2013 Season Teams: Where From? Quiz

Answer: True

Debuting at the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix, the team had over 850 races under its belt when the 2013 season opened.

Answer: Great Britain

Debuting at the 2012 Australian Grand Prix (not to be confused with the original Lotus team which raced from 1954 to 1994), the team was held in regard as an underdog favorite and can take credit for the return of former F1 champion Kimi Räikkönen to the circuits (he had retired at the end of the 2009 season, driving for the Ferrari team).

Answer: Switzerland

Debuting at the now extinct 1993 South African Grand Prix, the team is seen by some as the test tube for future drivers of quality. The three-time world champion Sebastien Vettel once drove for them for example, and in season 2012 they were responsible for the promotion of Mexican driver Sergio Pérez to a classic team like McLaren.

Answer: Great Britain

Debuting at the extinct 1978 Argentinian Grand Prix, this historic British team just completed 600 races at the 2013 German Grand Prix. Sir Frank Williams was the team principal.

Answer: Malaysia

The actual headquarters are based at Leafield, UK, but the team itself considers the Malaysian GP to be their home circuit. At the end of the 2011 season Team Lotus was rebranded as Caterham, and this became Caterham-Renault a year later. Should any driver ever perform the miracle of pulling a victory in a race, as a member of this team, it shall be the Malaysian anthem which you will be hearing.

Answer: Austria

Debuting at the 2005 Australian Grand Prix, the team has quickly ascended to be the dominating force in the sport, giving little or no chance to competition. It already counts with both 3 titles in the drivers and constructors' championships. Christian Horner is the team principal and to a great extent the team's success can be thanked to him and his staff.

Answer: Great Britain

The team debuted at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix, some 700 odd races and nearly five decades ago. The team, which has Martin Whitmarsh as its principal.

Answer: True

The team had previously existed for a couple of seasons in the 1950s (1954 and 1955). It was reactivated in 2010, coinciding with the brief (three-season long) return of former multiple-time champion Michael Schumacher.

Answer: It is from India indeed.

While is true that the HQ are based on the UK and that applies to a major part of other F1 teams, the colors of the Indian nation fly when Force India wins a Formula One race. Owned by an Indian millionaire and having the distinctive colors of the Asian nation displayed on the painting of its vehicle, the team debuted at the 2008 Australian Grand Prix and grabbed its first pole position when Fisichella qualified fastest at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa.

Answer: Italy

Debuting at the 2006 Bahrain Grand-Prix, the team had a memorable victory at Monza in the Italian Grand Prix of 2008. Perhaps the first time that prodigy driver Sebastian Vettel shined and matched with points the true extent of his talent. It's curious that while being a farm team for Renault it has an engine from a rival team and that it is based in a different country.

The team were known to have the cars that achieved the best maximum speeds at the circuits; but everyone knows it's been a long time since Formula 1 was all about having the fastest car on track -- aerodynamics and other aspects (and the driver himself) are as important, if not more; so the team has to keep finding the perfect balance for a suitable downforce system to be matched to the brute potency of the engine.