Motorsports Trivia Thread!

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Aha, I had a suspicion that Loeb may have had more but I knew Aurol had 4.

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Okay, here's an interesting one.

Name all the drivers who have competed in both the BTCC and F1 and have won at least one outright championship
in either category.

As an example, answers such as Martin Brundle, Stirling Moss and Guy Edwards, who did compete in both, are incorrect because they did not win championships in them.

My own research shows me that there are 10 drivers.
 
Finland is correct. There have been 8 Finnish drivers in the sport to date, and they have won a total of 4 World Championships. This gives a ratio of 2:1

Australia and Austria are both tied at 4:1, with Argentina at 5:1.
Scotland have 5 World Championships from 14 drivers*, which makes a ratio of about 3:1.


* According to Wiki's Scottish F1 drivers page**. I can't think of any others.


** I know there are 15 names on that page but John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute and Johnny Dumfries are the same person.
 
Jim Clark - won both championships. Just spotted the word either...

Gabriele Tarquini
Joachim Winkelhock
Frank Gardner
John Love
James Hunt
Nigel Mansell
Damon Hill
 
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Scotland have 5 World Championships from 14 drivers*, which makes a ratio of about 3:1.


* According to Wiki's Scottish F1 drivers page**. I can't think of any others.


** I know there are 15 names on that page but John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute and Johnny Dumfries are the same person.

Scotland is not an independent country in its own right, though. Scottish drivers compete under the UK, as do Welsh, English, and Northern Irish drivers. (Not trying to sound condescending, I'm sure you already know this fact)
I would agree with you if they competed under Scotland, but they didn't.
 
Graham Hill.

I don't know who the other one is. Jonathan Palmer competed in the BTCC and won the Jim Clark Cup for normally aspirated F1 in 1987, but I don't think that'll count.

EDIT: Jack Brabham.
 
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Name all the drivers who have competed in both the BTCC and F1 and have won at least one outright championship
in either category.

I don't know who the other one is. Jonathan Palmer competed in the BTCC and won the Jim Clark Cup for normally aspirated F1 in 1987, but I don't think that'll count.

Palmer does not count, as that was not an outright championship.

John Love - 1962 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Frank Gardner - 1967, 1968, 1973 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Jo Winkelhock - 1993 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Gabriele Tarquini - 1994 BTC champion pezzarinho17

Jack Brabham - 1959, 1960, 1966 F1 champion daan
Graham Hill - 1962, 1968 F1 champion daan
Jim Clark - 1963, 1965 F1 champion & 1964 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Nigel Mansell - 1992 F1 champion pezzarinho17
Damon Hill - 1996 F1 champion pezzarinho17

So Pezzarinho clearly has the majority, but we're still missing one answer.

BOOM! daan finds Brabham.
 
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He was not. That's why I excluded him from my update list. Maybe I should have clarified that.
 
Hawthorn no. He only had the chance in the first season of 1958 due to his untimely demise, but no, he was not a competitor.

You're on the right lines though. To blow it wide open, it is an F1 champ we're looking for, not a BTC champ.


John Love - 1962 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Frank Gardner - 1967, 1968, 1973 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Jo Winkelhock - 1993 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Gabriele Tarquini - 1994 BTC champion pezzarinho17

Jack Brabham - 1959, 1960, 1966 F1 champion daan
Graham Hill - 1962, 1968 F1 champion daan
Jim Clark - 1963, 1965 F1 champion & 1964 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Nigel Mansell - 1992 F1 champion pezzarinho17
Damon Hill - 1996 F1 champion pezzarinho17
 
Ah, just when looking at results from the 1958 season, it lists Hawthorn as a winner at Silverstone.

Other than that, I don't know. It'll end up being something really obscure like the man in question drove for one race as a promotional event or something :P
 
Was it Jackie Stewart by any chance ?

Yes it was! Some one offs in the mid-60s

John Love - 1962 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Frank Gardner - 1967, 1968, 1973 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Jo Winkelhock - 1993 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Gabriele Tarquini - 1994 BTC champion pezzarinho17

Jack Brabham - 1959, 1960, 1966 F1 champion daan
Graham Hill - 1962, 1968 F1 champion daan
Jim Clark - 1963, 1965 F1 champion & 1964 BTC champion pezzarinho17
Jackie Stewart - 1969, 1971, 1973 F1 champion TyrrellRacing
Nigel Mansell - 1992 F1 champion pezzarinho17
Damon Hill - 1996 F1 champion pezzarinho17

Pezzarinho is up, but said he'd give his turn to daan on the last page. Ball is still in Pezza's court for now.
 
Will see how long this one lasts...

Excluding general race names (European, Pacific etc) and America (There have been 'United States GP', but not getting into argument of individual races such as Detroit, Dallas or Caesars Palace), which country has hosted a Grand Prix at the greatest number of different venues?

For Example, Bahrain has had 1 (Sakhir) regardless of how many races have been held there.
 
Immediate thoughts:

Britain - Aintree, Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Donington 4
Germany - Hockenheimring, Nürburgring, AVUS, Bremgarten 4
France - Reims, Rouen, Clermant-Ferrand, Magny Cours, Paul Ricard, Dijon, Le Mans Bugatti 7
USA - Indianapolis, Riverside, Sebring, Long Beach, Dallas, Phoenix, Watkins Glen, Detroit, Las Vegas, Austin 9/10

So.. USA with 9 definites, and 10 if you count Austin. Is that not more than France?
 
^^ He said excluding America, which is the obvious answer.

Forgot about Rouen, and Albi was only non-championship, so France has 7.

Spain has more than you'd expect: 6. Montjuic, Valencia, Circuit de Catalunya, Jarama, Jerez, Pedralbes.
 
Forgot about Rouen, and Albi was only non-championship, so France has 7.

Spain has more than you'd expect: 6. Montjuic, Valencia, Circuit de Catalunya, Jarama, Jerez, Pedralbes.

But what about the USA? Like I said...

USA - Indianapolis, Riverside, Sebring, Long Beach, Dallas, Phoenix, Watkins Glen, Detroit, Las Vegas, Austin 9/10
 
But what about the USA? Like I said...

USA - Indianapolis, Riverside, Sebring, Long Beach, Dallas, Phoenix, Watkins Glen, Detroit, Las Vegas, Austin 9/10

Will see how long this one lasts...

Excluding general race names (European, Pacific etc) and America (There have been 'United States GP', but not getting into argument of individual races such as Detroit, Dallas or Caesars Palace), which country has hosted a Grand Prix at the greatest number of different venues?

For Example, Bahrain has had 1 (Sakhir) regardless of how many races have been held there.

That.....
 
Eh, it's not really a question about countries if it excludes one. It's like asking, "Who has won the most titles? (Except Schumacher)". Sort of defeats the point of the question.

If the question was worded "Which country has had the second highest number of venues after the USA?", that would have been better.

Bah. I've spent the whole day debating language semantics and I can't stop.

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Moving on, may we have the next question, please?
 
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