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1997 WRC Season Trivia Quiz

The next in my series. How well do you know the 1997 World Rally Championship season?

A multiple-choice quiz by Bruce D. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Bruce D

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
147,302

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

Plays
268

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Question 1 of 25

1. Who was driver world champion? Hint

Tommi Makinen

Carlos Sainz

Colin McRae

Richard Burns

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Question 2 of 25

2. Who was manufacture's champion? Hint

Toyota

Mitsubishi

Subaru

Ford

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Question 3 of 25

3. Who was Group N world champion? Hint

Luis Climent

Uwe Nittel

Gustavo Trelles

Manfred Stohl

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Question 4 of 25

4. Who was F2 world champion? Hint

Skoda

SEAT

Peugeot

Renault

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Question 5 of 25

5. Who announced that they would be building a World Rally Car during 1997? Hint

SEAT

Skoda

Hyundai

Mitsubishi

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Question 6 of 25

6. Who was the first person to win a World Rally Championship event with a World Rally Car? Hint

Colin McRae

Piero Liatti

Kenneth Eriksson

Tommi Makinen

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Question 7 of 25

7. Who didn't build a World Rally Car for 1997? Hint

Subaru

Toyota

Ford

Mitsubishi

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Question 8 of 25

8. Who won the Monte Carlo Rally? Hint

Colin McRae

Carlos Sainz

Tommi Makinen

Piero Liatti

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Question 9 of 25

9. Who was Mitsubishi's works drivers to 1997? Hint

Tommi Makinen, Richard Burns, Uwe Nittel

Tommi Makinen, Lassie Lampi, Richard Burns

Tommi Makinen, Richard Burns

Tommi Makinen, Richard Burns, Marcus Gronholm

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Question 10 of 25

10. Who was fired from Ford after the Corsican rally? Hint

Armin Schwarz

Bruno Thiry

Francios Delecour

Serge Jordan

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Question 11 of 25

11. Who was the Ford replacement, after the firing of a driver? Hint

Bruno Thiry

Armin Schwarz

Francios Delecour

Juha Kankkunen

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Question 12 of 25

12. Who set the fastest stage time on the final stage of the Portugal Rally? Hint

Gustavo Trelles

Freddy Loix

Tommi Makinen

Colin McRae

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Question 13 of 25

13. Which F2 manufacturer caused an upset by being competitive on tarmac against the World Rally Cars? Hint

SEAT

Citroen

Peugeot

Renault

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Question 14 of 25

14. Who took the most stage wins on the Catalunya Rally? Hint

Tommi Makinen

Carlos Sainz

Piero Liatti

Gilles Panizzi

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Question 15 of 25

15. What happened to Tommi Makinen on the Corsican Rally? Hint

Crashed into a bank

Hit a cow and crashed rolled down a mountain

Engine failure

Transmission failure

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which manufacturer scored a 1-2 finish on the Acropolis rally? Hint

Mitsubishi

Subaru

Ford

Toyota

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Question 17 of 25

17. Where did Toyota debut the Corolla World Rally Car? Hint

Rally Argentina

Rally Finland

New Zealand Rally

San Remo Rally

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Question 18 of 25

18. Who were Toyota's two nominated drivers for their debut? Hint

Carlos Sainz, Didier Auriol

Thomas Radstrom, Marcus Gronholm

Juha Kankkunen, Marcus Gronholm

Marcus Gronholm, Didier Auriol

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Question 19 of 25

19. When did SEAT clinch the F2 manufacturer's championship? Hint

Australia

Great Britain

Finland

San Remo

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Question 20 of 25

20. What was the time gap between 1st and 4th overall at the end of the San Remo Rally? Hint

27 seconds

40 seconds

14 seconds

1 minute 45 seconds

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Question 21 of 25

21. Who finished 3rd on Rally Australia? Hint

Colin McRae

Richard Burns

Tommi Makinen

Didier Auriol

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Question 22 of 25

22. Where did Tommi Makinen have to finish to win the world championnship on the RAC Rally? Hint

1st

6th

3rd

4th

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Question 23 of 25

23. Where did Makinen actually finish? Hint

1st

4th

3rd

6th

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Question 24 of 25

24. What points system was used for the first time in 1997? Hint

10,8,6,5,4,3,2,1

25,20,16,13,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

20,15,12,10,8,6,4,3,2,1

10,6,4,3,2,1

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who was the major driver change at the end of 1997? Hint

Kankkunen moved to Subaru

Burns moved to Subaru

Makinen moved to Subaru

Sainz moved to Toyota

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was driver world champion?

Answer: Tommi Makinen

Makinen took his second title in a row, by only 1 point from Colin McRae.

2. Who was manufacture's champion?

Answer: Subaru

Subaru took the manufacturers title quite easily in the end, although Ford and Mitsubishi challanged during the middle of the season.

3. Who was Group N world champion?

Answer: Gustavo Trelles

Trelles took his second consecutive title by a huge margin from Stohl.

4. Who was F2 world champion?

Answer: SEAT

SEAT took their second title by a wide margin of 112 to 44 points from Skoda.

5. Who announced that they would be building a World Rally Car during 1997?

Answer: SEAT

SEAT announced at the post-rally press conference at the San Remo rally, that they would be building a world rally car for 1998.

6. Who was the first person to win a World Rally Championship event with a World Rally Car?

Answer: Piero Liatti

Liatti scored a sensational victory in Monte Carlo to become the first person in history to win a WRC round with a world rally car.

7. Who didn't build a World Rally Car for 1997?

Answer: Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi stuck to Group A because they could sell enough road car versions of the Lancer, to build the required amount.

8. Who won the Monte Carlo Rally?

Answer: Piero Liatti

Liatti won by 55 seconds to claim his one and only WRC win.

9. Who was Mitsubishi's works drivers to 1997?

Answer: Tommi Makinen, Richard Burns, Uwe Nittel

Uwe Nittel did selected tarmac events for Mitsubishi, while Burns did all the gravel events.

10. Who was fired from Ford after the Corsican rally?

Answer: Armin Schwarz

Ford were not impressed with Schwarz's results, even though he had finished all but one of the rallies,he entered, and was 5th in the championship at the time, with Sainz just 6 points ahead.

11. Who was the Ford replacement, after the firing of a driver?

Answer: Juha Kankkunen

Kankkunen stepped in at Rally Argentina and went on to finish 4th in the championship.

12. Who set the fastest stage time on the final stage of the Portugal Rally?

Answer: Gustavo Trelles

Amazingly, Trelles was so involved in a fight for the Group N win from Manfred Stohl that he set the fastest time overall on the final stage, taking 1 second off of Tommi Makinen!

13. Which F2 manufacturer caused an upset by being competitive on tarmac against the World Rally Cars?

Answer: Peugeot

Peugeot were competitive in Catalunya and Corsica, causing some upset faces in the WRC camps. Gilles Panizzi would take his 306 Maxi to 3rd overall on both events while Francios Delecour finished 4th in Corsica.

14. Who took the most stage wins on the Catalunya Rally?

Answer: Gilles Panizzi

Panizzi set 6 fastest stages time with the next best being Delecour and Makinen with 5.

15. What happened to Tommi Makinen on the Corsican Rally?

Answer: Hit a cow and crashed rolled down a mountain

Believe it or not Makinen crashed into a cow and rolled 120 feet down a drop, luckily with both crew ok.

16. Which manufacturer scored a 1-2 finish on the Acropolis rally?

Answer: Ford

Both Subarus of McRae and Eriksson were the quickest and led the event but both would crash due to steering failure, handing the victory to the Fords of Sainz and Kankkunen.

17. Where did Toyota debut the Corolla World Rally Car?

Answer: Rally Finland

Toyota finally arrived with their Corolla WRC for Rally Finland, and would lead the eventn with Marcus Gronholm driving.

18. Who were Toyota's two nominated drivers for their debut?

Answer: Marcus Gronholm, Didier Auriol

Future world champion Marcus Gronholm and former world champion Didier Auriol were the drivers for the Corolla's debut. Gronholm would lead the event from stage 3 to stage 7.

19. When did SEAT clinch the F2 manufacturer's championship?

Answer: San Remo

SEAT finally clinched the title at San Remo.

20. What was the time gap between 1st and 4th overall at the end of the San Remo Rally?

Answer: 14 seconds

Amazingly there were only 14 seconds seperating Colin McRae in first and Carlos Sainz in fourth! The final positions were 1. McRae 4h08m25s, 2. Liatti + 6 sec, 3. Makinen + 12 sec, 4. Sainz + 14 sec.

21. Who finished 3rd on Rally Australia?

Answer: Didier Auriol

Didier Auriol gave Toyota and the new Corolla its best finish of the year with 3rd overall, just 21 seconds behind winner Colin McRae.

22. Where did Tommi Makinen have to finish to win the world championnship on the RAC Rally?

Answer: 6th

Makinen went into the RAC Rally with a 10 point lead over Colin McRae, who would have more wins than him if the Scot won the rally. Therefore Makinen had to gain 1 point in order to make sure of the title.

23. Where did Makinen actually finish?

Answer: 6th

Makinen could only manage 6th because he was suffering from heavy flu. McRae managed to win the rally and so Makinen only won the championship by 1 point.

24. What points system was used for the first time in 1997?

Answer: 10,6,4,3,2,1

It was decided to change the points system to that used in F1, in order to keep the world championship easier to understand and keep the championship closer. In actual fact, the old system of 20,15,12,etc would have made this and many other championship to follow much closer, and would have made Carlos Sainz the 1998 world champion.

25. Who was the major driver change at the end of 1997?

Answer: Sainz moved to Toyota

Sainz left Ford at the end of the year to join Toyota, who he was supposed to join in 1996.

Source: Author Bruce D

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