Motorsports Trivia Thread!

[AJ]

Here's one for you. What car was this before it was stickered as a Toyota for promotional purposes?

 

[Liquid]

Is that the TF101 test car?

Edit: No wait, maybe it's the Bridgestone test car which I think was a Dome.

 

[DK]

A Lola B99/50?

 

[TenEightyOne]

Was the previous question answered?

Re the "Toyota", I remember seeing it on Reddit, it was supposedly abandoned in Dubai. Old Formula 3000?

 

[Jimlaad43]

Nobody was right yet, so nothing should have been posted.

 

[Kingofweasles]

Here's one for you. What car was this before it was stickered as a Toyota for promotional purposes?

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Dome's Unraced F1 car? The F103?

 

[Legro]

72?

 

[Liquid]

Nobody was right yet, so nothing should have been posted.

Throw us a bone. Trial and error questions don't test knowledge and go on and on for no particular reason.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Throw us a bone. Trial and error questions don't test knowledge and go on and on for no particular reason.

If people tried to look up the answer, it might not be a problem.

Emmo was champ that year

 

[Liquid]

If people tried to look up the answer, it might not be a problem.

Where's the fun in just looking up the answer? No spirit to the game.

Imagine being at a pub quiz where everyone whips out their phones every question and googles the answer.

72

 

[Tired Tyres]

It's not about looking up the answer. It's about asking questions someone has a reasonable chance of knowing the answer and avoiding questions which promote guessing, like say, 45.

 

[Jimlaad43]

nothing yet

 

[TenEightyOne]

If people tried to look up the answer, it might not be a problem.

I thought the challenge had evolved to the point where it wasn't just fastest-Googler-first.

I'd consider just announcing the answer to your current question at this point...

 

[Carbonox]

74 *yawn*

 

[Jimlaad43]

74 *yawn*

This is the answer.

 

[Carbonox]

And with that, time for something completely different.

What GP2 team has had three different drivers win a race in one season?

 

[Jimlaad43]

Well I know the answer, but only because I looked it up, so I'll refrain from posting it for the moment.

 

[Roflwaffle]

Coloni?

 

[Carbonox]

No. In fact they could never even get 2 drivers to win in a year. ^^

 

[Pezzarinho17]

Lancaster stepped in at MP Motorsport and won, but I don't think it was them. I think Russian Time did the same when Sam Bird and Tom Dillman drove for them?

 

[DK]

ART?

 

[Carbonox]

Lancaster stepped in at MP Motorsport and won, but I don't think it was them. I think Russian Time did the same when Sam Bird and Tom Dillman drove for them?

No correct answer here, but one of the drivers you mentioned has something to do with this question.

ART?

That'd probably be the most logical choice for questions related to GP2 success, but answer's nope. ^^

 

[Roflwaffle]

Dams?

 

[Jimlaad43]

That'd probably be the most logical choice for questions related to GP2 success, but answer's nope. ^^

Are you sure? Lotus ART had 3 drivers win in 2011: Gutierrez, Bianchi and Calado.

Hilmer also in 2013: Frijns, Lancaster and Quaife-Hobbs

 

[Carbonox]

Are you sure? Lotus ART had 3 drivers win in 2011: Gutierrez, Bianchi and Calado.

Hilmer also in 2013: Frijns, Lancaster and Quaife-Hobbs

Hilmer was the correct answer, but Calado was a GP3 driver in 2011.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Hilmer was the correct answer, but Calado was a GP3 driver in 2011.

He still won a GP2 race that year (even if it was Non-Championship - which I didn't notice)

 

[Carbonox]

He still won a GP2 race that year (even if it was Non-Championship - which I didn't notice)

And that's why ART is indeed not correct. Non-championship races don't exactly count for anything other than pride.

 

[Pezzarinho17]

Hilmer was the correct answer, but Calado was a GP3 driver in 2011.

You know, I knew this as I knew Quaiffe Hobbs at the time! He won in the same season as Lancaster as pointed out, and I said MP Motorsport incorrectly as that is who AQH drove for in 2014 - wrong year!

 

[TenEightyOne]

And that's why ART is indeed not correct. Non-championship races don't exactly count for anything other than pride.

That wasn't what you asked though. You didn't even specify that they had to be GP2 wins...

 

[Liquid]

After Peter Dumbreck's Mercedes-Benz CLR flipped at the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours he was given a breath test by the gendarmerie due to Le Mans' use of public roads. Link Link But if that's true, that anyone who crashes on a French public road is subject to a breath test, then surely this must occur a lot at Le Mans? It's the first I've heard of it.

Incidentally, it's his flip that was captured on the live feed and constantly gets replayed, not Mark Webber's.