Heroes, Hits and Hype - 'H's in F1 Quiz

Answer: Mike Hailwood

Mike Hailwood was born in 1940 in Oxfordshire. His father was a former motorcycle racer, so it isn't surprising that Hailwood went on to excel in the same sport. He won 14 events at the Isle of Man TT competition and was also a multiple world champion on 250cc, 350cc and 500cc bikes.

He turned his attention to F1 racing in 1963 when he entered the British Grand Prix in a Lotus and finished in eighth position. His best result was a second place at the 1972 Italian Grand Prix. Hailwood was killed in a road traffic accident in 1981, shortly after his retirement from motorsport.

Answer: Denny Hulme

Denny Hulme competed in F1 between 1965 and 1974, taking both his maiden win (at the Monaco Grand Prix) and only world drivers' title in 1967. His victory at Monaco and another win later in the season in Germany secured him a five-point advantage over his team-mate (and team boss) Jack Brabham by the time the chequered flag came out at the end of the final race of the season. Hulme spent the rest of his career with the McLaren team (founded by his fellow New Zealander, Bruce McLaren) and won a further six races with them - but no further titles.

Answer: James Hunt

James Hunt (1947-1993) won the F1 title in 1976 by clinching a third-place finish in the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix. The race was affected by torrential rain and Hunt's rival for the title, Niki Lauda - who was still recovering from the horrific burns he had suffered in an accident earlier that year - retired from the race on safety grounds and therefore relinquished his title challenge.

The dramatic events of that year became the topic of the 2013 film 'Rush', directed by Ron Howard.

Answer: Phil Hill

Phil Hill became the first American driver to clinch an F1 title when he won with the famous Ferrari team in 1961. He first raced in F1 in 1958 when he entered the French Grand Prix with Jo Bonnier's Maserati team and scored a seventh-place finish. He moved to Ferrari the same year and remained with the team until mid-way through the 1962 season. Although he remained in the sport until 1966, he was never able to emulate the success of his title-winning season and eventually retired with a record of one title, three wins and a further 13 podium finishes.

Answer: Mike Hawthorn

Mike Hawthorn was not just the first British driver to win a world title with Ferrari, he was also the first British driver to win a world title full stop. This achievement took place in the last year of his F1 career which spanned the period from 1952 to 1958.

He finished on the podium at eight of the year's 11 championship races (which included the Indy 500 where he did not compete), but took only a single win at the French Grand Prix. However, it was enough to secure the title by a single point from Stirling Moss. Hawthorn was killed just a few months later in a road accident.

Answer: Mika Hakkinen

Mika Hakkinen became the first Finnish driver to finish the F1 season at the top of the world championship standings on more than one occasion. However, he had quite a long wait for his success; having entered F1 in 1991 with the Lotus team and moved to McLaren in 1993, his first win came at the end of the 1997 season and his two title-winning years were in 1998 and 1999.

His eventual achievements were particularly notable given the fact that he had very nearly been killed in an accident in qualifying for the 1995 Australian Grand Prix.

Answer: Graham Hill

Winning the F1 world championship, the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans is known as the "Triple Crown of Motorsport". Graham Hill became the first man to achieve this when he added victory in the 1972 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans to his F1 titles in 1962 and 1968 and his Indy 500 win in 1966.

The "Triple Crown" is also sometimes defined as including the F1 Monaco Grand Prix rather than the F1 world championship, but Hill would have qualified for this definition as well as he was known as "Mr. Monaco" thanks to his five victories at the track. Hill's career was also notable for running his own F1 team and being one half of the first father and son combination (along with his son Damon) to win the F1 world title.

Answer: Lewis Hamilton

British driver Lewis Hamilton made his F1 debut at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix with the McLaren team and immediately made his mark on the sport by finishing the race in third place. In fact, he took nine podium finishes in his first nine F1 races, which included two race wins in Canada and the United States.

In total he took four wins, five second places and three third places to amass a total of 109 points - tied with his reigning world champion teammate, Fernando Alonso, and just one behind the winner - Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.

In fact, if it hadn't been for a silly retirement at the penultimate race and a gearbox problem in the final one, he might have won in his debut season!

Answer: Rio Haryanto

Being the first driver from your country to compete in F1, the highest level of worldwide motorsport, does not always mean that you are destined for great success. Rio Haryanto who was born on the Indonesian island of Java in 1993, became the first Indonesian to compete in F1 when he competed in the 2016 Australian Grand Prix for the Manor team. Unfortunately for Haryanto, Manor were perennial backmarkers and as a result his best finish in 12 races for the team was a 15th (and last) place at Monaco.

He was then dropped mid-season in favour of Esteban Ocon.

Answer: Nick Heidfeld

German driver Nick Heidfeld raced in F1 from 2000 to 2011 for a total of five different teams: Prost, Sauber/BMW Sauber, Jordan, Williams and Renault. Over the years, he became known as a reliable points-scoring driver but never as a race winner or potential champion.

He claimed a total of 259 points and 13 podiums and once managed a pole position - but he never managed to stand on the top step of the podium. After losing his Renault seat part way through the 2011 season, Heidfeld moved on to race in other forms of motorsport, including the World Endurance Championship and Formula E.