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50 Years of Ferrari Trivia Quiz

Ferrari have competed in Formula One since 1950 so their history is large and varied. Hopefully you'll enjoy this quiz on the most successful team in Formula One history.

A multiple-choice quiz by minardifan. Estimated time: 8 mins.

Author
minardifan

Time
8 mins

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Multiple Choice

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61,101

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 20

1. 14th July 1951: a famous day for Ferrari as they win their first GP at Silverstone. Which driver won that first race for the Prancing Horse? Hint

Alberto Ascari

Piero Taruffi

Luigi Villoresi

Jose Froilan Gonzalez

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Question 2 of 20

2. Alberto Ascari holds the record for the most consecutive victories (during the 50 years), all in a Ferrari. How many did he win in a row? Hint

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Question 3 of 20

3. Who drove a Ferrari to victory in the 1955 Monaco GP? Hint

Maurice Trintignant

Mike Hawthorn

Eugenio Castelloti

Giuseppe Farina

4. In 1956, the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio joined the Prancing Horse stables. However, the Ferrari team did not use their own chassis but instead inherited a chassis off another marque which had quit F1. Which marque's chassis did they use? Hint

Alfa Romeo

Osca

Lancia

Maserati

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Question 5 of 20

5. Although Ferrari had dominated the majority of the 1950s, the team was to lose the first ever World Constructors Championship to a British team. Who were they? Hint

Vanwall

B.R.M

Cooper

Lotus

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Question 6 of 20

6. In 1959, rear-engined cars began to dominate Grand Prix racing and by 1960 the old front-engined machines were outclassed. Where did Ferrari take the last victory for a front-engined car? Hint

Sebring

Monza

Silverstone

Monaco

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Question 7 of 20

7. There were new rules for 1961, with the arrival of the 1.5 litre formula and Ferrari, who had sacrificed 1960 to build the new car, dominated the season. Drivers Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips battled for the title, but another Ferrari driver won on his debut at the French GP. Who was he?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname)

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Question 8 of 20

8. Which former motorcycle champion joined Ferrari in 1963 and won the World Championship in 1964?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname)

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Question 9 of 20

9. Which driver was tragically killed at the 1967 Monaco GP in a Ferrari? Hint

Ignazio Giunti

Ludovico Scarfiotti

Lorenzo Bandini

Giancarlo Baghetti

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who won an emotional first victory in a Ferrari at the 1970 Italian GP? Hint

Jacky Ickx

Clay Regazzoni

Chris Amon

Pedro Rodriguez

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Question 11 of 20

11. Ferrari had a lean period between 1971 and 1973, winning only two races, while most of the time their cars were uncompetitive. However, the arrival of Niki Lauda in 1974 heralded a resurgance within the Ferrari team, along with the arrival of which team manager? Hint

Cesare Fiorio

Luca Montezemolo

Dino Ferrari

Eugenio Dragoni

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Question 12 of 20

12. Which driver has been forever associated with Ferrari and the number 27 since his death in 1982?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname)

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Question 13 of 20

13. Who won the 1983 San Marino Grand Prix for Ferrari (in the no. 27) well aware that his great friend Gilles Villeneuve had been robbed of certain victory by team-mate Didier Pironi in 1982? Hint

Mario Andretti

Rene Arnoux

Patrick Tambay

Michele Alboreto

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Question 14 of 20

14. In 1984, Enzo Ferrari hired the first Italian driver for Ferrari, Michele Alboreto. He would win one race in 1984. Which race? Hint

American GP - Detroit

Belgian GP - Spa

Belgian GP - Zolder

French GP - Dijon

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Question 15 of 20

15. The world of Formula One was saddened by the loss of Enzo Ferrari in 1988, a season dominated by McLaren. However, Ferrari would win at Monza, delighting everyone in Formula One. But McLaren driver Senna had been taken out by which Williams driver only two laps from the end? Hint

Martin Brundle

Nigel Mansell

Jean-Louis Schlesser

Riccardo Patrese

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Question 16 of 20

16. Nigel Mansell won on his Ferrari debut in Brazil, 1989. Which other race did he win during that season? Hint

Hungarian GP

Italian GP

Portuguese GP

British GP

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Question 17 of 20

17. Which driver replaced Alain Prost after the Frenchman was unceremoniuosly fired by the Ferrari management only days before the 1991 Australian GP? Hint

Gianni Morbidelli

Jean Alesi

Nicola Larini

Ivan Capelli

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Question 18 of 20

18. Ferrari would experience thier leanest patch ever at the beginning of the 90s, failing to win a race between the 1990 Spanish and 1994 German GPs. How many races did that add up to? Hint

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Question 19 of 20

19. In 1996, double World Champion Michael Schumacher joined Ferrari, promising to win their first title since 1979. Who had won that title in 1979? Hint

Gilles Villeneuve

Jody Scheckter

Clay Regazzoni

Carlos Reutemann

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Question 20 of 20

20. In 2000, Michael Schumacher delivered on his promise of winning the World Championship for Ferrari in an immensely successful season. How many races did he win that season? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 14th July 1951: a famous day for Ferrari as they win their first GP at Silverstone. Which driver won that first race for the Prancing Horse?

Answer: Jose Froilan Gonzalez

It has always been thought by many outsiders that Ascari won the first race for Ferrari, but they are wrong. It was Gonzalez, a big Argentinian man, who manhandled the Ferrari around the sweeping fast corners of the Silverstone circuit to beat countryman Fangio in a famous race to take victory, the first of many for Ferrari.

2. Alberto Ascari holds the record for the most consecutive victories (during the 50 years), all in a Ferrari. How many did he win in a row?

Answer: 9

A record which remained unbroken at the end of the 20th century, Ascari won 6 races in 1952 (the Belgian, French, British, German, Dutch and Italian GPs) and 3 at the start of 1953 (Argentinian, Dutch and Belgian GPs). Ascari would win 11 races in his career, all with Ferrari.

3. Who drove a Ferrari to victory in the 1955 Monaco GP?

Answer: Maurice Trintignant

It was an unexpected win for the Frenchman, who always excelled at the tight circuit. It would be the only Ferrari victory in a year overshadowed by events at Le Mans.

Answer: Lancia

The Lancia-Ferrari was quite an effective machine, and Fangio won his third consecutive World Championship (4th in total).

5. Although Ferrari had dominated the majority of the 1950s, the team was to lose the first ever World Constructors Championship to a British team. Who were they?

Answer: Vanwall

Vanwall won the first ever Constructors Championship, achieving Tony Vandervell's dream of 'beating those bloody red cars!' However, Vanwall failed to add the Drivers Championship, Stirling Moss beaten by Ferrari driver Mike Hawhthorn by only one point.

6. In 1959, rear-engined cars began to dominate Grand Prix racing and by 1960 the old front-engined machines were outclassed. Where did Ferrari take the last victory for a front-engined car?

Answer: Monza

Phil Hill won the final race for a rear-engined car at Monza, but it was a hollow victory as the British teams withdrew beforehand, objecting to the use of the banking. Ferraris finished 1-2-3.

Answer: Giancarlo Baghetti

A feat unlikely ever to be repeated, Baghetti beat Porsche driver Dan Gurney to the flag after regular drivers Hill and von Trips had retired.

8. Which former motorcycle champion joined Ferrari in 1963 and won the World Championship in 1964?

Answer: John Surtees

Surtees was the first man to win championships on both two and four wheels (and, by the close of the 20th centruy, the only man).

9. Which driver was tragically killed at the 1967 Monaco GP in a Ferrari?

Answer: Lorenzo Bandini

It is generally assumed after this accident to Bandini, Enzo Ferrari was reluctant to put Italians behind the wheel of a Ferrari. The death of Bandini affected the 'Old Man' deeply.

10. Who won an emotional first victory in a Ferrari at the 1970 Italian GP?

Answer: Clay Regazzoni

Regazzoni, ever a favourite of the tifosi, won his first Grand Prix in his first season of Formula One. The Italian GP of that year had been overshadowed by the tragic accident of Jochen Rindt who had been killed in qualifying a Lotus-Ford. He would become the first, and at that time only, posthumous World Champion.

Answer: Luca Montezemolo

Montezemolo has had two stints with the Ferrari team, and both have been shrouded with success. The first was during the 1970s, when Ferrari won three World Drivers Championships and four World Constructors Championships in five years. Lauda and Montezemolo were the catalysts for this success.

12. Which driver has been forever associated with Ferrari and the number 27 since his death in 1982?

Answer: Gilles Villeneuve

Although Ferrari are loved by all tifosi, so was this man Gilles. A small, unassuming man, the tifosi fell in love with the Canadian due to his unwavering commitment and pure love for the sport. Every driver who subsequently drove a Ferrari no. 27 has been compared to the great Gilles Villeneuve.

13. Who won the 1983 San Marino Grand Prix for Ferrari (in the no. 27) well aware that his great friend Gilles Villeneuve had been robbed of certain victory by team-mate Didier Pironi in 1982?

Answer: Patrick Tambay

It was an emotional victory for Tambay, who had secured his first victory for the Prancing Horse in Germany in 1982.

14. In 1984, Enzo Ferrari hired the first Italian driver for Ferrari, Michele Alboreto. He would win one race in 1984. Which race?

Answer: Belgian GP - Zolder

Alboreto was the first Italian to drive for Ferrari since Arturo Merzario in 1973. He would win three races for Ferrari, one in 1984 and two in 1985 and finished runner up to Alain Prost in the World Drivers Championship that year.

Answer: Jean-Louis Schlesser

To the cheers of a delighted tifosi, Gerhard Berger won at the track where it matters most to everyone at Ferrari, Monza, only a few short weeks after the loss of Enzo. In fact, it was a 1-2 finish for Ferrari, with team-mate Alboreto coming home second.

16. Nigel Mansell won on his Ferrari debut in Brazil, 1989. Which other race did he win during that season?

Answer: Hungarian GP

The Hungarian GP win is one of his more celebreated victories, as it involved a magnificent pass of Ayrton Senna when they came up behind Stefan Johansson in an Onyx. The tifoise would christen Mansell "Il Leone" due to these two famous victories.

17. Which driver replaced Alain Prost after the Frenchman was unceremoniuosly fired by the Ferrari management only days before the 1991 Australian GP?

Answer: Gianni Morbidelli

In what would only turn out to be a one-off for Gianni, he didn't let the oppurtunity slip, and would finish 6th on his Ferrari debut. Prost had been fired after a difficult season for the team.

18. Ferrari would experience thier leanest patch ever at the beginning of the 90s, failing to win a race between the 1990 Spanish and 1994 German GPs. How many races did that add up to?

Answer: 58

It is probably one of the more depressing statistics in Ferrari history, but the team were at the time going through many technical and management difficulties, which contributed to this lack of success. Berger would win the 1994 German GP, to the immense relief of the whole of Italy!

19. In 1996, double World Champion Michael Schumacher joined Ferrari, promising to win their first title since 1979. Who had won that title in 1979?

Answer: Jody Scheckter

Scheckter would become famous for being the last Ferrari World Champion.

20. In 2000, Michael Schumacher delivered on his promise of winning the World Championship for Ferrari in an immensely successful season. How many races did he win that season?

Answer: 9

Schumacher won the Australian, Brazilian, San Marino, European, Canadian, Italian, American, Japanese and Malaysian GPs, equalled Mansells record of 108 points in a a season, and broke the record of most victories for Ferrari.

Source: Author minardifan

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