Motorsports Trivia Thread!

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RazorSharkz
Was the Mini Marcos under 2.0 liter? I recall reading that it took the fight to much larger cars at Le Mans.
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Thanks for your answer. It was a limited production kit car with a Mini engine which did not worry too many 1600cc Porsches.

Again my question is, "What is the best ever under 2 liter sports racing car?"

Porsche RSK? Lotus 23? Chevron B26? Porsche 906? You tell me.
 
Does the Mini Cooper count? The tiny little car that could easily beat massive vehicles from America with amazing agility and stability around corners, while still staying in the hearts of everyone since then.
 
Jimlaad43
Does the Mini Cooper count? The tiny little car that could easily beat massive vehicles from America with amazing agility and stability around corners, while still staying in the hearts of everyone since then.
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I acknowledge your points as true. But the Mini was a production car, and my question was about a racing sports car. Maybe my question was not so good. So I withdraw it. Some one else have a go.
 
Renault Laguna (1994-1999)

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Not a 'sports' car but as a 2.0L race car it's worth a shout. 37 wins in 5 seasons at a time when the British Touring Car Championship was the very best touring car series in the world and when the championship boasted up to nine works manufacturers a year.

Alain Menu (28 wins from 122 races)
Will Hoy (4 wins in 51 races)
Jason Plato (4 wins in 76 races)
Tim Harvey (1 win in 21 races)

Of all the cars to compete at this time, it was without a doubt the most successful and the most consistent car. Alain Menu finished 2nd in 1994, 1995 and 1996 and would surely have won all three titles had Alfa, Vauxhall and Audi not just squeaked it with a superior homologation model in each season. It's well worth noting that all three of these manufacturers dropped like a stone after winning. In 1997 Menu and the Laguna dominated the field like nobody since and it was simply a question of who was going to finish 2nd as he romped his way to 1st place and the title.

Costs in 1998 and 1999 spiralled and supertouring folded with Renault yet to return to the championship. But they retired from the sport knowing that they had the best car during the best time the championship had.
 
Dotini
I acknowledge your points as true. But the Mini was a production car, and my question was about a racing sports car. Maybe my question was not so good. So I withdraw it. Some one else have a go.
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They might not be the answers you had in mind, but the answers you are getting are still an interesting read. I say you let them go a couple of days and pick a 'winner/correct answer' from whatever pops up.

FWIW, the first thing I thought of was the Mini Cooper - it punched well above its weight on gravel and tarmac.
 
Lotus 23 proved a competitive, durable, and popular race car. These cars are still a mainstay of vintage racing in Europe and the United States today.
Including the 23B and 23C, about 130 examples were made in period, but the popularity of the model led to many additional cars assembled from replacement and reproduction parts. The current estimate on the total number ranges between 200 and 400 excluding Xanthos and Noble.
 
There have been 13 drivers in Formula One whose first name was Jean or a double-barrelled variant thereof.

Jean Lucas (1 DNF in 1955)
Jean Lucienbonnet (1 DNQ in 1958)
Jean-Claude Rudaz (1 DNS in 1964)

Those are the three obscure ones. Name the other ten without simply looking them up.
 
Jean Pierre-Jarrier
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Jean-Phillipe Dayrauy (don't know if he did F1)
Jean Alesi
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Jean-Louis Schlesser (another I'm not sure of)

That's all I can think of.
 
Clark
Jean Pierre-Jarrier
Jean-Christophe Boullion
Jean-Phillipe Dayrout (don't know if he did F1)
Jean Alesi
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
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A good start apart from Dayrout.

Jean-Pierre Jarrier Clark
Jean-Christophe Boullion Clark
Jean Alesi Clark
Jean-Pierre Jabouille Clark
 
Added another one I'm not sure of.
 
Schlesser is also correct. His only race his big claim to infamy; he was a sub for Nigel Mansell at Italy 1988 and crashed into Senna, gifting Ferrari a 1-2 in the first race after Enzo's death.

Jean-Pierre Jarrier Clark
Jean-Christophe Boullion Clark
Jean Alesi Clark
Jean-Pierre Jabouille Clark
Jean-Louis Schlesser Clark
 
I don't know anything about the Formula One so I'm going to say Jean Todt just because I'm not sure.
 
Liquid
Schlesser is also correct. His only race his big claim to infamy; he was a sub for Nigel Mansell at Italy 1988 and crashed into Senna, gifting Ferrari a 1-2 in the first race after Enzo's death.

Jean-Pierre Jarrier Clark
Jean-Christophe Boullion Clark
Jean Alesi Clark
Jean-Pierre Jabouille Clark
Jean-Louis Schlesser Clark
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And, in the process ruined McLaren's chances at 16 out of 16 race wins for the year.

Oh, yes, Jean Behra :D and Jean-Denis Deletraz :rolleyes:
 
RazorSharkz
Jean-Pierre Beltoise?
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Correct. A solid midfield runner from the late 60s and early 70s.

Pete05
Oh, yes, Jean Behra :D and Jean-Denis Deletraz :rolleyes:
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Two more correct answers. One famous for punching the Ferrari team manager and one famous for being the trough of 1990s pay drivers.

Jean-Pierre Jarrier Clark
Jean-Christophe Boullion Clark
Jean Alesi Clark
Jean-Pierre Jabouille Clark
Jean-Louis Schlesser Clark
Jean-Pierre Beltoise Razorshark
Jean Behra Pete05
Jean-Denis Deletraz Pete05

Two to go.
 
Jean-Marc Gounon? I'm just taking a wild guess without looking up his actual name.
 
Dotini
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?
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A bit late to the party i know...

Surely the Chevron B6/B8 has to be one of them. Dominant in domestic and international under 2ltr sportscar racing classes in period, but has also been absolutely dominant in modern historic racing too. In the 20 years i've raced with the HSCC, the B8 has always been at the head of the field in the appropriate races. I can't think of any other car that has been consistently winning their series, in any field of historic racing - not just sportscars. In period, a car would remain competitive for maybe 3 or 4 seasons before becoming obsolete or just not within ever changing rules and regulations. With historic racing, that window is 25 years or more.
 
MatskiMonk
Jean-Eric Vergne
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DK
Jean-Marc Gounon? I'm just taking a wild guess without looking up his actual name.
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Those are the last two, very well done. Gounon had a cup of coffee with Minardi in 1993 was one of Simtek's 1994 drivers after Ratzenberger's death.

Jean Lucas
Jean Lucienbonnet
Jean-Claude Rudaz
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Jean-Pierre Jarrier Clark
Jean-Christophe Boullion Clark
Jean Alesi Clark
Jean-Pierre Jabouille Clark
Jean-Louis Schlesser Clark
Jean-Pierre Beltoise Razorshark
Jean Behra Pete05
Jean-Denis Deletraz Pete05
Jean-Eric Vergne MatsiMonk
Jean-Marc Gounon DK

Over to @Clark.
 
You'll have to wait till after 7pm today I'm afraid. I'll try and think of one but if anybody has a question feel free to take my go.
 
Name the Grand Prix winning team that had ... a Grand Piano as part of its cargo to races.
 
Must be Hesketh. Sounds like something they would do. James Hunt probably entertained a lot of people between racing sessions.
 
Hesketh was the team that lugged a big piano around to Grand Prix events. You have to take the essentials if you are going to go racing after all.
 
Which sports car (in its various forms) had a succesful career spanning from 1968 all the way to 1988?
 
Yup, that didn't last very long. (Unlike the Porshce 908)
 

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