Motorsports Trivia Thread!

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Argh! I've had the answer since this morning and haven't been able to enter the forums since it had apparently collapsed! Anyway, here it is:

There has only been one GP where all the cars that started finished. It was the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix. Damn, Schrodes, you want so much info... you sure you don't want their social security numbers as well? hehe. Anyways,

Top Three finishers were:
1) Wolfgang von Trips, driving a Ferrari 156
2) Phil Hill, driving a Ferrari 156
3) Jim Clark, driving a Lotus-Climax 21

Incidentally, no one entered the pits in the race. Of course, back then cars pitted if they had a real problem, not just to change tires. There were also some drivers who would later become very famous, as Jack Brabham, John Surtees, Dan Gurney, Bruce McLaren, Graham Hill and Jo Bonnier, among others. Internet is interesting.
 
There was one, the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix when all 15 starters finished. The race was won by von Trips's Ferrari 156 from team-mate Phil Hill and Jim Clark's Lotus 21-Climax.
 
Someone is caught in a gap in the space time continuuuum.....
 
Nice work Diego440.
I couldn't ask a question like "has there ever been a race where all starters finished?" because some smart arse would say yes, assuming that there had been such a race, without putting in the time to have a proper look.
By the way, their social security numbers were... oh i'd better not give out that information on a public forum.
 
No biggie, Schrodes. I actually didn't post the question last night since I was out at the pub... have to do that once in a while, he he. :dopey:

The trivia question is quite funny. I've been doing some F1 research for a F1 website and found out about this. Well, I'm not going to go into the question too much since I always think they're fairly hard and they're answered within two hours. Anyway, here's the question:

What did F1 driver Karl Edward Tommy Borgudd do in the music business before joining Formula 1?
 
ExigeExcel
He was the ABBA drummer.

Ask another if I'm right, I just answered out of boredom.
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Damn you!! Eight friggin' minutes was all my damn question lasted. Ugh! It's your turn. You get to ask the following question.
 
Alrighty... it took me some time read the post since I had to go and give a class and then went to the pub... again!

How did the name March (racing team) come about?
 
The name March uses the first letter of the names of the founders of the team.
Max Mosley (M), Alan Rees (AR), Graham Coaker (C) and Robin Herd (H).

EDIT: I just got back from the pub too!
 
Since the beer here is so bad, we have pubs that specialize in imported beer. That's the one I was in last night. What's the time difference between here and answer right. So, shoot the next question.
 
This question is inspired by next years crap rule change.
What was the last V8 used in F1 and what was it's last year in use?
 
[checks for time warp factor]

Minardi used a Hart V8 in 1997 in the last race of 1998, and Tyrrell used a Ford V8 too. I don't think there have been any since.
 
Nice work Wastegate. Both the Cosworth and Hart engines were the last of the V8's in F1. Tyrrell used the Cosworth ED engines in 1997 before changing to the Ford Zetec V10 for their last season, 1998. Minardi used the Hart 830 V8 in 1997 before changing to the Ford P6 V10 in 1998.
 
This season we came close to having some teams running a third car in races. Many years ago it wasn't uncommon for teams to entire three cars, but what was the most ever number of entries from a works team in a World Championship F1 race? Extra credit to however can name the drivers involved.
 
The most I can find is six. Ferrari entered six drivers in the 1953 Italian Grand Prix. Ferrari had used four drivers most of the season: Alberto Ascari, Gigi Villoresi, Guiseppe Farina and Mike Hawthorn.

By the time of the Italian Grand Prix, the last race of the season, Ascari had already clinched the championship. For that race Ferrari added two 553 prototypes, driven by Umberto Maglioli and Piero Carini to their normal roster.

Despite having six cars on the grid Ferrari couldn't win and Fangio in a Maserati was 1st. Though Ferraris occupied postion 2nd through 5th.

Mike
 
I haven't finished looking but i'll take a chance on this answer...
Maserati, 12 entries, Germany,1956, drivers and place, Stirling Moss 2nd, Jean Behra 3rd, Paco Godia 4th, Louis Rosier 5th, Bruce Halford DSQ, Ottorino Volonterio NC, Harry Schell DNF, Luigi Villoresi DNF, Umberto Maglioli DNF, Horace Gould DNF, Roy Salvadori DNF, Cesare Perdisa DNF.
 
It must be Maserati... in the 50s Maserati counted for about 50% of the grid
 
You guys are getting warm. Maserati is the right team, but 12 is not the correct answer. Most of the 12 in Germany '56 were privately-entered cars.
 
Schrodes
I haven't finished looking but i'll take a chance on this answer...
Maserati, 12 entries, Germany,1956, drivers and place, Stirling Moss 2nd, Jean Behra 3rd, Paco Godia 4th, Louis Rosier 5th, Bruce Halford DSQ, Ottorino Volonterio NC, Harry Schell DNF, Luigi Villoresi DNF, Umberto Maglioli DNF, Horace Gould DNF, Roy Salvadori DNF, Cesare Perdisa DNF.
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[bump]But I believe only four of those entries were 'works' entries (Moss, Behra, Maglioli and Perdasa). The other 6 Maseratis racing were entries from individuals or other teams.

While investigating that I did find that the Maserati works team entered 7 drivers in the 1956 Argentine Grand Prix. Those drivers were: Jean Behra 2nd, Chico Landi 4th equal, Gerino Gerini 4th equal, Stirling Moss DNF, Luigi Piotti DNF, Carlos Menditeguy DNF and (Jose) Froilan Gonzalez DNF.

Maseratis entered by non-works teams were raced by Mike Hawthorn 3rd, Alberto Uria (6th equal) and Oscar Gonzalez (6th equal).

Mike
 
That was a good question. I certainly learned a lot from looking up the answer.

I don't know if this is easy or not, but I was there, so here goes...

Racing on public roads is illegal in mainland Britain, which is one reason why the TT races are held on the Isle of Man. But in modern times one English city has staged open wheel racing on its streets. What is that city and in what years did racing take place?

Bonus points for the answering the following question. The start of the inaugural race was delayed, Partly by vandalism and partly by torrential rain the day and night before. What was the name of the Hurricane that brought the rainfall?

Mike.
 
I went to a couple of them. It was the Birmingham Superprix held between 1986 and 1990 for F3000, with BTCC touring cars as a support race.

I didn't attend the first one - that was disrupted by hurricane Charley amongst other problems.
 
Wastegate
I went to a couple of them. It was the Birmingham Superprix held between 1986 and 1990 for F3000, with BTCC touring cars as a support race.

I didn't attend the first one - that was disrupted by hurricane Charley amongst other problems.
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That's correct, your turn.

I went to the first two. I was actually involved with supporting a computer system used by the official time keepers back then. I got to spend a lot of time in the timing booth, overlooking the start-finish line. Best seat in the house for a great show. In 1988 I moved to the states and missed the last three races.

Mike
 
eh?

Are you guys starting to ask Britain-related questions as the Aussies were asking Australian-related questions awhile back? I'm going to start with the Venezuelan Formula Fuego (as in Renault Fuego) and Spanish go-karting series now... he he, just kidding. :sly:
 
I try not to ask UK-based questions - partly because they seem too easy to me.

Birmingham was a great place to watch F3000 because you could get closer to the cars than at any other UK track that hosted the series. They were good days in F3000 - quality drivers and different engines and chassis.

OK, I've got another one which you may or may not find interesting. Which was the last World Championship Grand Prix won by a car with wire wheels?
 

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