Motorsports Trivia Thread!

[Dotini]

Yes, it's Denise McCluggage's boyfriend.

 

[dingodile_r89]

Yes, it's Denise McCluggage's boyfriend.

It's Virgil Hilts, I tell you. Saw him try to jump a kraut fence with a motorcycle. Seen it with me own two eyes, I did.

 

[Dotini]

It's Virgil Hilts, I tell you. Saw him try to jump a kraut fence with a motorcycle. Seen it with me own two eyes, I did.

The Great Escape, a classic!

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Okay, Coffee break over. Back to Geography class.

 

[dingodile_r89]

The Great Escape, a classic!

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Okay, Coffee break over. Back to Geography class.

@Jimlaad43 posts horrendously difficult questions, therefore I will watch with amusement as people struggle to answer them.

 

[Jimlaad43]

2 has not been answered correctly yet
4 hasn't either
6 was correct from one user
The guesses for 10 are in the wrong country
12 has been guessed correctly by one person

 

[DK]

Updated guesses:
#2: Brno
#4: Imola
#6: Albi
#10: Sepang
#12: Winton Raceway

 

[Jimlaad43]

Updated guesses:
#2: Brno
#4: Imola
#6: Albi
#10: Sepang
#12: Winton Raceway

1 correct

 

[Mike-ZENKAI]

#2 - Slovakia Ring
#4 - Adria International Raceway
#6 - Pau
#10 - Johor Racing Circuit
#12 - Wiston Raceway

 

[Jimlaad43]

#2 - Slovakia Ring
#4 - Adria International Raceway
#6 - Pau
#10 - Johor Racing Circuit
#12 - Wiston Raceway

One wrong

 

[Mike-ZENKAI]

One wrong

#6 Circuit Paul Armagnac (Nogaro) ??

 

[Jimlaad43]

#6 Circuit Paul Armagnac (Nogaro) ??

You found the one wrong one and corrected it!

Your turn

 

[Mike-ZENKAI]

I have:

- just over 20 F1 starts in my career.
- returned in F1 after a 10 year absence.
- won a 24hr of Le Mans
- a Honorary Membership of the BRDC
- competed in Dakar
- starred in a Michel Vaillant strip

Who am I?

 

[Jimlaad43]

Jan Lammers

 

[Mike-ZENKAI]

Jan Lammers

That's quick 👍.

Too much clues made it too easy?? Have to make harder questions.....

 

[dingodile_r89]

No more geography, pls.

 

[TenEightyOne]

No more geography, pls.

I liked those questions! Admittedly they got muuuch harder as time went on

While we wait for @Jimlaad43, here's a quick coffee-break leaf from @Dotini's book:

Coffee break.

This should be easy. A skilled sports car racer, but his fame came from another direction. Identify:


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[Jimlaad43]

I'll pass and we can use @TenEightyOne's question

 

[Ryk]

For those watching in Black and White the helmet is Pink and the drivers eyes are Blue.

 

[Obelisk]

Jim Hall jumps to mind, and so does Hap Sharp, but my gut tells me those guesses are wrong.

 

[Roo]

This should be easy.

Of course. You left his name on the side of the car just below the windscreen, silly.

Unless the driver is borrowing someone else's car, in which case I'd guess Paul Newman.

 

[dingodile_r89]

Of course. You left his name on the side of the car just below the windscreen, silly.

Ahahaha, brilliant.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Of course. You left his name on the side of the car just below the windscreen, silly.

Unless the driver is borrowing someone else's car, in which case I'd guess Paul Newman.

No I didn't... that name doesn't say Paul Newman... it says Frank Capua

Which means you got it, Paul Newman. In this case he's playing Frank Capua in a still from Winning. Silly.

Ahahaha, brilliant.

Sadly not.

 

[dingodile_r89]

Sadly not.

Aw

 

[Ryk]

Pink Helmet - Blue Eyes, Yesterday

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Cheeky Question.
Which Race Winning Ferrari Driver got sacked (From Ferrari) for watching a Tennis Game. (It was a Grand Slam Final.)

 

[Jimlaad43]

Ivan Capelli? (total guess)

 

[Ryk]

It was prior to Ivan Capelli - He was watching the French Open Finals... he didn't get sacked right away but this event spoilt the Team managment/driver relationship and forced him out by the end of that season.

The Driver who won the Grand Prix while the French Open was on replaced him at Ferrari

 

[Liquid]

Jean Behra and Wolfgang von Trips?

 

[Kingofweasles]

It was prior to Ivan Capelli - He was watching the French Open Finals... he didn't get sacked right away but this event spoilt the Team managment/driver relationship and forced him out by the end of that season.

The Driver who won the Grand Prix while the French Open was on replaced him at Ferrari

I want to say that it was Patrick Tambay that got fired and Didier Pironi was the one who replaced him? Which would put it in 1980 or thereabouts.

 

[Ryk]

Patrick Tambay Missed a team breifing to watch fellow Frenchman Yannick Noah who went on to win the French Open.
The Detroit GP - won by Michele Alboreto in a Tyrrell Cosworth - Final(155th) DFV win ever. - (Alboreto went on to take over the Number 27 car at Ferrari for 1984)

 

[SagarisGTB]

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At first glance I thought this was pinpointing S'pore, so the circuit would be either Marina Bay or the defunct Thompson Road circuit, but the tack is actually located north of the city-state. Is it the Johor Circuit?