Motorsports Trivia Thread!

[Jimlaad43]

Which impressive Formula 1 achievement is the top 3 this:
1: Kevin Magnussen
2: Felipe Nasr
3: Giancarlo Baghetti, Johnnie Parsons, Giuseppe Farina

Points on debut.

I need to update this.

1: Kevin Magnussen - 18 Points
2: Andrea Kimi Antonelli - 12 Points
3: Felipe Nasr - 10 Points
4=: Giancarlo Baghetti, (Johnnie Parsons), Giuseppe Farina - 9 points
7=: Luigi Fagioli, Alberto Ascari, (Bill Holland), (Mike Nazaruk), Karl Kling, (George Amick), Mike Parkes, Jacques Villeneuve, Lewis Hamilton, Oliver Bearman - 6 points

Amazingly, both Farina and Parsons' wins included the Fastest La point when wins were scored for 8 points. It went up to 9 by the time of Baghetti.

 

[Roo]

Alright, I decided to work this out. Using the circle measurement on Google Earth to measure the radius of the racing line of each mentioned corner.

Croft - 21m
Mallory Park - 17m
Knockhill - 29m
Cadwell short circuit - 13m
London ExCeL - 10m
Oliver's Mount - 9m
IoM TT Ramsey Hairpin - 12m
Northwest 200 York Corner - 18m
Macau Guia Melco - 11m

For reference, the hairpin at Monaco is 14m

I'm sure there was an early Formula E race where the circuit included a hairpin that was too tight for the steering lock of the cars, and that section was cut out after first practice... I want to say Beijing but I could be wrong and now I can't find it. If anyone knows what I'm vaguely remembering I'd be interested to know how that hairpin compares even though it was never used in a race.

 

[Jimlaad43]

I'm sure there was an early Formula E race where the circuit included a hairpin that was too tight for the steering lock of the cars, and that section was cut out after first practice... I want to say Beijing but I could be wrong and now I can't find it. If anyone knows what I'm vaguely remembering I'd be interested to know how that hairpin compares even though it was never used in a race.

That Beijing race you're thinking of was A1GP.


I can think of two Formula E circuits with permanent yellow flags.
The first Miami circuit had the pit exit on a narrow street penned in by the tram track, meaning the corner had permanent yellows because it was so tight. The first turn here


Battersea Park also required a permanent yellow after bumps in Turn 1 couldn't be fixed between FP and the Race. The corner then had tecpro placed on it to narrow it down and make the cars avoid it, and a permanent yellow was used there before it was resurfaced on the Saturday night for Race 2.