Formula 1 Brainbreaker Trivia Quiz

Answer: Nick Wirth

Nick called the car: Moda S921. Later when he started the Simtek team, he called those cars with a similar name. (Simtek S941 and S951)

Answer: Lotus 79

The Lotus 79 was and is the most beautiful Grand Prix car ever built.

Answer: Students of the University of Perugia

The students of the University of Perugia designed the C4. But it wasn't a great car. It was never seen in a race in 1991. Pedro Chaves and later Naoki Hattori never qualified the car. Even to prequalify was too difficult. The car was seen in 1992 when the Andrea Moda team entered it as a Coloni C4B.

They entered practice for the South African GP, but drivers Alex Caffi and Enrico Bertaggia couldn't enter the prequalifying. The team thought that they run the Coloni car because they took over the team.

But FIA decided that the Andrea Moda team was a new team and had to build their own cars.

Answer: Old Fatty

The Porsche 718 first appeared in F1 in 1960. De Beaufort bought the car in 1961 and was still racing it in 1964. The car was by now outdated in every way. But Carel had no choice. The 718 was the only Grand Prix car he could fit in. Because he was so big, he couldn't fit in the much smaller cars of the early sixties.

Answer: The fueltank was placed between the engine and the gearbox.

The design by Michel Tetu was something new. The result was a terrible car that never came close to some results.

Answer: 5

Fergusson P99, BRM P67, Matra MS84, Lotus 63, Lotus 56B

Answer: Audi

BMW built engines and cars in the fifties.
Porsche built engines (turbo and a V12) and cars in the sixties.
Opel had Ricky von Opel as a driver in 1973 and 1974.

Answer: Yellow

The car was painted yellow, the national colour for Belgian cars.

Answer: Emeryson

The car was built by Emeryson, but the car was a real Belgian Formula 1 car. The first Belgian F1 car.

Answer: Renault

The Toleman team first entered F1 in 1981. In 1984 Ayrton Senna made his debut with them. In 1985 there were many financial problems. The Italian Benetton firm bought the team and entered it in 1986 as the Benetton team. In 2001 the team was sold to Renault. In 2002 the Toleman team was known as Renault.

Answer: Jan Lammers

The last race he had entered was the Dutch GP on July 3rd 1982 for the Theodore team, but he came back with March on 25th October 1992. That is more than 10 years. The record stood in 2002.

Answer: Brabham

Brun bought the team in 1988 when Bernie Ecclestone wanted to sell it.

Answer: Italy

Walter Brun was and is from Switzerland. However, the EuroBrun factory was placed in Senago near Milan. The team was entered under Italian licence.

Answer: Alberto Ascari

In 1952 Alberto Ascari raced in Indianapolis in a Ferrari 375. He retired after 34 laps with gear case problems. It was the only time a European F1-driver entered the Indy 500 during those years. Only one time did a regular Indy 500 driver enter a Formula 1 race in those 11 years.

It was Roger Ward in 1959 in the US-GP in Sebring with a Kurtis Midget. According to some, he holds the unwanted distinction of having raced the most unsuitable machine ever to appear in a Grand Prix. The car was designed to race in US-style oval races.

The car didn't have a brakepedal, but a brakehandle on the outside of the car. It was a nightmare to race the car. He retired after 20 laps with clutchproblems. In the sixties a lot of European drivers and constructors entered the Indy 500 (Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart and others) But the race wasn't an official Formula 1 Grand Prix any more.

Answer: British

Although teamboss Mo Nunn lived in the USA, he was born in England. His Ensign team was British. It had its base in Chasetown and later in Lichfield in England.

Answer: 11

Hart, Ferrari, Renault, BMW, TAG Porsche, Zakspeed, Ford, Honda, Alfa Romeo, Motori Moderni, Megatron.

Answer: 10

Talbot-Lago, Gordini (Simca Gordini), Larrousse, Bugatti, Martini, Renault, AGS, Ligier, Prost, Matra

Answer: Reynard

The chassis was build by Reynard in the early nineties for their own F1 plans. Pacific bought the old chassis and entered them as Pacific PR01

Answer: Dallara

The chassis was built by Dallara, but was called a Honda. Sadly it was never really developed.

Answer: Carroll Shelby

In 1959 Carroll Shelby drove for Aston Martin for 4 races. The Dutch, the British, the Portuguese and the Italian GP. The cars looked great, but were front-engined. By now the rear-engined cars were much faster.

Answer: Roberto Guerrero

Roberto Guerrero started his Formula 1 career in 1982 with the Ensign team. It wasn't the best of cars, and points were impossible to get. By the end of the year the Ensign team partnered with the Theodore team. The team was called Theodore and Guerrero was one of the drivers. Second driver was Johnny Cecotto.

The car was slightly better than the year before, but Roberto couldn't score any points. Johnny however did score a point in Long Beach. It would be the last for the team, because the team folded at the end of the year. Roberto went on to drive Indycars in the US, where he won 2 races in 1987.

Answer: Norway

Liechtenstein had Ricky von Opel. Uruguay had Alfredo Uria, Oscar González. Venezuela had Johnny Cecotto.

Answer: 15

Lola 4, Lola 4A, Lola T100, Lola T102, Lola T370, Lola T371, Lola THL1, Lola THL2, Lola LC87, Lola LC88, Lola LC88B, Lola LC89, Lola 90, Lola L91, Lola T93/30, Lola &97/30

Answer: 11

AFM, EMW, Veritas, Mercedes, Zakspeed, ATS, Rial, Porsche, Klenk, Kauhsen, BMW

Answer: Terlamenbocht

He crashed in the Terlamenbocht when he tried to overtake the slow March 821 of Jochen Mass. A terrible loss