Kimi Raikkonen makes his return to Formula 1 this season after two years away.
He last raced in 2009 – a year that saw the astonishing one-off triumph of Brawn, the debut of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems, and some strange-looking cars thanks to the new aerodynamic rules.
But how well do you remember the 2009 season? Test your knowledge with the newest F1 Fanatic Quiz.
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hey (@hey)
13th February 2012, 12:54
Holy petunias, that Brawn had a low nose!
Fixy (@)
13th February 2012, 14:48
I wonder why they couldn’t make the 2012 noses look like that.
Jarred Walmsley
13th February 2012, 18:27
Well, the 2012 Merc hasn’t been unveiled yet, it’s possible it could have the Brawn nose
raymondu999 (@raymondu999)
14th February 2012, 11:53
Unlikely though
PaulM (@pmelton)
13th February 2012, 17:00
That Brawn looks just like the 2012 HRT.
Preekel (@preekel)
13th February 2012, 18:34
How do you know what the 2012 HRT looks like?
Guiiii
13th February 2012, 19:33
https://www.racefans.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hrt_rosa_jere_2012-8.jpg
sato113 (@sato113)
13th February 2012, 20:13
uh that’s the 2011 car.
BasCB (@bascb)
13th February 2012, 12:55
Ok, that’s a recent season, should be ok then :-)
BasCB (@bascb)
13th February 2012, 13:04
Hm, whatever went wrong, a meagre 6/20! Hard to remember the poles!
Fixy (@)
13th February 2012, 14:47
15/20. Not bad, but I expected more!
Some questions are really precise though!
Aditya (@)
15th February 2012, 13:33
15 for me too, some were tough!!!
GeeMac (@geemac)
13th February 2012, 13:10
15/20, my best for a while!
dennis (@dennis)
13th February 2012, 13:24
Gah… I hate doing these at work. Naturally the phone rang inbetween… 0/20. I knew a bunch. At least 15.
GeeMac (@geemac)
13th February 2012, 14:01
I took that risk too, managed to get in there just before the 5 minutes ran out!
KaIIe (@kaiie)
13th February 2012, 14:05
11/20, jeez that was actually hard. And those multi-choice questions… I remembered usually one correctly, but had no idea for the rest.
sumedhvidwans (@sumedhvidwans)
13th February 2012, 14:32
14/20, not good. Some were tough.
John H (@john-h)
13th February 2012, 15:03
Please don’t call while I’m in the middle of the quiz… arggghhhh!!!!
AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
13th February 2012, 15:05
7/20 and I had to usher a colleague out of the room ;)
Prior to taking the quiz, I thought I should have good knowledge of such relatively recent events, but it turns out the little things had all but slipped my mind.
ScuderiaVincero (@scuderiavincero)
13th February 2012, 15:21
Gah, computer froze in the middle of the quiz :'(
Guilherme (@guilherme)
13th February 2012, 15:41
18/20, not bad!
That last question was hard, I had no idea what the correct answer was.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
13th February 2012, 19:25
same here! 18/20!
GeeMac (@geemac)
14th February 2012, 8:11
I know, I did a bit of internet work after the quiz and I still don’t know what the answer is!
Roald (@roald)
13th February 2012, 17:06
Well, looking at the cars in the picture above… at least the cars got a little prettier over the years. Except for the 2012-spec noses of course, but that goes without saying.
Jake (@jleigh)
13th February 2012, 17:38
Is there any way of having the clock visible at all times? Got 0 as I forgot to check the time, did it again though and got 16 (didn’t cheat) which is my best for a while so happy :)
Renner (@renner)
13th February 2012, 17:58
Why are there only 15 cars in the picture?
AndrewT (@andrewt)
13th February 2012, 18:08
On the outer line there must be Räikkönen, Kovalainen, Rosberg and Fisichella following each other, and Glock starts from the pitlane, and we got everyone.
DaveBanchero (@mfdb)
13th February 2012, 18:54
apparently I need 6 minutes for these quizzes….
sato113 (@sato113)
13th February 2012, 20:19
noo. 6/10.
keith on one of the questions ( i think number 8 or 9?) there are two exactly the same choices that appear when you start typing the answer. could one be wrong?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
13th February 2012, 21:44
No, it’s just a typing aid. The duplicates will be removed but it doesn’t make a difference which of the two you pick.
alexf1man (@alexf1man)
13th February 2012, 21:31
Question 20 was very obscure, but I remembered everything else, even some of the “older” questions.
Keirdre (@keirdre)
13th February 2012, 22:42
I really don’t think 5 minutes is long enough. Data entry on the iPad meant I timed out and I was going as fast as I could!
Can we see the answers anywhere?
raymondu999 (@raymondu999)
14th February 2012, 11:54
Blurgh. 18/20. I don’t even know which 2 I got wrong.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
16th February 2012, 0:48
3/20. I expected much better, at least 10! Dreadful!