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Motorsports Trivia Thread!
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I started out my career in Formula Ford and even managed to win a F3000 race before graduating to Formula One. My time there was difficult because I drove for teams which were not the powerhouses they once were and I only made the grid about 25% of the time I entered.
When that didn't work out, I switched to touring cars like many ex-Formula One drivers did and was always in the points but not quite on the top three steps. Only a few times did I ever secure podiums or wins.
After this, I found much more success in GTs. I have won both British and World titles with the same car.
Despite trying Le Mans in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, I have never finished a Le Mans race.
Some people often intimated that I was The Stig but I have never driven for Andrea Moda.
Who am I?
When that didn't work out, I switched to touring cars like many ex-Formula One drivers did and was always in the points but not quite on the top three steps. Only a few times did I ever secure podiums or wins.
After this, I found much more success in GTs. I have won both British and World titles with the same car.
Despite trying Le Mans in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, I have never finished a Le Mans race.
Some people often intimated that I was The Stig but I have never driven for Andrea Moda.
Who am I?
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Philippe Alliot?
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'Fraid not. This driver is most definitely in the Anglosphere and is in fact...
Julian Bailey! His F1 spells at Tyrrell in 1988 and Lotus in 1991 were followed by campaigning a Toyota Carina in the BTCC and winning the 1999 British GT and the 2000 World GT championships in a Lister Storm.
Bailey himself has said that he has been the Stig during times when he was simply a guest racer, using whomever was available.
Over to you, daan.
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Let's try another one then.
I'm not as well remembered as my contemporaries but with the right car I could fight with the best of them; I won one WRC race in my career despite only racing a handful of times each year. I won that race in a Mitsubishi but I'm more famous for racing Vauxhalls and Opels.
My best finish in the world driver's championship was in 1981 but I had much more success in the British Rally Championship becoming the second person from my country to become British Rally Champion. I did so in the late 1970s.
After retiring from full-time racing in 1990, I opened up a driving school and my star pupils included future World Rally Champions Colin McRae and Richard Burns.
Who am I?
I'm not as well remembered as my contemporaries but with the right car I could fight with the best of them; I won one WRC race in my career despite only racing a handful of times each year. I won that race in a Mitsubishi but I'm more famous for racing Vauxhalls and Opels.
My best finish in the world driver's championship was in 1981 but I had much more success in the British Rally Championship becoming the second person from my country to become British Rally Champion. I did so in the late 1970s.
After retiring from full-time racing in 1990, I opened up a driving school and my star pupils included future World Rally Champions Colin McRae and Richard Burns.
Who am I?
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Should be simple enough just to tick the thread over.
When was the last F1 season where no drivers scored pole position, the fastest lap and won the race in an event?
When was the last F1 season where no drivers scored pole position, the fastest lap and won the race in an event?
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1982?
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Nope.
Just to clarify, I believe a grand slam is referred to as pole position, fastest lap, lead every lap and win in one race. Not quite sure what just pole, fastest lap and win is referred to.
I'm looking for the most recent season where nobody achieved this.
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2012? There was a lot of variation in the opening races, and Vettel was never quite dominant like in 2011 and 2013.
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Going with 2009.
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All incorrect so far, however @DK and @dingodile_r89 have been closest.
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2010?...
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Nope.
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Still all incorrect.
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I was going with 2009 because of the whole season being exceptionally topsy turvy with the whole Brawn GP situation. Oh well...
Alonso's 1st win and the Indianapolis fiasco makes sense, though.
Alonso's 1st win and the Indianapolis fiasco makes sense, though.
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Button claimed, pole, fastest lap and the win in Malaysia and Vettel did the same in Britain that season.
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Eh, don't mind if I do. It's an easy one, I think.
My name is X. I had a massive wreck at corner A. Driver B saved my life by switching off the engine and preventing a fire.
Interestingly, this race was driver C's first of his record number of wins and marked the last time a car won with a "G".
Identify drivers X, B and C, corner A, and what "G" is.
If you figure out one, you should be able to get the rest.
My name is X. I had a massive wreck at corner A. Driver B saved my life by switching off the engine and preventing a fire.
Interestingly, this race was driver C's first of his record number of wins and marked the last time a car won with a "G".
Identify drivers X, B and C, corner A, and what "G" is.
If you figure out one, you should be able to get the rest.
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X - Erik Comas
B - Ayrton Senna
C - Michael Schumacher
A - Blanchimont or Raidillon
G - H Pattern gearbox
B - Ayrton Senna
C - Michael Schumacher
A - Blanchimont or Raidillon
G - H Pattern gearbox
