Motorsports Trivia Thread!

[Jimlaad43]

Still so close but no cigar.
I am using this website as my reference.

Spoiler

http://www.statsf1.com/en/statistiques/numero/pilote/numero.aspx?n=1

 

[That90sGuy]

22 then. Lesson learned, don't trust Wikipedia. I had to look at all the races before standardised numbers, but I guess I missed a few.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Correct

 

[That90sGuy]

OK. My trivia will probably be guessed very quickly, but here goes. When was the last F1 race where no driver from Europe finished on the podium? I need the race and the drivers.

 

[Roo]

It took some digging, however:

1990 Japanese GP - 1st: Piquet (Brazilian), 2nd: Moreno (Brazilian), 3rd: Suzuki (Japanese).

 

[Liquid]

1990 Japanese Grand Prix

Piquet BRA
Moreno BRA
Suzuki Japanese

Treed....

 

[That90sGuy]

It took some digging, however:

1990 Japanese GP - 1st: Piquet (Brazilian), 2nd: Moreno (Brazilian), 3rd: Suzuki (Japanese).

Yep. Your turn 👍

 

[Roo]

According to the team boss at the time, which is the only Grand Prix Minardi ever started believing they had a realistic shot at winning?

 

[Liquid]

Pierluigi Martini?

Think it was Portugal 1989 where he briefly led. One lap.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

2003 Brazilian GP, Jos Verstappen (was ahead of Fisichella when he retired on a similar strategy).

Edit: Missed the word started

 

[That90sGuy]

1991 Portuguese Grand Prix? Started 8th, finished 4th?

 

[SagarisGTB]

1990 US GP? Martini started on the front row.

 

[TheBigMan045]

2005 US GP? Because they were one of 6 cars to start the race

 

[Carbonox]

Australia 1989, Martini 3rd on the grid with Prost abandoning the race from 2nd before it even begun.

 

[Roo]

2003 Brazilian GP, Jos Verstappen (was ahead of Fisichella when he retired on a similar strategy).

Is the right answer.

According to Paul Stoddart in the book Forza Minardi!, on race morning they brimmed the tank in the spare car Verstappen drove, believing that the race wouldn't go the distance because of the rain. This turned out to be correct - but by then both cars had spun off in Turn 3 and because in both cases the engine stalled at high speed, the anti-stall didn't kick in.

GOTMAXPOWER, your turn.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

I'm not very good at these so this might be a bit easy:

Who is the most recent driver to score points on their WRC debut?

 

[Liquid]

Err... Kimi Raikkonen?

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Err... Kimi Raikkonen?

No, he did impress though by being one of the quickest in class before crashing out.

 

[daan]

Was it Matt Wilson?

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Was it Matt Wilson?

No, his first WRC rally he finished 13th

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Mathieu Arzeno.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Mathieu Arzeno.

No, he'd started a few rounds before his 10th place this year

Edit: I've fixed a typo in the question "on their WRC debut" not "of"

 

[Stiggy]

Sebastien Chardonnet?

 

[prisonermonkeys]

How do you define "WRC debut"? Are you talking about the driver's first appearance in a WRC event? Or their first appearance in a WRC event while driving a World Rally Car?

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Sebastien Ogier. Eighth place at the 2008 Rally of Mexico. Even if it was a J-WRC car.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Sebastien Chardonnet?

No but he did score on his first rally in a competitive car

How do you define "WRC debut"? Are you talking about the driver's first appearance in a WRC event? Or their first appearance in a WRC event while driving a World Rally Car?

First appearance on a WRC event (can be in any car).

Sebastien Ogier. Eighth place at the 2008 Rally of Mexico. Even if it was a J-WRC car.

Close but no cigar, somebody else has done it since...

 

[Stiggy]

Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari? (10th at this years Rally Acropolis)

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari? (10th at this years Rally Acropolis)

Correct, he finished 10th in a Mini Countryman WRC after Andreas Mikkelsen retired on the final day: http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?p=8801

 

[Stiggy]

After his split with Holden in 1987, which brand of car (that at the time was new to Australia) did Peter Brock endorse?

 

[Liquid]

BMW. Or Ford Europe, I'm undecided.