British Grand Prix quiz
This week’s quiz is twice as long and even tougher than before. Pit your Grand Prix knowledge against the British Grand Prix quiz.
But don’t be a spoilsport and look up the answers, OK?…
1. Which British driver won the third world championship Grand Prix he started?
2. In what year did Abbey chicane replace Abbey curve on the Silverstone circuit?
3. Which driver suffered a huge crash at the exit of Bridge in the 2004 race?
4. What caused the first safety car deployment in the 2003 race?
5. How many times did Nigel Mansell win the British Grand Prix?
6. Where did Jenson Button qualify for last year’s race?
7. 154 British drivers have participated in world championship Grands Prix. Which is the only country with more?
8. In which year did Jim Clark win the last British Grand Prix at Aintree from pole position, setting the fastest lap on the way?
9. Which three British drivers won only one race?
10. What corner did Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher collide at in 1995?
11. Which driver and team led a Grand Prix for the first time at Silverstone in 2003?
12. Three countries have successfully dominated the podium at a Grand Prix. British drivers have filled the three steps on ten occasions. Which other two nations have achieved the feat?
13. Silverstone held the first F1 championship round in 1950. What Grand Prix came next?
14. Who started the 2003 race from pole position?
15. Which was the last season to feature two rounds in Britain?
16. What did every British Grand Prix winner from 1991 to 1997 have in common? (Hint: Apart from their Goodyear tyres)
17. Which driver won the most consecutive British Grands Prix – and how many?
18. When was the last time four British drivers started the British Grand Prix?
19. Which team principal used to hold a concert after the British Grand Prix?
20. Which driver recorded what was formerly the fastest ever lap in an F1 car at Silverstone in 1985?
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Seems like it’s too difficult, Keith. But I’ll start the ball rolling with a couple of guesses.
15. Last season with two Brit GPs must have been the year that the European GP was held at Donington. But don’t ask me the year – I’m hopeless with dates.
19. That would be Eddie Jordan, although whether rock bands hold anything as staid as a concert is debatable…
2. 1994
3. Jarno Trulli
4. Debris from David Coulthard’s head restraint
6. 19th
7. Italy
9. Jenson Button,
10. Priory
11. Christiano Da Matta – Toyota
13. Aintree
14. Rubens Barrichello
15. 1993
16. They were all on Renault engines
18. 2000
20. Keke Rosberg
Some sterling work by James B but eight questions still need a correct answer…
1, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17 and 19
Tough quiz!
Wild guess on #1- Moss?
1.?
5.four
8.1962
9.Button, Hobbs, and Blundell
12.Germany and Brazil
13.Monte Carlo
17.Jim Clark- 5
19.Paul Stoddard
1. Jackie Stewart
9. Button, Peter Gethin and Innes Ireland
1. Not Moss or Stewart! But Moss is connected…
5. Yep – 1986, ‘87, ‘91 and ‘92. He also won the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch in 1985.
8. 1962 is correct
9. Button, Gethin and Ireland is correct
12. Neither Germany nor Brazil have ever filled a podium
13. Monaco is correct
17. Jim Clark is right – but he won four in a row from 1962-5, then a fifth in 1967
And I apologise – question 19 had already been correctly answered by Clive (Eddie Jordan).
Which means we still need answers for 1 and 12…
1. Mike Hawthorn
12. Italy and France
1.Alan Jones?
12.France and Italy.
Italy and France is right – but it wasn’t Hawthorn, and Jones is Australian!
Hmmm, tricky, #1. But most of the usual suspects are gone. I suspect it’s Jim Clark. If not him, then Graham Hill?
Nope and nope…
Tony Brooks is the answer to the first question. The Moss connection is it was a shared drive, and Moss was the only one of the two to actually lead (if memory serves).
Spectacular!
And we’re all done. Thanks for playing guys, European Grand Prix quiz in two weeks’ times.