Motorsports Trivia Thread!

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Kind of lazy are we today that we can't type it out, eh? Yeah, that's the answer...
 
Diego440
Kind of lazy are we today that we can't type it out, eh? Yeah, that's the answer...
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Yeah I know. I don;t like doing that. I alway prefer to get the answers from my head.

During the '80s (1980-1989), which F1 teams made their own engines?
 
I know what you mean... I usually search when I have absolutely no idea... which is sadly, most of the time. Anyway, let me have a go at this one. Obviously Ferrari is there... Renault of course, and I'm thiking Alfa Romeo... can't think of any more.
 
Ferrari - check
Renault - check
Alfa Romeo - check.
no others - duh duh.

There are more. I'm not saying how many more....
 
Wastegate
How about Ferrari, Renault, Alfa, Zakspeed, Lamboghini and Life. And Talbot (sort of)?
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I'll give you it. I was looking for the first 4 you said.


As far as I know...

Lamborghini supplied engines to Lola in the '80s
Life didn't enter until 1990
Talbot? Do you mean the Ligier Matra?
 
On reflection, I remember that the Lambo-Lambo car was 1991, and it was a disaster, although not as much as the Life-Life was. The Ligier Matras were re-christened Talbots when Peugeot took over the old Chrysler Europe business back in 1981-2. But everyone in the F1 business still called them Ligier-Matras, but I believe Talbot and Matra were owned by the same parent company.

I think Yiuchi got the 4 before I did, so if he wants to post a question that's great. Otherwise I'll sort one out tomorrow.
 
Hey, at least I got the ever-mentioned ball rolling on that last question. :sly:

By the way, nice story on the Andrea Moda... what a stupid way to miss a GP. Their truck was stuck in one of the blockades by French truck drivers.
 
Ummm... yeah, the French truck drivers blocked the city and the Andrea Moda truckers were stuck in one of the blockades created by said French truck drivers... sorry if I mis-typed the correct order of events or failed to mention the strike... wanna take a crack at another question instead?
 
just for the sake of not letting the thread die... and since no one has come forward... i'll go ahead...

Of the current grid in F1, which drivers have won in the race of champions?
 
Diego440
just for the sake of not letting the thread die... and since no one has come forward... i'll go ahead...

Of the current grid in F1, which drivers have won in the race of champions?
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If my memory is right no one on the current F1 grid has won the Race of Champions. The main winners have been from the world of rallying.
 
Hmmm... that's not the info I've got. And this time I'm sure I have the right info. Remember, they don't have to be overall winners in the RoC... also, the RoC has a Nation's cup.
 
Yuichi
One F. Alonso won the Nation's Cup.
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Yep, that's Fernando Alonso, who won the Nation's Cup, for Spain in 2001. Where? Right here :dopey: Too bad I wasn't living here at the time.

M Schumacher was a semi-finalist lat year.
 
Diego440
Hmmm... that's not the info I've got. And this time I'm sure I have the right info. Remember, they don't have to be overall winners in the RoC... also, the RoC has a Nation's cup.
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We will have to agree to disagree on this one then, as the Nations Cup is not won by a single driver, but a team.

I have just had a quick check on the ROC website and they list the years overall winner seperatly from the Nations Cup, which they list as being won by a country and then list the team members.

http://www.imp.mc/rocwebsite/index.htm

Head to History and then year by year, they list an overall winner and Nations Cup winning team. Also the Nations Cup has only been part ofthe ROC since '99.

Remeber Alonso did not win the Nations Cup on his own, the Sapnish team of Jesus Puras, Ruben Xaus and Fernando Alonso won it.

Technically we could both be right, but I doubt that Alonso would claim to be a Race of Champions overall winner.
 
You do make a strong point there... of course, he hasn't been a RoC Champion per se, but part of a winning team. Still, my question didn't ask for a "RoC (overall)Winner", but a winner in the RoC. Anyway, we could both be right, as you say; but I was looking for that Alonso answer. Still, welcome to the trivia thread!
 
Here we go with one that might be a problem for a few.

Where did the term 'pits', as a descriptive term for the area off the main track to service the cars come from and which race (event and year) was it first used.
 
I only know part of the answer... Back in the... ummm... a long time ago, when races were held on dirt roads, on the side of these, there were ditches, or "pits". On these pits, the damaged or faulty car would pull over and the mechanics would work on it. As to where this all started, I have no clue.
 
Diego440
I only know part of the answer... Back in the... ummm... a long time ago, when races were held on dirt roads, on the side of these, there were ditches, or "pits". On these pits, the damaged or faulty car would pull over and the mechanics would work on it. As to where this all started, I have no clue.
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Spot on, and the first time that this was done (in a pit) was the 1908 French Grand Prix at Dieppe.

A very long time ago.
 
I used to collaborate on the F1 section at Wikipedia.org, and still do every now and then. That's how I find out of these seemingly obscure facts, but completely ignore the actual ones.

So anyway... just to make one point clear: although Yuichi did get the answer right, and by all means it was his turn to ask the question, and not Scaff's, I guess there's an unwritten law about timeframes, and when it's been the 5th day without any sort of question asked, I guess your turn goes to the next person in line.

So, i guess it's my turn then. Alright, since I'm in Spain and Spanish TV is 70% Real Madrid and 29% Fernando Alonso (the rest is commercials about RM and FA), I've found out some stuff I didn't know about. So, here's the question: Why does Fernando Alonso sport the number 5, if last year he finished in 4th place?
 
Because although he finished in fourth place, the team in which he is the 'lead' or 'senior' driver finished third in the constructors championship last year giving them the third 'set' of car numbers, 5 and 6.
EDIT Too slow god damn it.
 
Yep... thing is, since Spaniards are kind of new to all this Formula One circus... at least the fans, since no one rooted ofr either de la Rosa nor Gené. So people are asking al these questions all the time. Anyway, I always thought the number related to the place in which the pilot (and not the team) finished the prior year. Alright Yuichi, your go.
 
14 cars, San Marino, 1982. The FOCA aligned teams pulled out after the disqualification of Nelson Piquet and Keke Rosberg from the Brazilian GP for using coolant or lubricant as ballast (BAR?). The FOCA teams argued that the rules didn't forbid the use of coolant as ballast and boycotted the race. Only the 14 FISA cars were left to run the race. Ferrari finished 1-2.
 
Wasn't there a race in the 1920s where only 3 cars started?

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1958 Argentine GP had only 10 starters.

12 entries in the 1956 Argentine GP, 13 entries at 1951, 54 and 55 Belgian GP, 1969 French GP; and 1955, 57 Argentine GP. 14 entries at 1950 Belgian GP, 1957 French GP; 1982 San Marino GP, and 1968 and 69 Sànish GPs.
 
Diego440
Wasn't there a race in the 1920s where only 3 cars started?

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1958 Argentine GP had only 10 starters.

12 entries in the 1956 Argentine GP, 13 entries at 1951, 54 and 55 Belgian GP, 1969 French GP; and 1955, 57 Argentine GP. 14 entries at 1950 Belgian GP, 1957 French GP; 1982 San Marino GP, and 1968 and 69 Sànish GPs.
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So close, the 1926 French Grand Prix had only three starters, all Bugatti's.

The regs were changed by the in 1925 to only allow 1.5 litre cars (down from 2 litre) and the other marques entering the season (Delage, Talbot and Simca-Violet) did not have cars ready for the first race of the season, so the 1926 French Grand Prix started with just three cars, all Bugatti's. Now I wonder what Bernie and Max would have to say about that.

Even worse only one of the Bugatti's finished, as the pit crew filled the two of the cars with the wrong type of fuel which forced the cars to retire.

The winner was one Bartolomeo Constantini.

Source "Motor-racings Strangest Races" by Geoff Tibballs.
 

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