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Alphabetical F1 - The 'I's Have It Quiz


A quiz on F1 drivers, teams and grands prix that all begin (or end) with the letter 'I'.

A multiple-choice quiz by Fifiona81. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Fifiona81
Time
4 mins
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Multiple Choice
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394,860
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Dec 03 21
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Question 1 of 10
1. Three of these Italian F1 drivers won the Italian Grand Prix on at least one occasion - which one did not? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. With which famous F1 team did Belgian driver Jacky Ickx take six of his eight F1 race wins between 1968 and 1972? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The Istanbul Park circuit held the Turkish Grand Prix between 2005 and 2011. Which of its imaginatively named corners has gone down as one of the best in F1 history? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Innes Ireland raced in F1 from 1959 to 1966, but for which nation did he compete? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The official name of the F1 circuit generally known as Imola was updated in 1988. What was it changed to? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Which of these Asian 'I' countries hosted its first F1 grand prix in 2011? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In which year did Eddie Irvine finish as the runner-up in the F1 drivers' championship? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In which Brazilian city can you find the Interlagos circuit? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The Indy 500 formed part of the F1 championship from 1950 to 1960. Who was the only multiple Indy 500 winner during this period? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Italy has been home to over 20 different F1 teams, but few of them achieved much success. Which of these Italian teams ending with 'i' competed in the most races? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Three of these Italian F1 drivers won the Italian Grand Prix on at least one occasion - which one did not?

Answer: Michele Alboreto

The Italian Grand Prix is one of the seven races that appeared on the calendar for the inaugural season of the F1 world championship in 1950 and is traditionally held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Milan. Many Italian drivers have made an attempt to win their home grand prix, but very few of them actually succeeded - including Michele Alboreto, despite the fact that he spent five seasons with the Ferrari team, won five races in his career and finished as the world championship runner-up in 1985. Alboreto's best results at Monza in F1 were two second-place finishes in 1984 and 1988.

The Italians who did manage to cross the finish line first at the Italian Grand Prix include the first world champion Nino Farina in 1950; double world champion Alberto Ascari in 1951 and 1952 (and also in 1946 in the pre-championship era); and Ludovico Scarfiotti in 1966 (a win that turned out to be his only F1 victory).
2. With which famous F1 team did Belgian driver Jacky Ickx take six of his eight F1 race wins between 1968 and 1972?

Answer: Ferrari

The Scuderia Ferrari are arguably the most famous team in F1 history, having competed in the very first championship season, enjoyed long periods of success and taken hundreds of race wins, pole positions and fastest laps. Jacky Ickx first joined Ferrari in 1968 and took his first podium finish at his home race at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit and his first race win at the French Grand Prix. He left Ferrari for the Brabham team in 1969 and took two further wins, but returned to the Italian team for the start of the next season. He remained with the team until the mid-way through the 1973 season - when he left to drive one-off races for McLaren and Williams, after becoming frustrated with that year's underperforming Ferrari car.

In addition to his win in 1968, Ickx scored another five victories with Ferrari - the 1970 Austrian, Canadian and Mexican Grands Prix, the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix and the 1972 German Grand Prix.
3. The Istanbul Park circuit held the Turkish Grand Prix between 2005 and 2011. Which of its imaginatively named corners has gone down as one of the best in F1 history?

Answer: Turn 8

When asked to name the best corners on F1 circuits from around the world, most people will go with some of the most challenging and high-speed bends from traditional circuits such as Silverstone (the Maggots and Becketts sections), Monza (the Parabolica) or Spa-Francorchamps (Eau Rouge). However, modern fans may well also mention Istanbul's Turn 8, which featured either three or four separate apexes (depending on how you define them) taken on or near full-throttle at an average speed of around 270 kilometres per hour (167 miles per hour).

Brazil's Felipe Massa was the most successful driver around the Istanbul circuit during its period on the F1 calendar between 2005 and 2011. He won three back-to-back races between 2006 and 2008 and finished in the points on two other occasions. No other driver managed to take more than one race win during that time.
4. Innes Ireland raced in F1 from 1959 to 1966, but for which nation did he compete?

Answer: UK

Robert McGregor Innes Ireland was born in England to Scottish parents in 1930, so, despite his surname, he was not an Irish citizen. Ireland made his F1 debut at the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix and finished in a creditable fourth place in his Lotus. His best overall finish in the world championship came in 1960 when two second-place finishes and one third-place finish took him to fourth place behind Jack Brabham, Bruce McLaren and Stirling Moss.

His first, and only, F1 race win came at the final race of the 1961 season - the first US Grand Prix to be held at the Watkins Glen circuit in New York State.

Despite this win, Ireland wasn't retained by Lotus for 1962 and he spent the rest of his F1 career with smaller teams and recorded only a handful of points finishes before his retirement from the sport in 1966.
5. The official name of the F1 circuit generally known as Imola was updated in 1988. What was it changed to?

Answer: Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari

Prior to 1988, the Imola circuit was known as the Autodromo Dino Ferrari in honour of the eldest son of the Ferrari team's founder, the legendary Enzo Ferrari. Dino Ferrari died in 1956 at the age of 24 after suffering from severe muscular dystrophy and several Ferrari road and racing cars have also been named after him. After Enzo Ferrari's death in August 1988, the name of the Imola circuit was updated to honour both the father and the son.

Imola first appeared on the F1 calendar in 1980 when it hosted the Italian Grand Prix while the Monza circuit was undergoing redevelopment. It then hosted the San Marino Grand Prix from 1981 to 2006. During that period it was the scene of one of the most tragic weekends in modern F1 history when Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna died during the 1994 grand prix weekend.

The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is home to the Mexican Grand Prix, the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace is another name for Brazil's Interlagos circuit, and the Autodromo Juan y Oscar Galvez hosted the Argentine Grand Prix.
6. Which of these Asian 'I' countries hosted its first F1 grand prix in 2011?

Answer: India

The first Indian Grand Prix was held at the Buddh International Circuit near New Delhi in 2011. Only three of the original five planned races actually took place, as a scheduling change and then a tax dispute prevented the 2014 and 2015 events from being run and negotiations to extend the contract further failed. The first three Indian Grands Prix were all won by Sebastian Vettel and the Red Bull team; the last race of the three in 2013 was also the event at which Vettel secured his fourth world championship title.

The 2011 Indian Grand Prix was the seventh of eight F1 races held in Asia in that year - so over 40% of the season's races were held on that continent - but it was the first F1 race to be held in an Asian country whose name starts with an 'I'!
7. In which year did Eddie Irvine finish as the runner-up in the F1 drivers' championship?

Answer: 1999

Eddie Irvine made his F1 debut with the Jordan team at the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix - the penultimate race of the season - and the one point that he scored for his sixth-place finish in that race meant that he was classified 22nd in the world championship. He moved to Ferrari in 1996 where his results swiftly ensured that he was their number two driver behind team leader and (then) double world champion Michael Schumacher.

While Irvine scored plenty of podium finishes in 1997 and 1998, he didn't get his maiden win until the opening race of the 1999 season. There is little doubt that he would have continued to be Ferrari's second driver throughout 1999 if Michael Schumacher hadn't broken his leg at that year's British Grand Prix. With Ferrari's team leader out of action, Irvine gained the support of the team for his championship challenge and three further victories meant that he went into the final race of the season in Japan as the championship leader. However, McLaren's Mika Hakkinen won the Japanese Grand Prix and Irvine's third-place finish wasn't enough to prevent the Finn from retaining his title.

Irvine moved to Jaguar for the 2000 season and retired from the sport at the end of 2002 after three largely unsuccessful seasons with the team.
8. In which Brazilian city can you find the Interlagos circuit?

Answer: Sao Paulo

Interlagos, otherwise known as the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, is located in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo. Despite its waterside name (and the circuit is located between two large reservoirs) it is one of the highest tracks on the F1 calendar at around 800 metres (2,600 feet) above sea level. The thinner air at that altitude tends to result in the F1 engines being unable to produce as much power as on other tracks, but the circuit still boasts some fast sections - particularly the long uphill run to the start-finish line.

The Brazilian Grand Prix was first held at Interlagos in 1972 and the race was won by Argentina's Carlos Reutemann in a Brabham. Carlos Pace won the race in 1975 and the circuit was renamed in his honour after he was killed in a plane crash near Sao Paulo in 1977. In 1978 and 1981-1989 the race was held at the Jacarepaguá circuit in Rio de Janeiro.
9. The Indy 500 formed part of the F1 championship from 1950 to 1960. Who was the only multiple Indy 500 winner during this period?

Answer: Bill Vukovich

While the Indy 500 was one of only a small number of Formula One races that counted towards the world championship in the 1950s, it generally didn't have any impact on the final results as virtually no regular F1 drivers or teams actually bothered to take part in the event. A notable exception occurred in 1952 when world champion Alberto Ascari and the Ferrari team did enter the famous race at the Brickyard - however Ascari retired because of a wheel failure after 40 laps.

All of the answer options won the Indy 500 at some point between 1950 and 1960, but only Bill Vukovich managed to claim two wins. His victory in 1953 netted him nine world championship points (eight for the win and one for having the fastest lap), which translated into seventh place in the F1 world championship at the end of the season. His subsequent Indy 500 win in 1954 gave him sixth place in that year's F1 championship. Vukovich was killed while leading the 1955 event, becoming the first driver to die during an F1 world championship race.
10. Italy has been home to over 20 different F1 teams, but few of them achieved much success. Which of these Italian teams ending with 'i' competed in the most races?

Answer: Minardi

Minardi were the perennial underdogs of F1, competing near the back of the field in most of their 340 races during their 20 years in the sport. They often failed to score any points at all in a season and the rare occasions on which they managed to get some usually resulted in celebrations more often associated with race wins or world championship victories. (Anyone remember Mark Webber celebrating his fifth place finish on the podium at the 2002 Australian Grand Prix?)

The Minardi name disappeared from F1 when the team were bought out by Red Bull ahead of the 2006 season and renamed Scuderia Toro Rosso. Just two years later, a rookie driver by the name of Sebastian Vettel went on to win the 2008 Italian Grand Prix and the little Italian team eventually had a real victory to celebrate.

Coloni entered 65 races between 1987 and 1991 but only started 13 of them (they failed to qualify for most of the others). Forti competed in 23 races in 1995 and 1996. Arzani-Volpini never actually started a race as they only entered one car for the 1955 Italian Grand Prix and its engine failed before the start of the race.
Source: Author Fifiona81

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