Motorsports Trivia Thread!

[-Fred-]

The answer is obviously Andrea De Cesaris and his 208 starts.

 

[Liquid]

Correct, it is Andrea de Cesaris. @-Fred- 's turn to ask a question.

 

[-Fred-]

Hmm, well I don't actually have a question at the moment, so if anyone has one, feel free to ask it.

 

[Dotini]

Has a front wheel drive car ever competed in an F1 race?

 

[Liquid]

Technically, some might have done under the guise of the 1950-1960 Indy 500s.

 

[Dotini]

Technically, some might have done under the guise of the 1950-1960 Indy 500s.

Some might have done, and did do! Front drivers won the race several times from the 20's thru the 40's, being very handy when the bricks became slick with oil. They competed into the early 50's.

But please allow me to restrict my question to the Continent.

 

[Liquid]

I do know the first front-wheel drive win at Indy was in 1925, I believe.

As to a non-Indy 500 front-wheel drive Formula One entry, that is trickier.

 

[Dotini]

I do know the first front-wheel drive win at Indy was in 1925, I believe.

As to a non-Indy 500 front-wheel drive Formula One entry, that is trickier.

Yep, really too tricky, as it's almost impossible to google this one. So sorry once again.

The answer is of course Yes. It was in the non-championship Grand Prix at Pau, 1955 I believe. A 750cc supercharged DB driven by Armagnac finished a distant last.

 

[Dotini]

In 1950 the formula for Formula 1 allowed normally aspirated engines of 4500cc, as well as 1500cc for supercharged engines. That was as big as it ever got.

Name the famous race and circumstances under which a 4700cc car was allowed to start a points paying GP.

 

[Liquid]

Was it the 1957 German Grand Prix which was open to both F1 and F2 cars?

 

[Dotini]

Was it the 1957 German Grand Prix which was open to both F1 and F2 cars?

That was the famous race in which Fangio stormed from behind after a pit stop, setting multiple consecutive lap records in his towering victory over Collins and Hawthorne. But the highest displacement allowed was 2500 cc.

The famous event I'm thinking of occurred within the decade of the 60's.

 

[Liquid]

This one might be a tad easier.

Every car, sportscar or F1, constructed by Equipe Ligier had the initials JS. For example, the 1996 Monaco winning car was the Ligier JS43 and the 1993 car was the JS39.

But why?

 

[DK]

This was in memory of Jo Schlesser, a compatriot of Guy Ligier who died in the 1968 French GP driving the infamous magnesium-bodied Honda RA302.

 

[Liquid]

Correct, your turn DK.

 

[DK]

Sorry for not getting back to this earlier in the week, but here's my question:

At this year's Belgian GP, Andre Lotterer joined a very unenviable club. Which club is that, and who else is in it?

 

[ScottPuss20]

Caterham, Kamui Kobayashi and Marcus Ericsson

 

[Kingofweasles]

Sorry for not getting back to this earlier in the week, but here's my question:

At this year's Belgian GP, Andre Lotterer joined a very unenviable club. Which club is that, and who else is in it?

10-Year gap from his fist F1 Test to his first Grand Prix start?

 

[DK]

It has nothing to do with testing.

 

[Legro]

People that have driven only one lap in F1 race?

 

[Liquid]

Not quite as short as Marco Apicella's career (~800m), but it has to be with not even completing a lap.

 

[DK]

I'll be honest, I'm not sure whether Lotterer completed the first lap or not. However, since @Liquid named a driver who also failed to finish a single lap of any GP which they started, it's his go next.

 

[Legro]

I'll be honest, I'm not sure whether Lotterer completed the first lap or not. However, since @Liquid named a driver who also failed to finish a single lap of any GP which they started, it's his go next.

I just checked the results and according to them Loetterer drove 1 lap.

 

[Liquid]

When was the last time there was a shared drive in a Formula One Grand Prix?

Event would be handy, but it is a toughie.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

Monaco '56?

 

[Dotini]

Shell/Scarlatti Monza '57 was the last time points were awarded for a shared drive.

 

[Legro]

1958 in Monza?

 

[Dotini]

1958 in Monza?

Gregory and Shelby shared a Maserati, Monza '58.

Gendebien and Gregory shared a Lotus at Watkins Glen '61.

 

[Liquid]

Later than all of those.

 

[Dotini]

Spence/Clark shared a Lotus at Watkins Geln '64.

 

[Liquid]

Correct, at the 1964 United States Grand Prix Mike Spence and Jim Clark shared their Loti in what was the last shared drive in F1.

Spence was running well in 4th, while Clark's car developed an injector problem. So Clark took over Spence's car promoting Clark to 4th, and Spence soldiered on in Clark's Lotus, two laps down on the field. As it happened, Spence retired a few laps later with the injector problem, and Clark ran out of fuel in 3rd place sometime towards the end of the race.

I always found shared drives tricky to get my head around, so for clarity:

Jim Clark was classified 7th in Mike Spence's Lotus.
Mike Spence retired in Jim Clark's Lotus.