They Gave Their All Quiz | Formula 1 Grand Prix

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1. This New Zealand driver's name was still prominent in F1 at the start of the 21st century; until 2003, he held the record as youngest driver to win a race (in 1959). He died testing a car in 1970.

Answer: Bruce McLaren

McLaren started in F1 in 1959 driving a Cooper with teammate Jack Brabham, and he won that year's inaugural United States Grand Prix at Sebring. He founded his own team in the winter of 1964/65 and won its first Grand Prix at Belgium in 1968.

2. This British driver won three Grands Prix for Ferrari before his death in a German Grand Prix.

Answer: Peter Collins

His sportsmanship was legendary - he gave up his chance at becoming World Champion in 1956 when he let his teammate Fangio drive his car. He died in 1958 from head injuries sustained when he slid off the circuit chasing Tony Brooks for the lead in the German Grand Prix.

3. His death was a major factor in the decision of team Vanwall to pull out of Formula 1.

Answer: Stuart Lewis-Evans

Lewis-Evans raced alongside Stirling Moss and Tony Brooks in the 1957/58 Vanwall team, and took pole position for the 1957 Italian Grand Prix. In 1958 he finished third in the Belgian and Portuguese Grands Prix and fourth in the British Grand Prix. Tragically, during the Moroccan Grand Prix, the final race of the season, he crashed heavily when his transmission locked up and he sustained serious burns.

4. This Argentinian driver died in practice for the German Grand Prix in 1954.

Answer: Onofre Marimon

Nicknamed "Pinocchio" because of his resemblance to the Disney puppet, Onofre Marimon was a protege of Fangio. He took third place in the 1953 Belgian Grand Prix, and was recruited to drive for the works team the following year, winning the Rome Grand Prix.

He finished third in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, ahead of Fangio. He crashed heavily on the downhill run to Adenau Bridge while practicing for the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring, suffering fatal injuries.

5. He was Italy's top driver for 18 months, shared a Grand Prix win with Fangio and a year later took third place in the World Championship.

Answer: Luigi Musso

Musso started racing with a bang - in the 1950 Tour of Italy, he crashed into a monument to Garibaldi. In 1953 he had his first runs in a Maserati Grand Prix car. In 1956 he moved to Ferrari, where he shared victory in Argentina with Fangio. At the 1958 French Grand Prix he was chasing his team mate Mike Hawthorn when he went off into a ditch and was thrown from the car.

He was seriously injured and died later that day.

6. This tempermental driver moved to Ferrari from Maserati, but was sacked the same year for punching the team manager.

Answer: Jean Behra

Although Behra never managed to score a Grand Prix victory, he was regarded as a formidable competitor. He won the non-title 1952 Reims Grand Prix and the non-title '57 Moroccan Grand Prix. Behra signed for Ferrari in 1959, the year he died when he crashed his Porsche RSK in a sports car race at Avus, being thrown from the car and fatally injured when he hit a flagpole on the steep banking.

7. This wealthy playboy was a very fast driver for Ferrari along with Fangio and Collins.

Answer: Eugenio Castellotti

Castellotti he was signed by the Turn company in 1954 for its Formula 1 programme; the cars were later sold to Enzo Ferrari and Castellotti became a Ferrari driver, concentrating on sports cars. He was killed at Modena Auto Drome in 1957 attempting to break the new unofficial lap record which had just been set by Jean Behra in a Maserati. On only his third lap, Castellotti crashed into a small grandstand and was killed instantly.

8. This driver qualified for the front row on his debut in Formula 1, but died in a crash during practice the following year.

Answer: Ricardo Rodriguez

Rodriguez won international sports car races while still in his mid-teens, assisted by an extremely wealthy family. He stunned fans at Monza by qualifying his Ferrari second on the grid for the 1961 Italian Grand Prix on his Formula 1 debut. He was 19 years old. Ricardo crashed heavily on the banked Peraltada corner in the Mexican Grand Prix and suffered fatal injuries in 1962.

9. This driver spent most of his career with Ferrari until his death in 1967 at Monaco.

Answer: Lorenzo Bandini

Bandini was signed to be one of the Ferrari drivers for the 1962 season. He did mainly sportscar events but raced for the team at Monaco (where he finished third) and won the non-championship Enna Grand Prix in Sicily. In 1963 he moved to BRM, but at the end of the year returned to Ferrari. In 1967 he was running second in the Monaco GP when he lost control at the chicane and crashed. The car overturned and he was trapped beneath the flaming wreck.

10. This driver left F1 for Indycars, but returned to F1 and drove for McLaren, winning two races in 1973.

Answer: Peter Revson

An heir to the Revlon cosmetics family fortune, Revson turned away from business and took up racing in the 1960s. He started in F1 racing in 1964 in a Lotus-BRM. Following the death of his good friend Timmy Mayer he left F1 for seven years. In 1972 he returned to F1 driving for McLaren and in 1973 won both the British and Canadian Grands Prix. Revson signed to drive for the Shadow F1 team in 1974 and was killed testing for the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami when his car crashed into a guard rail at high speed.

11. This driver was on the verge of winning the World Championship, when he died in an horrific crash which also killed fifteen spectators.

Answer: Wolfgang von Trips

Von Trips won the Dutch and British Grands Prix for Ferrari in 1961. He started that year's Italian Grand Prix at Monza on the verge of winning the World Championship, but collided with another car on the second lap of the race. His Ferrari flipped up into the air and into the retaining fence behind which spectators were tightly packed. Von Trips and several spectators were killed.

12. Ronnie Peterson was twice runner-up in the World Championship after his 1970 debut in F1. What was his nationality?

Answer: Swedish

Peterson started in F1 in 1970 with March, then moved to Lotus in 1973 where he won four Grands Prix and three the following year. He returned to March in 1976 and won the Italian GP at Monza. He moved to Tyrrell in 1977, then went back to Lotus in 1978. Peterson died from a pulmonary embolism after breaking his legs in a fiery crash at the Italian Grand Prix in 1978.

13. Brother of another F1 racer, he won only two Grands Prix, one for Cooper and one for BRM.

Answer: Pedro Rodriguez

Despite being overshadowed by his brother Ricardo, he was one of the best wet-weather drivers in F1 history. He was killed in a sports car race in 1971 on the Norisring circuit in Germany.

14. This driver won his F1 seat after beating James Hunt in a North American Formula Atlantic race; he drove first for McLaren, then for Ferrari. He fatally crashed during practice in 1982 in Belgium.

Answer: Gilles Villeneuve

Villeneuve joined F1 in 1977 and drove for Ferrari. In 1979 he finished as runner-up to Jody Scheckter after obeying team orders. The Canadian Grand Prix circuit in Montreal is named for him, and his son Jacques won the World Championship in 1997 for Williams.

15. This driver was Jackie Stewart's teammate at Tyrrell; he was killed during qualifying while attempting to take pole position from Ronnie Peterson.

Answer: Francois Cevert

In 1973, with Tyrrell, C�vert finished second six times. Tragically, at Watkins Glen, C�vert was killed during Saturday morning practice while battling for pole position with Ronnie Peterson. He was 29 years old.

16. This driver started in 1979 in a Shadow, then drove for Lotus for six seasons. The following year he signed for Brabham, and was killed in a testing accident in 1986 at the Le Castellet circuit.

Answer: Elio de Angelis

De Angelis won the 1982 Austrian Grand Prix and the 1985 San Marino Grand Prix, and finished third in the 1984 World Championship. He moved to Brabham in 1986 after it was made clear that if he stayed with Lotus, he would have to be second to Ayrton Senna.

17. All but one of this driver's races were for Shadow; he won the non-championship Race of Champions in 1975.

Answer: Tom Pryce

Pryce died in the 1977 South African Grand Prix, when a marshal with a fire extinguisher ran across the track in front of his car. The car was barely damaged, but the extinguisher flew into the air and hit Pryce on the head, killing him instantly.

18. This driver left motorcycle racing to end up driving for Lotus and BRM. He died in a non-championship race at Brands Hatch in 1971.

Answer: Jo Siffert

Nicknamed "the Crazy Swiss", Siffert started in F1 in 1962 with Lotus. In 1964 he drove for Rob Walker, and later won the 1968 British Grand Prix for Lotus and the 1971 Austrian Grand Prix for BRM.

19. He died in a sports car race at Spa, hitting the Eau Rouge barriers while battling Jacky Ickx.

Answer: Stefan Bellof

His 1984 debut season in F1 with Tyrrell showed him as a fast, aggressive driver. He was closing in on Prost and Senna in that year's Monaco Grand Prix when it was stopped due to rain. He was killed in a 1985 crash.

20. This driver won the 1978 Monaco and 1979 Spanish Grands Prix, then was injured in a hang-gliding accident before returning to racing. He died in a testing accident at Hockenheim in 1980, testing a car for Alfa Romeo.

Answer: Patrick Depailler

This French driver started with Tyrrell, then later transferred to Ligier. He was the first to drive a six-wheeler, the Tyrrell P34, at the 1976 Spanish Grand Prix.

Source: Author CariM0952

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