F1 Teams & Sponsors Trivia

1. In 1981, Swedish driver Slim Borgudd drove his ATS to a sixth place finish at the British Grand Prix. Which Swedish icon was represented on his car?

From Quiz Deals On Wheels

Answer: ABBA

Borgudd was not only a racing driver, he was also a drummer who had played in The Hootenanny Singers, of which a fellow member was Bjorn Ulvaeus, who would go on to form ABBA. Borgudd drove a total of ten Grands Prix for ATS and Tyrell with his sixth place at Silverstone being his best finish and although ABBA were proudly displayed on the side pod of the car, it was a no cash sponsorship deal, in the hope of attracting a financial deal with another sponsor. It seems that not only did Borgudd not make any "Money, Money, Money" on the deal, he couldn't persuade anyone else to "Take A Chance On Me" either.

From Quiz Start Your Engines

Answer: British American Racing

Motorcycle giant Honda built their first road car in 1960 and just four years later, in 1964, entered formula one with a car on which both the engine and chassis were built by the company. In 1965, American driver Richie Ginther gave the team their first win when he took victory at the Mexican Grand Prix and other well known drivers for the team during this era included John Surtees who won the Italian Grand Prix in 1967 and Jo Schlesser whose death at the 1968 French Grand Prix was a major reason behind Honda pulling out of the sport at the end of that season. Honda returned to the sport in 1983 as an engine supplier and were a major player as over the next nine years they provided the power for the Spirit, Williams, Lotus, McLaren and Tyrell teams and drivers such as Keke Rosberg, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna, six times being the engine of the constructors championship winning team. Following the 1992 season, due to a stagnant economy in their home country of Japan, Honda once again withdrew from the sport, until 2000 when hey returned as the supplier to the BAR team and after buying 45% of the team in 2004, purchased the remaining 55% in 2005 to return to F1 as a team, rather than just an engine supplier and in 2006, Jensen Button returned the team back to their winning ways when he took victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

From Quiz The Prancing Horse

Answer: Jose Froilan Gonzalez

Gonzalez was in fine form at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. Not only did he take his first pole position, he made good use of the Ferrari's fuel efficiency to take the lead and eventually pull away from Fangio, driving an Alfa Romeo, to eventually win by over fifty seconds. Gonzalez would win one more Grand Prix in his career, again for Ferrari, again at Silverstone, in 1954.

From Quiz Great F1 teams: McLaren

Answer: Australia and New Zealand

The Tasman Series ran from 1964 until 1975 with races held annually in both Australia and New Zealand. The Tasman Sea is the body of water that separates the two countries and was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, whose name was also given to the Australian island state of Tasmania. Bruce McLaren was a New Zealander who made his grand prix debut with Cooper at the 1958 German Grand Prix, where he finished fifth despite driving an F2 car. He took his first victory at the 1959 US Grand Prix, this time driving a fully fledged F1 car. He raced for the Cooper team until he switched to his own team when it entered F1 for the first time in 1966. McLaren was killed testing a Can-Am car at Goodwood in 1970. He was just 32.

From Quiz McLaren: An Exercise in Perfection?

Answer: New Zealand

Born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1937, McLaren showed an early interest in all things mechanical and was soon racing and competing in the local Kiwi scene until Jack Brabham noticed his talents and invited him to the United Kingdom to race in Formula 2 in 1958. After showing promise, he graduated to the Cooper F1 team in 1959 and would win the United States Grand Prix at the end of the 1959 season.

From Quiz I'll Do It Myself

Answer: Jack Brabham

Jack Brabham was World Champion in 1959 and 1960 in a Cooper, before starting his own team in 1962. Results came shortly after, with Dan Gurney giving him his first win as a constructor in 1964. In 1966, Jack Brabham became the first driver-constructor combination to win the Drivers' World Championship. Bruce McLaren was also a driver-constructor, but was never World Champion as a driver, though his team won several Championships. David Brabham was Jack's son and drove for Brabham in 1990, never managing to score a point.

From Quiz What's in a Name?

Answer: Jo Schlesser

Jo Schlesser was a French driver, who died in his very first Grand Prix in 1968, as a F1 driver*. He was one of Guy Ligier's (the founder of Ligier) best friends, and that's why he honored him in every car his team built. Ligier was an active team between 1976 and 1996, before being bought by Alain Prost, who established his own team. They had 9 race wins in that period. John Surtees and Jackie Stewart are not French and Jean Sauvage is not the name of a former Formula 1 driver. * he had raced in the 1966 and 1967 German GP but as a F2 driver.

From Quiz Jordan Grand Prix

Answer: 1991

Eddie Jordan had previously competed with his team in Formula Three and Formula 3000, then being known at Eddie Jordan Racing. With Andrea de Cesaris and Bertrand Gachot driving, the new Jordan Grand Prix team made an instant impact in 1991, the bright green cars standing out on the grid and being instantly competitive. The team scored their first points in Canada, with de Cesaris fourth and Gachot fifth, with the team eventually finishing fifth overall in the Constructors Championship with 13 points. An excellent debut.

From Quiz Renault F1: 1977-1986

Answer: British Grand Prix

Renault Sport Technologies, the motorsport division of Renault S.A, were responsible for Renault's first foray into Formula One in 1977. Renault were the first manufacturer to seriously consider the use pf a 1.5 lite turbo-charged engine and it was at the 1977 British Grand Prix that Renault finally made their first appearance. Painted in yellow and black, Jean-Pierre Jabouille, who had helped develop the turbo engine thanks to his testing and engineering background, qualified the car 21st on the grid but the car suffered turbo failure on lap 16. Renault would appear at four more races in 1977, but the engine suffered severe turbo lag and awful unreliability.

From Quiz Tyrrell Racing Organization

Answer: Matra Simca International

They represented Matra cars for their first 2 years. Jackie Stewart won his first driver's title on a Tyrrell/Matra car. That success gave Ken the support to built his own cars.

From Quiz British Racing Motors

Answer: Raymond Mays

Raymond Mays, who pre-war was involved in the ERA project, founded BRM after the World War II as a way of building an all-British car. With the help of a large trust fund thanks to wealthy backers, he was hoping to bring together all British manufacturers and suppliers under one roof to build a car to fight off the dominance of Italian cars. However, this dream was never realised as the whole effort proved expensive and extremely unorganised.

From Quiz Formula 1 Drivers

Answer: Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

Michael Schumacher clinched his seventh world championship in August 2004 when he finished second in Belgium. Barrichello was ranked second at the end of 2004.

From Quiz Forza Ferrari

Answer: Monaco 1950

The two drivers were Alberto Ascari and Raymond Sommer who finished 2nd and 4th respectively.

From Quiz Benetton Grand Prix

Answer: Toleman

Benetton had sponsored teams Tyrrell and Alfa-Romeo before joining forces with Toleman. By the end of 1985, Toleman were struggling so Benetton offered to buy the team. The deal was concluded and the cars in 1986 were fielded as Benetton's.

From Quiz Team Lotus

Answer: Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman

Colin Chapman has been regarded by many as a genius and innovator, who at times changed the face of Formula One with his radical car designs and initiatives.

From Quiz Forza Minardi!

Answer: 1980

Minardi began construction of his own chassis in 1980 for the Formula Two category. His cars were initially piloted by Alessandro Nannini, who would later drive for his Formula One team.

From Quiz Formula 1 Teams and Sponsors

Answer: El Charro

El Charro is a Mexican shoes and clothing company. The AGS JH22 of 1987 was beautifully painted. A white car with lots of red horizontal lines on it. Sadly the performence of the car was not that good. Pascal Fabre struggled all year and was replaced by Roberto Moreno for the last two races. Moreno suprised everyone in Adelaide for the last race of the year by scoring a point.

From Quiz Formula One Nationalities

Answer: France

From Quiz Deals On Wheels

Answer: Canon

Camera manufacturer Canon sponsored the English Football League from 1983 to 1986 and in 1985 also became the main sponsors of Williams F1. With their name on the rear wing, Williams drivers roared to three drivers' championships and four constructors' titles with Nelson Piquet winning a total of seven races in 1986 and 1987, Nigel Mansell winning 13 between 1985 and 1987 and Alain Prost being victorious in seven races in 1993.

From Quiz Start Your Engines

Answer: Yamaha

Yamaha's record in motorcycle racing is impressive to say the least, with over 200 victories at the Isle of Man TT races and over 30 World Championship titles, courtesy of riders such as Giacomo Agostini, Johnny Cecotto, Kenny Roberts, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. One would have thought that with a pedigree such as that, the switch to F1 engines wouldn't have been too difficult, but during their eight years in the sport, the engines from Yamaha gained a deserved reputation for lacking pwer and being unreliable. In their first season, 1989, the company supplied West Zakspeed, but the engines were so underpowered that the team qualified for just two of the 16 races and when Zakspeed went out of business at the end of the season, it allowed Yamaha a season to work on their engine before they returned in 1991 as supplier to Brabham. The engine performed well, with no real reliability issues and although still lacking power, both Martin Brundle and Mark Blundell scored points for the team, but unfortunately the following year, as engine supplier to Jordan didn't go as well, with the team scoring no points until Stefano Modena's sixth place finish in the Australian Grand Prix, the final race of the season. The 1993 season, Yamaha's first supplying engines to Tyrell, was even worse as the team scored no points but 1994 was their best ever season, with a total of 13 World Championship points and the first time a Yamaha powered driver stood on the podium when Mark Blundell finished third in Spain. This was to remain their best result until their final season in the sport, 1997 when Damon Hill in his Yamaha powered Arrows, finished second in the Hungarian Grand Prix, after having led for the majority of the race, only to suffer a suspension failure on the final lap. At the end of the 1997 season, Arrows decided to build their own engines for the following season, Damon Hill left the team to move to Jordan and Yamaha left the sport.

From Quiz The Prancing Horse

Answer: Alberto Ascari

Alberto Ascari dominated the 1952 Formula One season. After Piero Taruffi won the season opening Swiss Grand Prix, which Ascari missed as he was in the USA for the Indianapolis 500 (which was included in the World Championship at the time) Ascari would win every other race that season, including the Belgian, French, British, German, Dutch and Italian races. It would take over 60 years for another driver to match his feat of winning 9 races in a row, as he won the first three races in 1953 as well.

From Quiz Great F1 teams: McLaren

Answer: Monaco Grand Prix

The Monaco Grand Prix is probably the most iconic race on the F1 calendar, with its tight, twisty and difficult street circuit flanked by glamorous surroundings such as the Monte Carlo Casino and a harbour full of expensive yachts. The race was first held in 1929 and formed part of the first F1 season in 1950. It has been a continuous fixture on the F1 calendar since 1955. The British, Belgian and Italian Grands Prix were all also contested during the inaugural F1 season. McLaren entered only one car in the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix, which was driven by the team's founder, Bruce McLaren. The race provided no insight into the future success waiting for the McLaren team as the car completed only nine laps before breaking down due to an oil leak. However, they were not alone as only four cars were classified at the end of the race, setting a new record for the race with the fewest ever finishers in F1 history.

From Quiz McLaren: An Exercise in Perfection?

Answer: 1966

With a new formula and rules governing Formula One for the onset of the 1966 Formula One season, McLaren left Cooper and chose to run his own race team. His first Formula One car, the McLaren M2B, was powered by both a Ford V8 engine and a Serenissima V8 engine during the season. McLaren only managed four starts during the season (it was a nine race programme). McLaren managed two points finishes in his first season, with sixth at the British Grand Prix and 5th at the United States Grand Prix.

From Quiz I'll Do It Myself

Answer: Eagle

Gurney's team raced in Eagle cars (and sometimes in a privateer McLaren). Anglo-American racers were only in F1 for 3 seasons (1966 to 1968), but they managed one race win by Gurney himself in the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix. Gurney's American team (All American Racers) was active in the CART Championship up to 1999.

From Quiz What's in a Name?

Answer: Project 4

Before Ron Dennis took over McLaren, he ran a very successful Formula 2 operation branded "Project Four". When his team bought McLaren, the cars started being named MP4, for McLaren Project 4.

From Quiz Jordan Grand Prix

Answer: Yamaha

Success in 1991 had not been cheap for Eddie Jordan, and with the Ford he used being relatively expensive, Jordan being ever the wheeler-dealer secured factory Yamaha engines for 1992. With two new drivers in Stefano Modena and Mauricio Gugelmin, hope was high for another successful season. But it was a disaster. The new Yamaha was slow and unreliable, the new 192 chassis nowhere near as proficient as the 191, and neither driver excelled. The only hightlight was Modena's sixth place at the Australian Grand Prix. That point would prove priceless, otherwise Jordan Grand Prix may have gone under at the end of 1992.

From Quiz Renault F1: 1977-1986

Answer: United States Grand Prix

South Africa and the early rounds saw the Renault beset by turbo issues and blown engines, but Jabouille did manage some finishes, a 10th at Monaco being quite notable as the Renault was expected to struggle on the narrow streets. But a number of engine blow-ups mid-season were terribly embarrassing for the French team, including a blown engine on the first lap of the French Grand Prix. But towards seasons end, Renault was starting to get to grips with the turbo engine and the car, Jabouille started to get a couple of results. He qualified third in Italy and Austria, notable power tracks where the turbo could stretch its legs, while Jabouille scored the turbocharged engines first points at the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, by taking fourth place after qualifying ninth.

From Quiz British Racing Motors

Answer: 1.5L supercharged V16

The first BRM was an amibitious project based around a 1.5L supercharged V16. The engine was fitted to the P15 but due to numerous design and technical problems, the car did not run until 1949. Despite sounding glorious and being tremendously powerful, the car did not run well and despite winning it's first two races in competition, would never become successful.

From Quiz 1970s F1 Sponsors

Answer: Tissot

Ensign, which ran Clay Regazzoni and Patrick Tambay, had Tissot sponsorship in 1977 and managed to score 10 points. Tissot remained with Ensign for two seasons, and then pulled out of F1 after 1983. They returned in 1994 with Sauber after the team's previous sponsor failed to pay up. Ensign stayed in F1 until 1982, although they struggled the last few seasons and were never able to recreate the success they had in 1977.

From Quiz Formula 1 Drivers

Answer: West McLaren Mercedes

David Coulthard's nickname is D.C. He was ranked 10th at the end of 2004. Raikkonen was ranked seventh at the end of the 2004.

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