Always Second Best Trivia Quiz

Answer: Andrea de Cesaris

Andrea de Cesaris was born in the Lazio area of Rome in 1959. Early in his racing career, in 1976, he was Junior World champion in karts. In 1978 he entered the British F3 racing circuit and he won six races in 1979 finishing runner up. He then raced for a year in Formula 2.

He made his F1 debut in 1980 at the Canadian Grand Prix, racing for the Alfa Romeo team, and then joined the McLaren team for the whole of 1981. He returned to Alfa Romeo the following year. In 1983 he did finish runner-up in the grands prix held in South Africa and Germany.

He was continuously plagued by accidents and because of that he was called "Andrea de Crasheris" by sports writers. He raced for Ligier, Minardi, Brabham-BMW, Rial Racing, BMS Scuderia Italia, Jordan and Tyrell. His last F1 race was in 1994, although he also competed in the Grand Prix Masters series in 2005 and 2006.

He was killed in a motorcycle accident in 2014 in his native city.

Giuseppe Farina was the first F1 champion in 1950. Fausto Coppi and Giacomo Nizzolo were Italian cycling champions.

Answer: New Zealander

Chris Amon (Christopher Arthur Amon) was born in the small town of Bulls in New Zealand's North Island. He made his first F1 appearance in 1963 in the Belgian Grand Prix at the age of 19, for the Parnell team. In 1967, racing for Ferrari, he managed to be placed third on four occasions and finished the season in fifth place.

The following year, despite placing second in the British Grand Prix, was spoiled by bad luck and engine failures. He joined the March Engineering team in 1970 but faced with a lot of problems left for Matra in 1971.

He finally retired from F1 racing in 1977. During his career he stood on the podium a total of 11 times. He is considered as one of the finest F1 drivers not to have had won a race. He died in 1976 in his native New Zealand.

Answer: Nick Heidfeld

Nick Heidfeld was born in Monchengladbach in what was then West Germany. He started his F1 career in 2000 racing for team Prost. He then signed a deal with Sauber in 2001, gaining a third place in the Brazil GP. He raced with Sauber until 2003 and then raced for Jordan in 2004. In 2005 he joined Williams and had three podium finishes; third in Malaysia and second in Monaco and the European race at the Nürburgring. In 2006 he joined BMW Sauber and raced with them until 2009. During that time, he had eight podium finishes (six second places and two thirds). After that he had various stints as test driver and taking part in some races. In 2011 he managed his last podium finish, coming third in Malaysia while racing for Lotus Renault.

Fellow German Ralf Schumacher won six F1 races. Rudi Fischer and Toulo de Graffenried were both Swiss F1 drivers.

Answer: German

Hans was born in 1951 in Grainau, Bavaria in the then West Germany. He was the son of Hans Stuck who was also a Grand Prix driver. He made his debut with the March team in the 1974 GP of Argentina. In 1977 he joined the Martini Brabham team and had two third-place finishes in the German and Austrian Grands Prix. These two were his only podium finishes. He ended his career in 1979 after racing for the Shadow and ATS teams.

Answer: Eddie Cheever Jr.

Eddie was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1958. He made his debut in the 1978 South African Grand Prix driving a Hesketh. From 1980 until his retirement from F1 he raced for Osella, Tyrell, Ligier, Renault, Alfa Romeo, Haas and Arrows. During this time, he stood on the podium nine times. He was second in the 1982 Detroit GP racing with Ligier and in the 1983 Canadian GP with Renault.

Mario Andretti was F1 champion in 1978 and Phil Hill in 1961. Jim Hall raced 11 times between 1960 and 1963.

Answer: Martin Brundle

Martin Brundle was born in 1959 in King's Lynn, Norfolk. His F1 racing career spanned the years from 1984 to 1996. He started driving for Tyrell in 1984 and finished in second position in the Detroit Grand Prix. He broke his legs during a practice session and missed the rest of the season. He continued racing for Tyrell until 1987.

He also raced for Brabham, Benetton, Ligier, McLaren, Ligier again and finally Jordan. He made the podium on nine occasions.

After retiring from racing he became a motor racing commentator with various major British TV stations.

Jim Clark won the world title twice, Jackie Stewart three times and Graham Hill twice.

Answer: England

Derek Warwick was born in Alresford, Hampshire, England in 1954. He started his F1 racing career in 1981 with Toleman Motorsport. He then joined Renault in 1984 and had two second-place finishes in the Belgian and British Grands Prix. After a brief stint with Brabham, he joined the Arrows team in 1987. He came very close to winning a race on two occasions in 1989, finishing second in the Brazilian and Canadian Grands Prix. He retired from F1 racing in 1993.

He was part of the Peugeot team that won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1992.

Answer: Jean-Pierre Jarier

Jarier was born in 1946 in Charenton-le-Pont, a suburb of Paris, France. In 1974 he joined the Shadow Racing Cars team and finished third in the Monaco Grand Prix. In 1977 he joined ATS where he stayed for a year before going to the Lotus team.

In 1979 he signed for the Tyrell team and in that year, he had two third places at the South African and British Grands Prix. He ended his racing career in 1983.

The three incorrect options were French cycling champions winners of the Tour de France.

Answer: Jean Alesi

Jean Alesi was born in Avignon, France in 1964 to Sicilian parents. He started his F1 racing career with Tyrell in 1989 and finished it in 2001 with Jordan. In between he raced for Ferrari, Benetton, Sauber and Prost.

His only win came in 1995 with the colours of Ferrari at the Canadian Grand Prix on his 31st birthday. He made the podium on a total of 32 occasions.

The other three F1 drivers on the list were all Italian.

Answer: Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli started his racing career in F1 driving for Minardi in 1997. After that he raced for Prost, Jordan, Renault, Toyota and Lotus.

His sole win came in the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix with the colours of Renault. He stood on the podium a total of 11 times.

He had his own unique racing style which was to qualify as high as possible then during the actual race to frustrate his opponents by not letting them overtake him. His tactics were referred to as "Trulli train" or "Moving chicane".

The other three options were all French F1 drivers.