Motorsports Trivia Thread!

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And we have a winner! Congrats, I decided to leave other drivers of the cars out of the question post so that it wouldn't be too easy. I hope that is okay. It would've been the first hint, but it wasn't needed. Unusual 3-man teams in the event, because only 2 of them actually did driving and one was co-driving.

9th Giro d'Italia 1988
1st: Patrese / Biasion / Siviero - Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo IMSA
2nd: Larini / Cerrato / Cerri - Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo IMSA
3rd: Nannini / Loubet / Andrié - Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo IMSA
 
Very few four wheel drive cars have raced in the Indianapolis 500.
Please list them all, with drivers and years.

Respectfully submitted,
Steve
 
A lot of this is cross referencing different sources, there's very little info on the early days of Indy, unless I'm just failing to look in the right places. So again, this could all be wrong (and likely will be) but there's no harm in having a go right :P

1932 - Gus Schrader & Bob McDonogh, Miller 4WD Special
1933 - Frank Brisko, Miller 4WD Special
1934 - Frank Brisko, Miller 4WD Special
1935 - Maury Rose, Miller 4WD Special
1936 - Maury Rose, Miller 4WD Special
1937 - Tony Willman, Miller 4WD Special
1964 - Bobby Unser, Novi V8
1965 - Bobby Unser, Novi V8
1967 - Parnelli Jones, STP-Paxton Turbocar
1968 - Mike Spence, Graham Hill, Joe Leonard, Art Pollard - Lotus 56.
1968 - Al Unser, Lola
1969 - Lotus 59s entered but withdrew before the race.

I hope this is right, like I said I had to cross-reference a couple of different sources. I think the drivers are right, the car names might be a big dodgy though, as I'm not big on Indy :P
 
TopGearFTW
A lot of this is cross referencing different sources, there's very little info on the early days of Indy, unless I'm just failing to look in the right places. So again, this could all be wrong (and likely will be) but there's no harm in having a go right :P

1932 - Gus Schrader & Bob McDonogh, Miller 4WD Special
1933 - Frank Brisko, Miller 4WD Special
1934 - Frank Brisko, Miller 4WD Special <--Brisko DNQ '34
1935 - Maury Rose, Miller 4WD Special
1936 - Maury Rose, Miller 4WD Special
1937 - Tony Willman, Miller 4WD Special
1964 - Bobby Unser, Novi V8 <--Ferguson chassis
1965 - Bobby Unser, Novi V8 <--Ferguson chassis
1967 - Parnelli Jones, STP-Paxton Turbocar
1968 - Mike Spence, Graham Hill, Joe Leonard, Art Pollard - Lotus 56. <--Mike Spence killed in practice
1968 - Al Unser, Lola <--Ford engine
1969 - Lotus 59s entered but withdrew before the race.

I hope this is right, like I said I had to cross-reference a couple of different sources. I think the drivers are right, the car names might be a big dodgy though, as I'm not big on Indy :P
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Very good effort! Correct to the best of my knowledge, with the corrections noted in your context, and additions below. Please take a turn.

1939 - George Bailey, Miller (rear engine)
1941 - Al Miller, Miller (rear engine)
1946 - Paul Russo, Fageol (twin engine)
1947 - Al Miller, Miller (rear engine)
1969 - Bobby Unser, Lola-Offy
1969 - Bud Tinglestad, Lola-Offy
1969 - Art Pollard, Lotus-Offy

Respectfully,
Steve
 
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Heh, I actually did better than I was expecting :P

My question is as follows.

To date, 32 different people have won the F1 Drivers Championship. Of these 32, how many of them won the championship, then went on to contest a season (either entirely, or partially) in which they failed to score a single point? (For multiple world champions, counting after their last world championship win)

Drivers, and years please. Obviously 2012 is not counted.
 
Mike Hawthorn, 1958/9
Jackie Stewart 1973/4
Jochen Rindt, 1970/1
Nigel Mansell, 1992/3
Alain Prost, 1993/4
 
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MazdaPrice
Mike Hawthorn, 1958/9
Jochen Rindt, 1970/1
Nigel Mansell, 1992/3
Alain Prost, 1993/4
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Sorry, I fear I was unclear with my question. I didn't mean it has to be the very next season after they won the title.

As an example, let's take Alain Prost. His last title was 1993. If he then came out of retirement in, say, 1996, and failed to score a point (even if he just entered one race) then he would count.

Winning and then retiring/being killed doesn't count, as they didn't enter a championship again. One of your drivers is correct though, just the wrong year (massive clue there >_>)
 
Here's six - could well be more
A. Ascari - '54/'55
P. Hill, '64/'66
J. Surtees, '71/'72
G. Hill, '72/'73
J. Hunt, '78/'79
N. Mansell, '94/'95
 
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I would say Button but its the wrong way round. He failed to score before he won WDC IIRC.
 
Ascari, the Hills, Surtees and Jones are correct. You're still missing four by my reckoning (and one year for one of the names you've already given)

EDIT: Button has scored in every seasons he's competed in. Pretty amazing given the amount of time he spent in terrible cars.
 
TopGearFTW
Ascari, the Hills, Surtees and Jones are correct. You're still missing four by my reckoning.

EDIT: Button has scored in every seasons he's competed in. Pretty amazing given the amount of time he spent in terrible cars.
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Really? Man I must have missed his great drives in the Honda.
 
TopGearFTW
Ascari, the Hills, Surtees and Jones are correct. You're still missing four by my reckoning (and one year for one of the names you've already given)
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A. Ascari - '55
P. Hill - '66
J. Surtees - '72
G. Hill - '73,'75
J. Hunt - '79
Alan Jones - '84,'85
N. Mansell - '95
J. Villeneuve - '04
 
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Alberto Ascari - 1955
Phil Hill - 1963, 1966
John Surtees - 1972
Graham Hill - 1973, 1975
James Hunt - 1979
Alan Jones - 1983, 1985
Nigel Mansell - 1995
Jacques Villeneuve - 2004

Those are correct. Just one World Champion, and one extra year for one of ^ those guys left now.
 
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JM Fangio - '52
A. Ascari - '55
P. Hill - '63, '66
J. Surtees - '72
G. Hill - '73, '75
J. Hunt - '79
Alan Jones - '83, '85
N. Mansell - '95
J. Villeneuve - '99, '04

I had trouble understanding the question. But I'm a plodder.
 
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I think the Alan Jones ones are 1983 and 1985. A one off for Arrows in '83 and several drives for Haas in '85. No races in 1984.

I'm still not 100% sure on the question. Does Villeneuve in 1999 count or are we only talking final seasons?
 
MazdaPrice
I think the Alan Jones ones are 1983 and 1985. A one off for Arrows in '83 and several drives for Haas in '85. No races in 1984.

I'm still not 100% sure on the question. Does Villeneuve in 1999 count or are we only talking final seasons?
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Yes, that would count, as I understand it.
For instance, Fangio won the title in '51, had one dnf in '52, then went on to win 4 more championships. '52 must count, per TopGearFTW's terms as I understand them.
 
I said in the case of multiple world champions to only start counting from after their last championship win, so you would only count Fangio from '58 onwards. On reflection it would've worked better the way you described Dotini.

Turns out this questions wasn't as clear as I thought it was, you've pretty much got them all anyway, just one person left who I debated adding, but it fits the rules so I did.
 
Yep, there we go. That's all of them. That took longer than expected, I apologise if my wording was difficult to understand.

I find it amazing that a World Champion can go downhill that quickly, just two or three seasons.

No idea who gets the next question, I would say Dotini since he seemed to have knocked most of them out, but Mazda did finish off the "set".
 
Just out of interest Dotini, where did you get Fangio '52 from? I didn't think he competed at all in 1952

He did enter a couple of non-championship races that year, are those what you're thinking of?
 
TopGearFTW
Just out of interest Dotini, where did you get Fangio '52 from? I didn't think he competed at all in 1952

He did enter a couple of non-championship races that year, are those what you're thinking of?
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Just another one of my brain fades. I need to take a nap.
 
Struggling to think of something good and not F1.

How many F1 teams has Marlboro sponsored? Name them.
 
MazdaPrice
Struggling to think of something good and not F1.

How many F1 teams has Marlboro sponsored? Name them.
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1. BRM
2. Iso-Marlboro-Ford
3. Alfa-Romeo <--- I saw Andrea deCesaris take pole position at Long Beach with one of these V-12 beauties! Sparks flew as his wheels clipped the walls - I kid you not! Carlo Chiti stalking the paddock was like a figure out of a Fellini film - all in black, with trenchcoat.
4. McLaren
5. Ferrari

Respectfully,
Steve
 
MazdaPrice
Spot on.

Iso-Marlboro = FWRC
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The 1973 Iso-Marlboro-Ford started life the previous year as Frank Williams' FX3 "Politoys". Italian exotic carmaker Iso-Rivolta was the new sponsor together with Marlboro. The design was by David Clarke. Despite the use of at least 8 drivers, they scored only 6 points over two seasons.

Respectfully,
Steve
 
I stand corrected. I was under the impression that Iso-Marlboro was just a total sponsorship takeover of FWRC's entry name that year.

In any case, you got all 5 Marlboro clad teams.
 
MazdaPrice
I stand corrected. I was under the impression that Iso-Marlboro was just a total sponsorship takeover of FWRC's entry name that year.

In any case, you got all 5 Marlboro clad teams.
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No, you are right. The team was of course really Wiliams, and the car a Williams-Ford. I was only talking about the commercial aspect of it, being rechristened Iso-Marlboro in deference to the sponsors upon which Sir Frank were then so heavily dependent.

Well, I waste time. Here's a new F1 puzzler of medium difficulty:

I was born in one country, first raced under a Superlicense issued by a second country, and switched mid-career to a Superlicense issued by a third country. My passport has always been issued by this third country. Who am I and what are the countries?


Respectfully submitted,
Steve
 
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