Motorsports Trivia Thread!

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Nah, proper European Circuit

New Bend was brought in to cut off the Rome corner, reducing the track length by almost a kilometer.
 
wonder if Curacao has a track... Got to love the Dutch for having a bit of Europe in the Carribean!

... If it isn't Holland then it must be Swedish
 
Mantorp Park?
Correct
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Ah, very good. It was the bit about knocking a km off the track length that made me think of it.

I'll have a question soon.
 
Here are the careers of some Formula One designers/technicians. Name who they are and fill in the gaps where necessary.

1) Jordan - Stewart - Jordan

2) March - Hesketh - ??? - Tyrrell - ??? - Tyrrell - Honda

3) McLaren - Ferrari - ??? - Ferrari - Arrows - ???

4) Lola - BRM - Shadow - ??? - Theodore - Osella

5) Simtek - Benetton - Virgin

6) Matra - Ligier - ??? - Lotus - Larrousse

7) ATS - RAM - Arrows - Ferrari - March - ??? - Ferrari - ??? - Toyota

8) McLaren - ??? - Sauber - Jordan - ??? - Toyota - Force India - ???

9) ??? - Williams - McLaren - Red Bull

10) Minardi - Ferrari -Mercedes-Benz
 
I'm not terribly informed on this sort of thing, but even I know 1 is Gary Anderson, 5 is Nick Wirth, 10 is Aldo Costa, 9 is Newey with the blank being Leyton House.
 
I'm not terribly informed on this sort of thing, but even I know 5 is Nick Wirth, 10 is Aldo Costa, 9 is Newey with the blank being Leyton House.

Great start!

1) Jordan - Stewart - Jordan

2) March - Hesketh - ??? - Tyrrell - ??? - Tyrrell - Honda

3) McLaren - Ferrari - ??? - Ferrari - Arrows - ???

4) Lola - BRM - Shadow - ??? - Theodore - Osella

5) Simtek - Benetton - Virgin [Nick Wirth] SagarisGTB

6) Matra - Ligier - ??? - Lotus - Larrousse

7) ATS - RAM - Arrows - Ferrari - March - ??? - Ferrari - ??? - Toyota

8) McLaren - ??? - Sauber - Jordan - ??? - Toyota - Force India - ???

9) [March/Leyton House] - Williams - McLaren - Red Bull [Adrian Newey] SagarisGTB

10) Minardi - Ferrari -Mercedes-Benz [Aldo Costa] SagarisGTB
 
6. is Ducarouge and the missing car is Alfa Romeo.

2. Postlethwaite. Can't think of the cars though.
 
6. is Ducarouge and the missing car is Alfa Romeo.

Excellent.

1) Jordan - Stewart - Jordan

2) March - Hesketh - ??? - Tyrrell - ??? - Tyrrell - Honda

3) McLaren - Ferrari - ??? - Ferrari - Arrows - ???

4) Lola - BRM - Shadow - ??? - Theodore - Osella

5) Simtek - Benetton - Virgin [Nick Wirth] SagarisGTB

6) Matra - Ligier -[Alfa Romeo] - Lotus - Larrousse [Gerard Ducarouge] Tired Tyres

7) ATS - RAM - Arrows - Ferrari - March - ??? - Ferrari - ??? - Toyota

8) McLaren - ??? - Sauber - Jordan - ??? - Toyota - Force India - ???

9) [March/Leyton House] - Williams - McLaren - Red Bull [Adrian Newey] SagarisGTB

10) Minardi - Ferrari -Mercedes-Benz [Aldo Costa] SagarisGTB
 
Your response was so quick I couldn't get away with a quick edit identifying former BBC pundit/expert Gary Anderson as #1.

Also, Mike Gascoyne is #8 with the second blank being Renault, but I don't know the first blank.
 
#2 is the late, great Dr. Harvey Postlethwaite (March - Hesketh - [Wolf/Williams] - Tyrrell - [Ferrari] - Tyrrell - Honda).

#7 is Gustav Brunner (ATS - RAM - Arrows - Ferrari - March - [Rial] - Ferrari - [Minardi] - Toyota).

#8 is Mike Gascoyne (McLaren - [Tyrrell] - Sauber - Jordan - [Renault] - Toyota - Force India - [Caterham]).
 
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Your response was so quick I couldn't get away with a quick edit identifying former BBC pundit/expert Gary Anderson as #1.

Also, Mike Gascoyne is #8 with the second blank being Renault, but I don't know the first blank.

You're correct on all points, with the blank in Gascoyne's career correctly filled in by...

#2 is the late, great Dr. Harvey Postalwaite (March - Hesketh - [Wolf/Williams] - Tyrrell - [Ferrari] - Tyrrell - Honda).

#7 is Gustav Brunner (ATS - RAM - Arrows - Ferrari - March - [Rial] - Ferrari - [Minardi] - Toyota).

#8 is Mike Gascoyne (McLaren - [Tyrrell] - Sauber - Jordan - [Renault] - Toyota - Force India - [Caterham]).

You have the correct designers but some incorrect gaps filled in Postlethwaite's career. Admittedly, I messed up Gustav Brunner (forgot Rial) so I'll give you that one.


1) Jordan - Stewart - Jordan [Gary Anderson] SagarisGTB

2) March - Hesketh - [Wolf/Williams] - ??? - Tyrrell - ??? - Tyrrell - Honda [Harvey Postlethwaite] Kingofweasles

3) McLaren - Ferrari - ??? - Ferrari - Arrows - ???

4) Lola - BRM - Shadow - ??? - Theodore - Osella

5) Simtek - Benetton - Virgin [Nick Wirth] SagarisGTB

6) Matra - Ligier -[Alfa Romeo] - Lotus - Larrousse [Gerard Ducarouge] Tired Tyres

7) ATS - RAM - Arrows - Ferrari - March - [Rial] - [Minardi] - Ferrari - [Minardi] - Toyota [Gustav Brunner] Kingofweasles

8) McLaren - [Tyrrell] - Sauber - Jordan - [Benetton/Renault] - Toyota - Force India - [Caterham] [Mike Gascoyne] SagarisGTB/Kingofweasles

9) [March/Leyton House] - Williams - McLaren - Red Bull [Adrian Newey] SagarisGTB

10) Minardi - Ferrari -Mercedes-Benz [Aldo Costa] SagarisGTB
 
You have the correct designers but some incorrect gaps filled in Postlethwaite's career. Admittedly, I messed up Gustav Brunner (forgot Rial) so I'll give you that one.

Bah, I knew I forgot that he was at Fittipaldi for a year with Keke Rosberg after the stint at Wolf/Williams... Or that he had Mike Gascoyne join him at Sauber when it was being initially prepared as Mercedes's main F1 team.
 
Bah, I knew I forgot that he was at Fittipaldi for a year with Keke Rosberg after the stint at Wolf/Williams... Or that he had Mike Gascoyne join him at Sauber when it was being initially prepared as Mercedes's main F1 team.

His spell at Tyrrell was broken up by a 1992/93 at Sauber and the other gap was the big one; his time at Ferrari having been personally chosen by Enzo himself. Fittipaldi might be one I've forgotten but you've got it all worked out. ;)

Just 3 and 4 left.

1) Jordan - Stewart - Jordan [Gary Anderson] SagarisGTB

2) March - Hesketh - [Wolf/Williams] - [Ferrari] - Tyrrell - [Sauber] - Tyrrell - Honda [Harvey Postlethwaite] Kingofweasles

3) McLaren - Ferrari - ??? - Ferrari - Arrows - ???

4) Lola - BRM - Shadow - ??? - Theodore - Osella

5) Simtek - Benetton - Virgin [Nick Wirth] SagarisGTB

6) Matra - Ligier -[Alfa Romeo] - Lotus - Larrousse [Gerard Ducarouge] Tired Tyres

7) ATS - RAM - Arrows - Ferrari - March - [Rial] - [Minardi] - Ferrari - [Minardi] - Toyota [Gustav Brunner] Kingofweasles

8) McLaren - [Tyrrell] - Sauber - Jordan - [Benetton/Renault] - Toyota - Force India - [Caterham] [Mike Gascoyne] SagarisGTB/Kingofweasles

9) [March/Leyton House] - Williams - McLaren - Red Bull [Adrian Newey] SagarisGTB

10) Minardi - Ferrari -Mercedes-Benz [Aldo Costa] SagarisGTB
 
#4 is Tony Southgate, with Lotus and Arrows after Shadow but before Theodore.
 
#4 is Tony Southgate, with Lotus and Arrows after Shadow but before Theodore.

One more to go. Quite a well known one. Surprised this one was left until last.

1) Jordan - Stewart - Jordan [Gary Anderson] SagarisGTB

2) March - Hesketh - [Wolf/Williams] - [Ferrari] - Tyrrell - [Sauber] - Tyrrell - Honda [Harvey Postlethwaite] Kingofweasles

3) McLaren - Ferrari - ??? - Ferrari - Arrows - ???

4) Lola - BRM - Shadow - [Lotus] - [Arrows] - Theodore - Osella [Tony Southgate] -Fred-

5) Simtek - Benetton - Virgin [Nick Wirth] SagarisGTB

6) Matra - Ligier -[Alfa Romeo] - Lotus - Larrousse [Gerard Ducarouge] Tired Tyres

7) ATS - RAM - Arrows - Ferrari - March - [Rial] - [Minardi] - Ferrari - [Minardi] - Toyota [Gustav Brunner] Kingofweasles

8) McLaren - [Tyrrell] - Sauber - Jordan - [Benetton/Renault] - Toyota - Force India - [Caterham] [Mike Gascoyne] SagarisGTB/Kingofweasles

9) [March/Leyton House] - Williams - McLaren - Red Bull [Adrian Newey] SagarisGTB

10) Minardi - Ferrari -Mercedes-Benz [Aldo Costa] SagarisGTB
 
Oh what? John Barnard, with the gaps being Benetton and Prost?

And that's all 10.

1) Jordan - Stewart - Jordan [Gary Anderson] SagarisGTB

2) March - Hesketh - [Wolf/Williams] - [Ferrari] - Tyrrell - [Sauber] - Tyrrell - Honda [Harvey Postlethwaite] Kingofweasles

3) McLaren - Ferrari - [Benetton] - Ferrari - Arrows - [Prost] [John Barnard] Jimlaad43

4) Lola - BRM - Shadow - [Lotus] - [Arrows] - Theodore - Osella [Tony Southgate] -Fred-

5) Simtek - Benetton - Virgin [Nick Wirth] SagarisGTB

6) Matra - Ligier -[Alfa Romeo] - Lotus - Larrousse [Gerard Ducarouge] Tired Tyres

7) ATS - RAM - Arrows - Ferrari - March - [Rial] - [Minardi] - Ferrari - [Minardi] - Toyota [Gustav Brunner] Kingofweasles

8) McLaren - [Tyrrell] - Sauber - Jordan - [Benetton/Renault] - Toyota - Force India - [Caterham] [Mike Gascoyne] SagarisGTB/Kingofweasles

9) [March/Leyton House] - Williams - McLaren - Red Bull [Adrian Newey] SagarisGTB

10) Minardi - Ferrari -Mercedes-Benz [Aldo Costa] SagarisGTB

With the most correct acknowledgements, it's @SagarisGTB's turn.
 
It appears to be the Mirage-Renault turbo V-6 of Schuppan and Jarier, 1977.
Correct. The (great) Mirage GR8 was refitted with a more powerful turbocharged Renault V6 for 1977, and though it didn't win overall like its Cosworth V8 powered predecessor, it claimed 2nd after a string of late retirements for the factory Renault Alpines and unexpectedly became the first V6 car to finish on the overall podium at Le Mans. The Renault Alpines won overall with that same engine the very next year.
 
I'm going out on a (small) limb and asking a different sort of trivia question. To win, you are to do a short free-form essay or response in a style of your choice to the question, "What is the best ever under two liter sports-racing car?"

You may use statistics, photos, emotional appeal or any other form of persuasion of your own choice. The best, most concise and persuasive response wins. Clear enough?
 
I'm going out on a (small) limb and asking a different sort of trivia question. To win, you are to do a short free-form essay or response in a style of your choice to the question, "What is the best ever under two liter sports-racing car?"

You may use statistics, photos, emotional appeal or any other form of persuasion of your own choice. The best, most concise and persuasive response wins. Clear enough?

I was going to say the All-American Racers Eagle-Toyota MK.III GTP, but then I remembered that car had a 2.1 Litre engine... :banghead:
 

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