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Quiz about F1 Seasons 1952
Quiz about F1 Seasons 1952

F1 Seasons: 1952 Trivia Quiz

This is the third of a series of quizzes about F1 seasons. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by Caeiro. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Caeiro
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
359,003
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Average
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Question 1 of 10
1. The 1951 runner-up did one better and won the 1952 World Championship. What Italian driver was the 1952 World Champion? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. The 1952 season was totally dominated by one constructor, as the first four drivers in the World Championship all raced the same car. What car was that? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. Two drivers got their first win in the 1952 season. One was the Indianapolis 500 winner, Troy Ruttman. The other was the winner of the Swiss GP, the first race of the season. Who was he? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. Troy Ruttman won the Indy 500, driving a Kuzma-Offenhauser entered by the J. C. Agajanian team, but who had pole position for the race? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. The first Maserati fastest lap was obtained by an Argentinian driver. Who was he? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. A future World Champion started racing in 1952 and managed a podium finish, after being third in the British GP. Who was this British driver? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. The best placed British constructors in the Championship were Cooper and Frazer-Nash. Both of them were equipped with the same engine. What make was that engine? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. The most important driver absent from the 1952 World Championship was a previous race winner, who had a serious accident early in the season and spent most of the year recovering from his injuries. Who was he? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. Alfa Romeo retired from F1, since they had no funds to build a competitive car, which left Ferrari as the only competitive team in the World Championship. How did the FIA (Féderation International de l'Automobile) change the rules to solve this situation? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. Finally, an European team made the effort to travel to the United States and enter the Indy 500. Ferrari prepared a car specifically for the race (the 375 Special) and took Ascari to the States. What place did the Italian finish the race? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The 1951 runner-up did one better and won the 1952 World Championship. What Italian driver was the 1952 World Champion?

Answer: Alberto Ascari

 Ascari easily won the World Championship, 12 points ahead of Farina. Taruffi was third, 14 points back and Fischer, a Swiss driver, was fourth, 26 points behind Ascari.
2. The 1952 season was totally dominated by one constructor, as the first four drivers in the World Championship all raced the same car. What car was that?

Answer: Ferrari

 After Alfa Romeo's retirement, Ferrari had a virtual walkover in the Drivers Championship, with three drivers from the works team (Ascari, Farina and Taruffi) finishing ahead of Rudi Fischer, driving a Ferrari entered by the privateer Espadon team.

Cooper had its best placed driver in Mike Hawthorn (driving for the Leslie Hawthorn team), fifth in the Championship, while the Gordini team was lead by Robert Manzon, sixth in the table.

José Froilán González had moved from Ferrari to Maserati and was their best driver in the Championship, finishing ninth.
3. Two drivers got their first win in the 1952 season. One was the Indianapolis 500 winner, Troy Ruttman. The other was the winner of the Swiss GP, the first race of the season. Who was he?

Answer: Piero Taruffi

 Taruffi won the Swiss GP, while Ascari (who had won 3 races in the 1951 season) won the other 6 European races (Belgium, France, Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands and Italy). Fischer and Farina had no wins this season, though Farina had 2 pole positions (to Ascari's 5).
4. Troy Ruttman won the Indy 500, driving a Kuzma-Offenhauser entered by the J. C. Agajanian team, but who had pole position for the race?

Answer: Fred Agabashian

 Agabashian, driving a Kurtis Kraft-Cummins (entered by the Cummins Engine Company), had pole, but retired in the race, while Ruttman won after starting seventh on the grid. Vukovich had the fastest lap in a Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser (entered by the Howard Keck Company) after starting eighth. Rathmann finished second in another Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser, entered by the Grancor Auto Specialists (he started tenth).
5. The first Maserati fastest lap was obtained by an Argentinian driver. Who was he?

Answer: José Froilán González

 González goth the fastest lap in the Italian GP. All the other fastest laps that season (except in the Indy 500) went to Ferrari drivers (5 for Ascari and 1 for Taruffi). Bonetto and Rol were González's Italian teammates, while Crespo was an Argentinian who drove a Maserati for the privateer Enrico Platé team. None of them had fastest laps in 1952.
6. A future World Champion started racing in 1952 and managed a podium finish, after being third in the British GP. Who was this British driver?

Answer: Mike Hawthorn

 Hawthorn drove a privateer Cooper and also had 2 fourth places, finishing fifth in the World Championship. Moss started racing the previous season and was never World Champion. This season, he raced for the Connaught, ERA and HWM teams and scored no points. Poore, a Connaught driver, finished thirteenth in the table.

He was also never a World Champion. Behra was a French driver, who finished eleventh in his works Gordini. Like Moss and Poore, he was never World Champion.
7. The best placed British constructors in the Championship were Cooper and Frazer-Nash. Both of them were equipped with the same engine. What make was that engine?

Answer: Bristol

 Bristol engines also equipped the ERA works team. Only the Ferrari team used Ferrari engines. Cooper made only cars and Francis engines could be found in the Connaughts.
8. The most important driver absent from the 1952 World Championship was a previous race winner, who had a serious accident early in the season and spent most of the year recovering from his injuries. Who was he?

Answer: Juan Manuel Fangio

 Fangio was left without a seat after Alfa Romeo retired, so he missed the first races of the season (the Swiss GP and the Indy 500). He was driving a BRM in a non-championship race in Monza when he crashed, suffered a broken neck and was sidelined for the rest of the season.

Farina raced the entire F1 season for Ferrari and Parsons competed in the AAA Championship, entering the Indianapolis 500 (that was included in the F1 Championship), so, they were not absent.

Fagioli was absent, but not because of an accident. He retired F1 to race sports cars.
9. Alfa Romeo retired from F1, since they had no funds to build a competitive car, which left Ferrari as the only competitive team in the World Championship. How did the FIA (Féderation International de l'Automobile) change the rules to solve this situation?

Answer: The races were held under Formula 2 rules, which limited the engines' capacity

 The FIA decided to use F2 rules for their F1 Championship. That meant a limit of 500cc for supercharged engines and 2.000cc for normally aspirated engines, instead of the 1.500cc (supercharged) and 4.500cc (normally aspirated) limits in place for 1950 and 1951.

This decision allowed for a larger number of entrants, but Ferrari still dominated the season, since they already had a car prepared for the new formula: the Ferrari 500, that won all the 1952 races, except for the Indy 500. Formula 1 races still took place, but were not included on the World Championship.
10. Finally, an European team made the effort to travel to the United States and enter the Indy 500. Ferrari prepared a car specifically for the race (the 375 Special) and took Ascari to the States. What place did the Italian finish the race?

Answer: He retired

 Ascari's trip to the U.S. meant he didn't enter the Swiss GP, the only European GP he didn't win (Taruffi, in another Ferrari, won the race). The effort was in vain, though, as Ascari retired due to a mechanical problem, while running twelfth.
Source: Author Caeiro

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