Formula One: 2020 Season Trivia Quiz

Answer: Valtteri Bottas

Bottas was Hamilton's teammate for the season, and scored victories at the Austrian and Russian Grands Prix. Max Verstappen finished third, Sergio Pérez finished fourth and Daniel Ricciardo finished fifth.

Answer: Sergio Pérez

Pérez, a native of Jalisco, Mexico, became the first Mexican driver to win a race since 1970, winning the Sakhir Grand Prix, driving for the Racing Point team. Prior to him, the last Mexican winner was Pedro Rodriguez, who also notably won the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

Answer: He suffered a crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

The crash took place at the first turn of the Bahrain track. Daniil Kvyat collided with Grosjean's left front wheel, which caused his car to spin out of control and crash through a barrier. Grosjean survived the crash with burns to his hands, but was unable to participate in the last two races. He was replaced with Pietro Fittipaldi.

Answer: Italian Grand Prix

Although Hamilton took pole in the Italian Grand Prix, a penalty caused him to only finish seventh. Pierre Gasly won the Grand Prix, taking his first win, the first win for a French driver since 1996, and the first win for the Alpha Tauri team since 2011 (when they were competing under the name "Toro Rosso").

Answer: George Russell

With a time of 0:55.404. This also became the first sub-one-minute lap in the history of the sport. However, Russell didn't win, he finished ninth following a pitstop mistake.

Russell, who drove full-time for Williams, was a stand-in for seven-time World Champion and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, who tested positive for COVID-19 before the race. He was replaced at Williams by the British-Korean driver Jack Aitken. Russell would go on to drive full-time for Mercedes in 2022.

Answer: Schumacher

Michael Schumacher competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006, coming out of retirement to briefly compete for Mercedes in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Schumacher won his first two world titles in 1994 and 1995 with Benetton, then won again in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 with Ferrari.

Answer: Max Verstappen

Held as the second race at Silverstone of the year, this race was held to comemmorate the first ever Formula One race, held in Silverstone in 1950. Initially not a part of the calendar, it was introduced after COVID-19 restrictions made it impossible to travel to some race locations. Max Verstappen won the race after Mercedes cars struggled with rapid tyre wear caused by heat degradation.

Answer: Racing Point

Racing Point's car, the RP20, was said to resemble the Mercedes-AMG F1 W10, the car that won the championship in 2019. Due to this their car was nicknamed the "Pink Mercedes" on social media websites. Following a protest from the Renault team and others about the legality of the RP20, the FIA fined the Racing Point team and deducted 15 points from their Constructor's Championship score.

Answer: Vietnamese Grand Prix

The Vietnamese Grand Prix was planned to be held in Hanoi. It was cancelled due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and was also excluded from the 2021 calendar, following the arrest on corruption charges of a politician who was involved in organizing the race.

Answer: Williams

Nicholas Latifi was born in Quebec, Canada, to an Iranian (Persian) father and an Italian mother. His teammate was George Russell. Latifi joined F1 in 2020, prior to which he was a test driver for Renault and Racing Point.