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Quiz about Formula One Through the Years

Formula One Through the Years Trivia Quiz

This quiz will just test your knowledge of the first 50 years of Formula One. Prepare your mind for anything.

A multiple-choice quiz by minardifan. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
minardifan

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
42,401

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
714

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who won the first ever Grand Prix in Britain, 1950? Hint

Juan Manuel Fangio

Alberto Ascari

Luigi Fagioli

Giuseppe Farina

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which driver won a non-championship race at Reims in 1952 but would never win a proper World Championship Grand Prix? Hint

Maurice Trintigant

Reg Parnell

Rudi Fischer

Jean Behra

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which two drivers shared a car and came home in second place in the 1956 British Grand Prix? Hint

Peter Collins and Juan Manuel Fangio

Alfonso de Portago and Peter Collins

Peter Collins and Luigi Musso

Luigi Musso and Juan Manuel Fangio

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Question 4 of 15

4. How many races did Mike Hawthorn win in 1958 to become Britain's first Formula One World Champion? Hint

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who claimed BRM's first victory at the 1959 Dutch GP? Hint

Graham Hill

Dan Gurney

Richie Ginther

Jo Bonnier

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Question 6 of 15

6. How many races did Jim Clark win to wrap up the 1963 World Drivers Championship? Hint

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Question 7 of 15

7. Who won the 1967 Italian GP in a car dubbed the 'Hondola'? Hint

John Surtees

Dan Gurney

Richie Ginther

Ludovico Scarfiotti

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which three drivers were tragically killed during the 1970 Grand Prix season? Hint

McLaren, Hulme, Beltoise

Rindt, Cevert, Beltoise

McLaren, Rindt, Cevert

Rindt, McLaren, Courage

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who did Ronnie Peterson drive for in the 1973 Grand Prix season? Hint

Lotus

McLaren

Tyrrell

Ferrari

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who drove for Ligier in their debut season in 1976? Hint

Jacques Laffite

Rene Arnoux

Didier Pironi

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who was disqualified for running an illegal rear wing in the 1982 Long Beach GP? Hint

Didier Pironi

Keke Rosberg

Alain Prost

Gilles Villeneuve

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which three drivers entered the 1986 Australian Grand Prix with a chance of winning the world championship? Hint

Mansell, Senna, Rosberg

Prost, Piquet, Berger

Piquet, Mansell, Johansson

Prost, Mansell, Piquet

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Question 13 of 15

13. How many times did Riccardo Patrese finish in second place during the 1992 Grand Prix season? Hint

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who replaced Mika Hakkinen for one race during the 1995 Grand Prix season? Hint

Jan Magnussen

Mark Blundell

Nigel Mansell

David Coulthard

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Question 15 of 15

15. Where did Minardi score their first points in 1999 after not scoring since Australia 1995? Hint

A1-Ring

Nurburgring

Hockenheim

Sepang

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who won the first ever Grand Prix in Britain, 1950?

Answer: Giuseppe Farina

Farina led an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3 in front of the Royal Family for the first ever Formula One race.

2. Which driver won a non-championship race at Reims in 1952 but would never win a proper World Championship Grand Prix?

Answer: Jean Behra

Jean Behra is considered one of the unluckiest drivers of all time. The result above he achieved with the French Gordini team.

3. Which two drivers shared a car and came home in second place in the 1956 British Grand Prix?

Answer: Alfonso de Portago and Peter Collins

During the 1950s, sharing a car was quite common, although the points would be split between the two drivers.

4. How many races did Mike Hawthorn win in 1958 to become Britain's first Formula One World Champion?

Answer: 1

Only two men have claimed the title with one win - Mike Hawthorn and Keke Rosberg in 1982. Moss was unlucky not to win the title in 1958, having taken 4 wins.

5. Who claimed BRM's first victory at the 1959 Dutch GP?

Answer: Jo Bonnier

Jo Bonnier would never stand on a grand prix rostrum again. Graham Hill would win BRM's only title in 1962.

6. How many races did Jim Clark win to wrap up the 1963 World Drivers Championship?

Answer: 7

In one of the most dominant displays ever in Formula One, Clark amassed 73 points before dropped scores took effect. He would also win the 1965 world championship.

7. Who won the 1967 Italian GP in a car dubbed the 'Hondola'?

Answer: John Surtees

That would be Honda's last victory before pulling out in 1968. They would return in the mid-80s.

8. Which three drivers were tragically killed during the 1970 Grand Prix season?

Answer: Rindt, McLaren, Courage

Rindt would claim the World Championship posthumously. McLaren's team would go on to dominate Formula One during the 1980s.

9. Who did Ronnie Peterson drive for in the 1973 Grand Prix season?

Answer: Lotus

Peterson would claim four wins that season, only one less than world champion Stewart.

10. Who drove for Ligier in their debut season in 1976?

Answer: Jacques Laffite

Ligiers golden period would be from 1978-1981, with some good results, including wins for Laffite and Depailler later on in 1979.

11. Who was disqualified for running an illegal rear wing in the 1982 Long Beach GP?

Answer: Gilles Villeneuve

Gilles would be tragically killed in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.

12. Which three drivers entered the 1986 Australian Grand Prix with a chance of winning the world championship?

Answer: Prost, Mansell, Piquet

Prost would clinch his second title after Mansell suffered a heartbreaking tyre blow out and Piquet made a precautionary pitstop.

13. How many times did Riccardo Patrese finish in second place during the 1992 Grand Prix season?

Answer: 6

Patrese finished second behind his team-mate, Mansell, on all 6 occassions. He would win only one race that season, in Japan.

14. Who replaced Mika Hakkinen for one race during the 1995 Grand Prix season?

Answer: Jan Magnussen

In what was a disastrous season for the Woking team, Hakkinen only scored 17 points, while the team only just beat Ligier to 4th overall.

15. Where did Minardi score their first points in 1999 after not scoring since Australia 1995?

Answer: Nurburgring

In a bizarre race, Marc Gene would beat Irvine and led to emotional scenes in the pits for the Minardi team.

Source: Author minardifan

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