Alphabetical F1 - About the 'H's Quiz

Answer: McLaren

Lewis Hamilton made his F1 debut for the McLaren team at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix at the age of 22. He finished that race in third place and went on to take nine straight podiums (including two race wins) in his first nine races and finished the season as the world championship runner-up by a single point.

His amazingly successful rookie season provided a good indication of what was to follow - he took the world championship for McLaren in 2008 (their first since Mika Hakkinen in 1999) and then repeated the feat with the Mercedes team in 2014 (and several more years after that). During his career Hamilton also broke a number of the sport's key records, including Michael Schumacher's (former) record of 68 pole positions, total points scored, most wins from pole position and youngest world champion (which was broken by Sebastian Vettel two years later).

Answer: American

The nationality of F1 teams (and the national anthem that is played for them if they win a race) is determined by the National Automobile Club with which they are registered - in Haas's case, the United States Auto Club. However, Haas has closer ties with the USA as it was founded by American motor racing team owner Gene Haas and has its headquarters in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Haas (not to be confused with the short-lived Haas-Lola team of the 1980s who were founded by Carl Haas) first appeared at the 2016 Australian Grand Prix and claimed consecutive points finishes in their first two races - a significant achievement given the dismal performances of several other new teams that joined the grid in the 2010s. Haas finished their debut season in eighth place in the constructors' championship with a total of 29 points - all of which were scored by the team's lead driver, Romain Grosjean.

Answer: Honda

Japanese car giant Honda has had considerable success in F1 since they first entered the sport in 1964. A Honda F1 car first appeared at the 1964 German Grand Prix and Richie Ginther took the team's first win at the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix. They managed a further win with John Surtees in 1967 but withdrew from the sport in 1968 after one of their drivers, Jo Schlesser, was killed during that year's French Grand Prix.

Honda returned to F1 as an engine supplier in 1983 and powered Williams to the Constructors' title in both 1986 and 1987. They then dominated the sport with McLaren, taking 39 race wins and four championship titles between 1988 and 1991. In 2015, McLaren and Honda again joined forces in a much publicised attempt to replicate their earlier successes - however, the project ended acrimoniously after three woefully unsuccessful seasons together during which a McLaren Honda never made it anywhere near the podium.

Answer: Jimmy Hill

American driver Phil Hill won the F1 world championship title with Ferrari in 1961, while British father-and-son duo Graham and Damon Hill took world championships in 1962 (Graham), 1968 (Graham) and 1996 (Damon). Graham Hill won his first title with the BRM team and his second title with Lotus; Damon Hill won his title with Williams. While both Phil Hill and Damon Hill had successful careers in business and broadcasting after their retirements from F1, Graham Hill moved into team ownership but was killed in a plane crash at the age of 46.

Jimmy Hill (1928-2015) was a well-known English footballer, manager and sports broadcaster.

Answer: James Hunt

Hesketh competed in F1 from 1973 until 1978 and their sole grand prix victory came at the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix, courtesy of James Hunt (who later went on to take the 1976 world championship for McLaren). Hunt drove for Hesketh from their debut at the 1973 Monaco Grand Prix until the final race of the 1975 season and after he left the team Hesketh failed to score a single point in their final three seasons. The team were owned by a member of the English aristocracy, the 3rd Baron Hesketh (more commonly known as Lord Hesketh), and were noted for their flamboyant style which, in many instances, was disproportionate to their limited success on track.

Hawthorn won his title in 1958, Hulme was the 1967 world champion and Hakkinen's titles came in 1998 and 1999.

Answer: Brendon Hartley

Prior to Brendon Hartley's debut for Toro Rosso at the 2017 US Grand Prix, the last time a New Zealander had been part of an F1 grid was when Mike Thackwell had a one-off race for the back-of-the-grid RAM Racing team at the Canadian Grand Prix in 1984. (Thackwell later failed to qualify a Tyrrell for the 1984 German Grand Prix.) However, New Zealand was home to several influential and successful drivers during the 1960s and 1970s, including Denny Hulme, the 1967 world champion, Bruce McLaren, the founder of the highly successful McLaren team, and Chris Amon, a man often listed as one of the greatest F1 drivers never to have won a race.

Hartley's 2017 F1 debut came with just four races remaining in the season, so he had little opportunity to impress but was able to retain the seat for the 2018 season. His appointment had come as something of a surprise as he had been dropped from Red Bull's junior driver programme in 2010.

Answer: 1980s

The Hungarian Grand Prix first joined the list of F1 world championship races in 1986. It took place at the Hungaroring circuit near Budapest and was won by the (then) double world champion, Nelson Piquet. The Hungaroring is a tight and twisty circuit that is noted for its lack of overtaking opportunities and is sometimes described as "Monaco without the walls". However, it has been the site of a number of important moments in F1 history, including the maiden victories of world champions Damon Hill, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button, while Nigel Mansell and Michael Schumacher both secured world titles at the event.

An earlier event also called the Hungarian Grand Prix took place in 1936 on a temporary circuit around the Népliget (People's Park) in Budapest itself and was won by the legendary Tazio Nuvolari. However, that event predated the formation of the F1 world championship by over a decade.

Answer: Theodore Racing

Theodore "Teddy" Yip was a millionaire businessman who moved to Hong Kong in the 1940s and made his fortune from hotels, casinos and, generally, developing the tourist industry in both Hong Kong and Macau. By the 1970s, Yip had established the Macau Grand Prix as one of the most prestigious races in the world below F1 level and established his own team, Theodore Racing, that went on to win the event four times between 1974 and 1980.

In 1977, Yip's Theodore Racing entered their first F1 race, the British Grand Prix, with an Ensign chassis. Their driver was the Frenchman Patrick Tambay who took a total of three points finishes for the team during the remainder of that season. The team built their own car for the 1978 season but struggled badly, failed to qualify for the majority of races that they entered and left the sport at the end of the year. However, they returned to F1 from 1981 to 1983, with a best result of sixth place at the US Grand Prix West (in both 1981 and 1983).

Answer: Stewart

The 1997 grid included a team that entered the F1 world championship under the official title of 'HSBC Malaysia Stewart Ford'. The team was a brand new entity that was founded by the former world champion Jackie Stewart and his son Paul. In addition to sponsorship from one of the largest banking groups in the world, the team also had a works-supported supply of Ford engines.

The team took a surprise podium finish at the 1997 Monaco Grand Prix when Rubens Barrichello finished second, but failed to score points at any other race in their debut season. By 1999 the team were managed a number of podium finishes and then took their first grand prix victory when Johnny Herbert won the Austrian Grand Prix towards the end of the season.

At the end of the 1999 season the team was bought by Ford and rebranded as Jaguar Racing. HSBC continued a prominent sponsorship relationship with Jaguar, which only ended when Ford withdrew the team from the sport at the end of the 2004 season.

Answer: Jim Clark

Scottish racing driver Jim Clark was a double F1 world champion having won the title with the Lotus team in 1963 and 1965. He was competing in an F2 race at the Hockenheimring (commonly referred to as just Hockenheim) when his Lotus left the track and hit a tree by the side of the circuit. Clark, a man who has since gone down as one of the most talented racing drivers of all time, suffered a broken neck and died on the way to hospital.

The Hockenheim circuit was noted for its long straights through the forests of southern Germany, but in 2002 the circuit underwent a major redesign by the well-known F1 architect Hermann Tilke, which reduced its length and cut out the more dangerous wooded sections. The circuit first hosted the F1 German Grand Prix in 1970 and was then the main annual location for the race from 1977 to 2006 (with the exception of 1985 when the race returned to the Nurburgring). In 2008 it began a period of holding the grand prix on a biennial basis.