Alphabetical F1 - The 'G's in "It's Go, Go, Go!" Quiz

Answer: France

While the exact race to hold the title of the 'First Grand Prix' is subject to some historical debate, all of the potential candidates were held in France - which perhaps shouldn't be surprising given that the term is a French one. It translates into English as "Great Prize" and was the name given to races organised at a circuit in Le Mans by the Automobile Club de France (ACF) from 1906 onwards. The ACF later renamed previous road races they had organised as 'Grands Prix', which left a race from Paris to Bordeaux (and back again) in 1895 listed as the "I Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France".

The first Grand Prix to be held under new rules designated as "Formula One" was the 1946 Turin Grand Prix, which was won by Alfa Romeo. The first Grand Prix to form part of the F1 World Championship was the 1950 British Grand Prix held at Silverstone; it was won by Juan Manuel Fangio, also for Alfa Romeo.

Answer: Romain Grosjean

Romain Grosjean was born in Switzerland, but was able to compete for France thanks to the fact that he had dual French and Swiss nationality. His F1 debut came part way through the 2009 season at the expense of Nelson Piquet Jr., who had been sacked by Renault for failing to score a single point in the first 10 races of the season. Grosjean didn't do any better than Piquet and finished the season with a best result of 13th place, four other non-scoring finishes and two retirements. Grosjean also blotted his copybook by taking out championship leader Jenson Button on the first lap of the Belgian Grand Prix - the first of a series of similar incidents in his career.

Grosjean returned to the same team (by then known as Lotus) in 2012 where he had more success in the form of podium appearances and regular points finishes. However, he was also regularly involved in incidents with other drivers - particularly on the first lap of the race - and even earned himself a one race ban after he caused a massive pile up on the first lap of the Belgian Grand Prix. Despite these initial difficulties, Grosjean remained with Lotus until the end of the 2015 season when he moved to the new American Haas team.

Olivier Grouillard made his F1 debut at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, Jean-Marc Gounon first appeared at the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix and Pierre Gasly's first F1 race was the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Answer: Fastest average speed

The 1971 Italian Grand Prix at Monza was one of the most exciting races in F1 history. The layout of the circuit (which, at that time, consisted of four long straights separated by medium and high-speed corners) led to high top speeds, with drivers able to overtake each other regularly by making use of slipstream effects and generally race very closely together. BRM's Peter Gethin spent most of the race in the leading pack of cars and, despite not leading a single full lap of the race, was able to overtake his rivals at the right moment and take the chequered flag in first place. His finishing time of 1 hour 18 mins and 12.6 seconds equated to an average race speed of 150.75 mph - a record that stood until Michael Schumacher completed the 2003 Italian Grand Prix at the same circuit at an average of 153.84 mph. The race was also notable for being one of the closest finishes in F1 history, Gethin won by just 0.01 seconds and the top five were covered by just 0.61 seconds.

Gethin's F1 career lasted from 1970 to 1974, but he only competed in two races after the end of the 1972 season. The 1971 Italian Grand Prix was not just his only victory, but also his only podium finish. He scored a total of just 11 points in his whole career - nine from his win and one each from two sixth-place finishes.

The first British driver to win the Italian Grand Prix was Stirling Moss in 1956, while the first driver to win the race for Ferrari was Alberto Ascari in 1951. Luigi Fagioli set the record for the oldest driver to win an F1 race at 53 years and 22 days in 1951.

Answer: Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher competed in F1 from 1997 to 2007 and took six F1 victories for the Williams team between 2001 and 2003. By contrast, his elder brother Michael Schumacher became the first German F1 world champion in 1994 and went on to take a total of seven titles and rack up a total of 91 race victories. They became the first brothers to have both won an F1 race when Ralf took his maiden victory at the 2001 San Marino Grand Prix and stood on the podium together on 16 occasions.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen took a total of three F1 wins, one for Williams in 1997 and two for Jordan in 1999; Wolfgang von Trips won two races for Ferrari in 1961; and Jochen Mass took his only F1 race win in 1975 with McLaren.

Answer: Richie Ginther

Richie Ginther competed for six different teams in his eight-year F1 career, but only stood on the top step of the podium once - at the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix. He had previously finished second on eight separate occasions for established teams Ferrari and BRM, but his victory came while he was driving for the new Honda team that had only entered F1 for the first time in 1964. The Mexican Grand Prix was the last race of the season and up until then Ginther and Honda had only managed to score two points from two sixth-place finishes. Ginther started the race from third place on the grid and led for nearly the entire race while key rivals, including the 1965 world champion, Jim Clark, dropped out with reliability issues. Second place went to another US 'G' driver - Dan Gurney.

Masten Gregory competed in 43 F1 championship races between 1957 and 1965 with a best result of second place at the 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix. Paul Goldsmith and Cliff Griffith's only F1 races were various Indianapolis 500 events, which were considered to be part of the F1 world championship from 1950 to 1960.

Answer: Renault

Although Gordini was founded by the Italian Amadeo "Amédée" Gordini, it was based in France and competed in F1 as a French team. Although many of their F1 race starts ended in retirement, the team did have some success with two third-place finishes at the 1952 Swiss and Belgian Grands Prix, as well as a handful of other points finishes.

The team's regular drivers included Maurice Trintignant, Jean Behra and Robert Manzon and the team even fielded Prince Bira of Siam (a grandson of King Mongkut of 'The King and I' fame) on a number of occasions. Gordini's participation in F1 petered out after the 1956 season and the company began working for Renault as an engine tuner and was eventually bought by them and subsumed into their sports car division. Over the years, some sportier Renault cars have carried a Gordini badge, despite the fact that the company has long since ceased to exist as an independent name.

Answer: Giancarlo Baghetti

Giancarlo Baghetti raced in F1 from 1961 until 1967, although in the final three years of his career he only took part in the Italian Grand Prix - his home race. He also holds the distinction of being the first driver to win the first grand prix in which he took part, excepting those drivers who took part in either the first F1 race in 1950 or the Indianapolis 500. His first (and last win) was the 1961 French Grand Prix held at the Reims circuit. Although he was driving a Ferrari car, he wasn't actually driving for the works Scuderia Ferrari team, but for a consortium of private independent teams that had secured the loan of a (slightly less powerful) car from the Scuderia. His victory earned him promotion to the works team for 1962 but he never managed to replicate his early success (or, in fact, ever stand on the podium again).

Giancarlo Fisichella ended his F1 career with Ferrari in 2009 (replacing the injured Felipe Massa) but finished no higher than ninth. Gianni Morbidelli raced for several teams between 1990 and 1997, including a single race for Ferrari in 1991 where he scored half a world championship point for being in sixth place when the race ended prematurely after just 14 laps. Gianmaria Bruni raced for another Italian team - Minardi - in 2004, with about as much success as you would expect given their reputation as perennial backmarkers.

Answer: Ferrari

Ferrari's long and successful F1 history dates back to the very first world championship race in 1950, but they actually had to wait over a year to record their first win. That eventually came thanks to José Froilán González's performance in the 1951 British Grand Prix, where he finished just one second ahead of his more illustrious fellow countryman Juan Manuel Fangio to take the chequered flag. It was the first of three straight victories for Ferrari in the latter half of the season, but the other wins were taken by his teammate Alberto Ascari - who went on to become Ferrari's first world champion the following year. González also won the 1954 British Grand Prix for Ferrari and then made only sporadic appearances in the sport until his final race at the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix.

Juan Manuel Fangio took both Maserati's and Mercedes' first F1 wins at the 1953 Italian Grand Prix and 1954 French Grand Prix respectively. BRM's first win came courtesy of Jo Bonnier at the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix.

Answer: Hockenheimring and Nürburgring

The German Grand Prix first appeared on the F1 world championship calendar in 1951 when it was held on a layout of the Nürburgring circuit known as the Nordschleife. It was held on a street circuit called AVUS in Berlin in 1959 and then switched every so often between varying layouts of both the Nürburgring and the Hockenheimring until 2007, when the event was not run for the first time in over 50 years (although the 2007 European Grand Prix took place at the Nürburgring). The deal to alternate the race between the Nürburgring and the Hockenheimring from 2008 onwards was largely a financial decision related to holding an event that often resulted in expensive losses for the organisers. The Nürburgring later withdrew from this deal and left the Hockenheimring to continue hosting the event alone, but still on a biennial basis.

Legendary German driver Michael Schumacher won the German Grand Prix on four occasions in 1995, 2002, 2004 and 2006.

Answer: Great Britain

Modern F1 is dominated by brightly-painted cars bearing a colour scheme based on their commercial sponsors, although some teams - notably Ferrari - use a more traditional livery. However, back in the 1950s and 1960s, the main colours of the cars were determined by the nationality of the team - a hangover from the pre-F1 era. Green was the colour allocated to British teams and this paint scheme eventually evolved into the shade of dark green that is now generally known as British Racing Green. Jaguar later revived the British Racing Green livery when they competed in F1 between 2000 and 2004.

The other colours that were originally allocated to specific countries included red for Italy (hence Ferrari's colour scheme), blue for France and white for Germany.