Motorsports Trivia Thread!

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No to all of the above. Although one of the ones you mentioned may or may not hold a grudge towards the guy I'm thinking of.

I've never read anything about it, but looking at something that happened between the two of them, it wouldn't be too unreasonable to think that a little anger was sparked.
 
Sorry, but it isn't. I will give another hint. The person is fairly well known despite not being very successful in Formula one. His lack of success in F1 is not the reason for him being well known though.
 
Well known in motorsport?

Just trying my luck with a question. ;)

Famous people who are F1 failures? Freddie Opel, Brabham jnr, McCarthy... :confused:
 
axletramp
Well known in motorsport?

Just trying my luck with a question. ;)
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He's not really "famous", however he led a very interesting life and perhaps this is why his name is known.

PlymoSuperbird
Enrico Bertaggia :)
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A good guess, but no. He never made the grid. I feel more clues are needed as most answers have met some conditions, but not all.

To summarise:

1. He failed to qualify for more than 50% of grand prix entered.
2. He started last in all grand prix he started.
3. He qualified last in all but one grand prix.
4. In his last grand prix, he did not qualify last, but he started last as the person behind him on the grid "did not start".
5. He does not have a profile on F1 Rejects, but he merits one.

Edit: To clarify, when I say he's not really "famous", I mean to mention his name to the average joe, they wouldn't know who he was like they'd recognise names like Schumacher, Clark etc. But to the motorsports hardcore he is known for his "interesting" life perhaps even more so than his performance on track.
 
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No more guesses? One more hint then I'll pass this on to someone else. Nowadays, he is mostly famous for his book. And please, no one say "Perry McCarthy".
 
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And to think I thought that this was an easy one. It was Tommy Byrne.
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I glanced over him as he only competed in two races.
And he qualified last for both, the people behind him didn't start because they didn't qualify.
 
Jimlaad43
I glanced over him as he only competed in two races.
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Yes, but he entered five Grand prix. I didn't want to mention the actual number of grand prix entered or the number of starts. That would have been too easy.

Feel free to ask another question. I've posted two so far that I thought were easy, but no one got either of them.


Jimlaad43
And he qualified last for both, the people behind him didn't start because they didn't qualify.
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Technically, JP Jarier was listed as "27th" on the grid at Caesar's Palace. He didn't start though. Either way, Byrne meets all conditions.
 
F1 fan
Feel free to ask another question. I've posted two so far that I thought were easy, but no one got either of them.
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Fine then.
How many F1 races were not named after a country? (And name them in a spoiler text in case you are wrong)
This is just how many names for grand prixs, not the actual count.
 
Caesars Palace (2), Dallas(1), Detroit(7), European (21), Indy500(10 as part of the world championship), Pacific(2) and Pescara (1).

All in all, 44 Grand Prix to date have not been named after a country. Was unsure about Monaco, but Monaco is recognized as a country by the UN.
 
No they are still named after a country.
One of them is not obvious as people often get this city and the other in the country mixed up as countries and not cities. The other is less obvious, but does have the country mentioned.
 
Abu Dhabi - the name of one of the seven emirates that form the UAE
Caesars Palace - a casino
Dallas - a city
Detroit - another city
European - a continent
Indianapolis 500 - title of a race
Pacific - an ocean
Pescara (the Coppa Acerbo) - named for the town it passed through
Korean - the race is in South Korea, not "Korea"
US West - used to distinguish a second race in the USA; there is no "United States West"
 
quick guess, but the San Marino Grand Prix that was not held in San Marino. The Luxembourg Grand Prix that was held in Germany, not in Luxembourg and the Swiss Grand Prix that was held in France.
 
No, because they are named after countries.
OK clue then.
One is a Tilkedrome.
The other two were run between 1976 and 1983.
 
The Tilke circuit is Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi is not a country. It is an emirate, one of seven that makes up the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is recognised as a country.

The United States Grand Prix was was held between 1976 and 1983. Although named for the United States, it speciically refers to the western United States, but this is not recognised as a country.

The only other race that was held between 1976 and 1983 was Caesars' Palace, but that has already been mentioned.
 
Dallas was run as the us grand prix.
Detroit held some of these grand prix mentioned but not named as the Detroit grand prix.
 
The first group of people to race at Silverstone. One of them ran over a sheep.
 

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