I think there will be more than one answer here. I've provided one, and you've arguably provided another.
Here's a pretty easy puzzler: His birthplace was in one country when he was born, another when he was racing, and now is in a third. Name the driver, please.
John Love
Born: Southern Rhodesia, 1924
Raced: Rhodesia, 1960s, 1970s
Now: Zimbabwe, since 1980
This is a brilliant and true answer, but not the one I had in mind, since John Love is dead and my guy is very much alive. I thought to give a big clue when I said "pretty easy". Since I should have worded my question more clearly, I will award the win to MazdaPrice.
Respectfully,
Steve
Who was your person?
Mario Andretti. (Italy, Yugoslavia, Croatia).
I can;t think of anything, so to keep things mving along I'll ask something easy. Which was the first Italian GP in which the winner's average race speed exceeded 150 mph and who was that winner in what car?
1926 - Frank Lockhart
1928 - Louis Meyer
1929 - Ray Keech
I hope, anyway. I had to look this up, it's an interesting topic. Not a lot of information about the earlier years of the Indy, it seems.
As for why FWD would be run, the only thing I can think of is it saves the weight of having a driveshaft.
I like questions like these that impart knowledge. I never would have guessed that FF's competed in the Indy 500, never mind winning it.
It would seem that the following were all driving Front wheel drive cars.
1930 Billy Arnold
1932 Fred Frame
1934 Bill Cummings
1947 Mauri Rose
1948 Mauri Rose
1949 Bill Holland
Yeah, I was thinking that it would be easier to put the power down with no real risk of spinning out with front wheel drive. As I noted earlier, I was surprised to find front wheel drive cars winning at Indy but would also add to that how late they were winning. They were competitive nearly until Lotus/Clark/Hill turned up.Indy FWD history
That's the one. Your go.Frank Sytner, BMW M3, 1987 Donington Park?
Doubly not F1 as Patrese never won an F1 race.
I don't see it as being a junior Formulae race (F3, F2, etc) either as there is a big age gap between them.
I'm guessing it's an Italian touring car race. I've found out that Patrese won one of them, in an Alfa 75 turbo, but I have no idea if Larini and Nannini were 2nd and 3rd.
Doubly not F1 as Patrese never won an F1 race.
Patrese won six Grand Prix. His first win, was famously the Monaco Grand Prix that "no one wanted to win", 1982.
The one where something like four race leaders all retired on the last lap? That was really funny![]()
Perhaps the Macau Grand Prix? He won that twice, but I feel it might be a bit before the other two's time.