]

Should be a pretty easy one. Give me the race, margin, and drivers involved in the closest finish in a Formula 1 Grand Prix.

 

[lxmmy]

Should be a pretty easy one. Give me the race, margin, and drivers involved in the closest finish in a Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Senna & Mansell / Jerez / 0.014?

 

[Liquid]

Peter Gethin winning the 1971 Italian Grand Prix by 0.01 seconds ahead of Ronnie Peterson. The top five were covered by less than half a second!

 

[Dotini]

A guess, the 1970 GP of Italy at Monza. The top four were covered by. 0.68 of a second. The gap between Regga and Stewart was 0.088.

 

[LancerEvo7]

Good answers, but none are what I'm looking for.

 

[PatrisS136]

Good answers, but none are what I'm looking for.

Barrichello over Schumacher at US GP 2002 , aka. " Ferrari tries to perfect photo finish " thing , 0.011 s difference

 

[Jimlaad43]

Please take a turn!

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Isn't the penultimate image a screenshot from a game?