Motorsports Trivia Thread!

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He won the Argentine Grand Prix, but Luxembourg is one of the 8. He did of course win at the Nurburgring circuit that hosted the Luxembourg Grand Prix, but only when titled as the European Grand Prix.
 
Alongside Luxembourg, there would be South Africa, Mexico, Turkey, Singapore, Korea, Abu Dhabi and India.

No, I didn't use interwebz - I just have a pretty strong memory thanks to the F1 history book I acquired ages ago. That, and there's a whole lot of recently added GP's where he only competed in his Mercedes years, which were all winless.
 
We have all 8, @Carbonox got the last 7 so goes next.

F1Fanatic mentioned Lewis Hamilton closing to one race ago after the Spanish Grand Prix, and they had a list of the current racers + Schumacher. The list of Grand Prix he didn't win is doubled purely by those 3 years at Mercedes which is quite a record!
 
What's the only year in F1 history where a driver who was 2nd in points with 2 races to go, then proceeded to seal the title with 1 race to go? (While still having their rival participating in the season finale)
 
Possibly one of Fangio's titles. I think either 1956/57 he came from behind to leapfrog the championship leader.
 
Liquid
Possibly one of Fangio's titles. I think either 1956/57 he came from behind to leapfrog the championship leader.
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Good one, but in 1956 he did have a chance to lose it in the final race. That exact thing was about to happen when he retired and Collins was in the lead, but as we know rather well, he proceeded to give up his car after Fangio had retired, willingly surrendering the championship.

And in 1957, Fangio was easily champion without having to come from a deficit with 2 to go.
 
You have to look at years where the champion didn't dominate. Alan Jones, Jody Sheckter, John Surtees, Phil Hill, Nelson Piquet. Could be one of those, but I'm just throwing out names rather than giving an answer, hmm.

Piquet beat Reutermann in a close contest one year, 1981.
 
^ Piquet won it in the last round though. Not with one to go.

Alan Jones 1980.

You could only count your best 5 scores from each half of the season.
 
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Alan Jones 1980.
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Yup.

The explanation: After 2 consecutive wins, Nelson Piquet took the championship lead with 2 rounds to go, but his problem was that if he scored points one more time, he'd need to drop his weakest points-paying result - a 5th place - from the standings. Jones, on the other hand, could score once more without penalty.

And the worst-case scenario just happened for Piquet in Canada - he retired and Jones won, taking an 8 point lead. With the maximum number of points assailable by Piquet being 7, even a win at Watkins Glen with Jones outside the points would get him nowhere. (And as the icing on the cake, the exact opposite occurred)
 
Between them, Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi and JP Montoya won four straight Cart PPG/Champ car titles for Target Ganassi Racing.

What was the only track none of them won on during their five years consecutive seasons together?
 
Motegi is correct.

Montoya dominated his last race there but an issue with his last pit stop cost him the win.
 
Al Pease, disqualified from the 1969 Canadian GP at Mosport. I remember him from F1rejects.com. :D
 
Name three drivers who've won both Le Mans and a Formula One GP.
 
Most of us are aware of the 6 wheel Tyrrell Formula 1 car, and that it was a GP winner.

However, what is the highest placing of a 6 wheeled car at the Indy 500? What is the highest starting position?
 
Dotini
Most of us are aware of the 6 wheel Tyrrell Formula 1 car, and that it was a GP winner.

However, what is the highest placing of a 6 wheeled car at the Indy 500? What is the highest starting position?
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That would be the 1948 "Pat Clancy Special", which was classified 12th in it's one year of competition driven by Pat Clancy himself.

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Correct car and year, but incorrect driver, for the highest finish. Nor did you give the highest starting position. But I'll give you credit for the pic. :)

In 1948, Billy DeVore qualified the car 20th, finishing 12th.

In 1949, the same car was qualified 17th by Jackie Holmes, and finished 22nd.

The thing had great acceleration and speed as the brick circuit inevitably became coated with oil, and rear tire wear was superb. Its fatal problem was lack of speed in the four 90 degree turns.
 
Dotini
Correct car and year, but incorrect driver, for the highest finish. Nor did you give the highest starting position. But I'll give you credit for the pic. :)

In 1948, Billy DeVore qualified the car 20th, finishing 12th.

In 1949, the same car was qualified 17th by Jackie Holmes, and finished 22nd.

The thing had great acceleration and speed as the brick circuit inevitably became coated with oil, and rear tire wear was superb. Its fatal problem was lack of speed in the four 90 degree turns.
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Ah... I'll pass up my opportunity to ask a question then.
 

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