Never Won the F1 Title [2] Online Quiz | Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1. Riccardo Patrese retired with the most career Formula One starts, with 256 from 1977 to 1993. Patrese came in second in 1992 while driving for ______ .

Answer: Williams

Patrese was runner-up to teammate Nigel Mansell in what was a dominating year for Williams, winning ten of the sixteen events. Patrese won in Japan in 1992, the last of his six career F1 wins. He also finished third in 1989 and 1991 for Williams and fifth for Benetton in 1993.

2. What track gave Jochen Maas his only career win?

Answer: Monjuic Park

The German won at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix in a McLaren. His best championship finish was sixth in 1977. Maas collided with Gilles Villeneuve while practicing for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix, killing the Canadian.

3. Frenchman Didier Pironi had a relatively short F1 career (1978-1982). He made the most of his time with three career wins and a second place championship finish to this person, who would later become the first Finn to win an F1 title.

Answer: Rosberg

Pironi's Ferrari took second to Keke Rosberg's Williams. Pironi's career was shortened by a crash while practicing for the 1982 German Grand Prix. While trying to make a comeback, he was killed in a 1987 powerboating accident. 1982 saw one of the strangest and most controversial seasons in Formula One history.

4. Britain's John Watson: his best season came in 1982, when he finished third.

Answer: True

John Watson raced in Formula One for twelve years, winning five races. He placed third in the 1982 championship and retired in 1983; but would later fill in for an injured Niki Lauda in 1985, being one of the few drivers ever to race in a number one car without being a defending champion. Watson was the first person to test for the Jordan team in 1990.

5. What was the best championship finish for France's Rene' Arnoux?

Answer: 3rd

Arnoux took his Ferrari to third in 1983, scoring the final three of his seven career wins.

6. How many career wins did Patrick Tambay have?

Answer: 2

Tambay won at Germany in 1982 and San Marino in 1983.

7. Often referred to as Formula One's "last gentleman player", Italian driver Elio de Angelis was killed while testing at Paul Ricard in 1986. The 1980 season saw DeAngelis hold the distinction of being the youngest driver to score a podium, at 21 years, 307 days. Where was this?

Answer: Brazil

DeAngelis finished second to Rene Arnoux. DeAngelis' two career wins came at Austria in 1982 and San Marino in 1985. His best championship finish was third in 1984. The 1977 Italian F3 champion, DeAngelis' death would be the last F1 casualty before the tragedy of Imola in 1994 that killed Roland Ratzenberger. Elio's youth podium was broken by Ralf Schumacher and Fernando Alonso.

8. Argentina's Carlos Reutemann ran in Formula One from 1972-1982. 1981 saw Reutemann lose the world championship by one point to a driver from _______ .

Answer: Brazil

Reutemann lost to Nelson Piquet. Reutemann had twelve career wins, but retired after a dispute with Frank Williams. In 1991 and 1999, Reutemann served four-year terms as governor of the Santa Fe province as a member of the Justicialist Party. He later became a Senator under Nestor Kirchner's Front for Victory bloc.

9. What year did Swiss driver Clay Regazzoni finish second in the championship?

Answer: 1974

Regazzoni finished second in a Ferrari to Emerson Fittipaldi. Regazzoni finished third his rookie season, despite a limited schedule. The five-time Grand Prix winner's career ended after an accident at the 1980 U.S. Grand Prix West. He died in December 2006 of a car accident on the A1 motorway near Parma.

10. Britain's Stirling Moss may be considered the best F1 driver never to win the championship. How many career wins did he have, during a career that ran from 1951-1961?

Answer: 16

Moss ran 67 races, in which he finished second in the championship for four consecutive seasons (1955-1958) and third his final three seasons in F1. Moss competed in many different styles of racing, including winning the prestigious Mille Miglia in 1955.

Source: Author GoodVibe

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