European Grand Prix quiz
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1. Who started on pole for the 2005 European Grand Prix?
2. Which three circuits other than the Nürburgring have held the European Grand Prix?
3. Who retired from the 1999 race while running fourth?
4. Who made an ‘unclassy’ move in 2003?
5. When did Germany last have one round on the calendar instead of two?
6. Where did Michael Schumacher finish in the 2002 European Grand Prix?
7. When did the ‘new’ Nürburgring first hold an F1 Grand Prix?
8. Ralf Schumacher is the only current German driver to have won a Grand Prix. Where and when was his last victory?
9. Who scored his first podium finish in last year’s European Grand Prix?
10. Kimi Raikkonen crashed out of the lead in 2005 on the final lap – which other driver did he almost take out with him?
11. And where did Raikkonen finish?
12. What is the NGK-Schikane also known as?
13. Who was the last British driver to win the European Grand Prix?
14. Which driver failed to complete a lap in last year’s European Grand Prix?
15. How many times did Michael Schumacher win the European Grand Prix?
16. Which was the last season not to feature a European Grand Prix?
17. Which is the only F1 team based in Germany?
18. Which three world champions scored their first wins in the European Grand Prix?
19. What unusual fate befell Alain Prost in practice for the 1984 European Grand Prix?
20. Who did Michael Schumacher dramatically pass to win the 1995 European Grand Prix?
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1. Raikkonen
2. Brands Hatch, Jerez, Silverstone?
3. Frentzen?
4. Montoya
5. 1994 – Nurburgring wasn’t on the calendar
6. 2nd, to Barrichello
7. 1985?
8. Hard to believe, but it was at France 2003 (the week after his Nurburgring win)
9. Massa
10. Button
11. 11th
12. Veedol S?
13. Mansell?
14. Liuzzi
15. Jerez 1994, Nurburgring 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006 – that makes six.
16. 1993
17. Toyota
18. Mansell, Jacques Villeneuve, Hakkinen
19. Ran out of fuel?
20. Alesi
1. Nick Heidfeld – I remember vividly the inane joke F1 Racing made about it afterwards…
2. Donington Park, Jerez and (with appropriate timing) the Nurburgring.
3. Luca Badoer – in a Minardi. It would have been the best result of his career if the gearbox had functioned all race…
5. 1992
7. 1984
11. Raikkonen was classified 9th.
13. Johnny Herbert won the 1999 European GP.
16. 1992
4. Fernando Alonso
(it doesn’t always have to be montoya)
Solid, I said Montoya because ‘unclassy’ was the exact word Ross Brawn used to describe the maneuver.
Alianora, #2 said other than the Nurburgring. So that means the 3 other circuits were Jerez, Donington, and Brands Hatch.
I’m pretty sure you were right in #s 1, 3, 7, and 13 (how did I miss that? 
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Oh, and 16 too. Hmmm. If Alianora got 11th right, we’d be down to #s 12 and 19.
14-Wasn’t David Coulthard the driver who stopped on track and Luizzi spun off with a flat tyre?So it should be DC.
It was definitely Liuzzi who went out on lap 1 – Coulthard carried on for another three laps (and two pit stops to fix damaged components) before retiring on lap 4 due to steering damage brought on by the tangle with Liuzzi.
Unfortunately, Alain Prost’s practise problem occurred two years before I was born, hasn’t made it into any of the books I’ve read on Formula 1 and I therefore have no idea what the problem was.
Oh, and it was definitely Montoya who did the “unclassy” move in 2003. Fernando does some good passes, but so far none of them have triggered the response from Jean Todt “That was NOT classy!”
The not classy comment came from Ross Brawn, I believe.
I also know why Solid said it was Alonso. He braked unusually early for the Veedol-S sometime during the 2003 race. That surprised Coulthard, and the sudden braking forced him into the gravel. It may have been a braketest, but there is no conclusive proof if it was or it wasn’t.
journeyer, thank you for the correction.