Motorsports Trivia Thread!

[mikeerfol]

(race start to end of career)?

Race start? I guess that's Lotterer?

 

[LancerEvo7]

Race start? I guess that's Lotterer?

It's Apicella. He started one race at Monza and made it only to the first chicane.

 

[TenEightyOne]

I think you might be mixing up Naoki Hattori (who racked up two DNPQs for Coloni late in 1991) and Masami Kuwashima, who withdrew from the 1976 Japanese GP after just one practice session.

Is the answer Marco Apicella?

It's Apicella. He started one race at Monza and made it only to the first chicane.

Ding ding, we have a winner... @DK got there first.

Apicella's F3000 performances earned him a drive in the Jordan at Monza. 800 metres after the start he was out of the race and was replaced for the next race by another driver.

 

[DK]

OK, here's my question.

Which two drivers hold the record for most 3rd places in a season?

 

[Carbonox]

OK, here's my question.

Which two drivers hold the record for most 3rd places in a season?

Which series?

Off the top of my head, Rubens Barrichello in 2001 could be one. The other? Probably Mark Webber in 2011.

 

[daan]

Thierry Boutsen in 1988?

 

[Liquid]

Hakkinen in 1994.

 

[DK]

Which series?

Off the top of my head, Rubens Barrichello in 2001 could be one. The other? Probably Mark Webber in 2011.

You're half-right.

 

[JC_Dude]

Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso?

 

[DK]

Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso?

No.

I'll give you all a clue: they set their record in this century.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Webber in 2010 (7)
Vettel in 2015 (7)

 

[JC_Dude]

Jimlaad's probably right.

 

[DK]

Webber in 2010 (7)
Vettel in 2015 (7)

Correct, it's your turn now.

 

[Clark]

Montoya 2003? Too late.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Which non-sovereign region bidded for a Formula 1 Grand Prix in 1986, but had it rejected after a test event the previous year found it unsuitable for even the lower formula cars.

 

[Barra333]

Hong Kong?

 

[TenEightyOne]

Manx?

 

[Jimlaad43]

nope

 

[L8 Apex]

Curacao!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Curaçao_Grand_Prix

 

[Jimlaad43]

Curacao!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Curaçao_Grand_Prix

Yes, Curaçao came close to hosting an F1 race in 1986, and used the 1985 F3000 race as a test. The circuit wasn't right for even them, so F1 never appeared there.

 

[Liquid]

General Trivium:

In the 1989 British Touring Car Championship, John Cleland was partnered throughout the season by Louise Aitken-Walker. While Cleland had a proper, race-prepared Astra provided by Dave Cook Racing, and won the 1989 title, the team only actually had one race-spec BTCC car. Aitken-Walker drove her rally Astra set up for tarmac conditions (And finished 2nd in class and 5th overall). The other Vauxhall Astra of Jeremy Rossiter was a National Saloons car.

 

[Jimlaad43]

@L8 Apex, your turn

 

[Com Fox]

General trivia.

The 12 Hours of Sebring has hosted both a round in the World Endurance Championship and the North American Endurance Championship (albeit the NAEC is a Championship in a Championship).

 

[Legro]

A one season lasting rally series called Formula Rally Championship was held in UK in 2001, why was the series held for one season only and who won the championship.

 

[Com Fox]

An one season lasting rally series called Formula Rally Championship was held in UK in 2001, why was the series held for one season only and who won the championship.

Winner: Mats Andersen (Car was a Satrian Kit Car).

Reason for 1 Season: It was the replacement for the cancelled 2001 British Rally Championship which eventually came back in 2002.

 

[TenEightyOne]

An one

A one, because "one" starts with a "w" sound, English rules are often broken

My Finnish is non-existent though...

 

[Legro]

Winner: Mats Andersen (Car was a Satrian Kit Car).

Reason for 1 Season: It was the replacement for the cancelled 2001 British Rally Championship which eventually came back in 2002.

Reason is correct but the winner is incorrect.

 

[Com Fox]

Reason is correct but the winner is incorrect.

My bad, it is actually Martin Rowe.

 

[Legro]

My bad, it is actually Martin Rowe.

Correct.

 

[Com Fox]

Which Audi LMP hasn't participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans?