Formula 1 Quiz

  1. Developed by: Thomas Brisbourne

How quick are you with your Formula 1 knowledge compared to the speed of a F1 driver? Are you as quick and smooth as Michael Schumacher & Jenson Button? Or just a Minardi asking to be lapped? Take the quiz to test your F1 knowledge, but make you get off the starting blocks first!

Question 1: Who (to date) became the last Italian F1 champion in 1953?
Alberto Ascari
Ricardo Patrese
Giuseppe Farina
Michele Alboreto

Question 2: Of today’s F1 teams, which team has been around since the F1 world championship started in 1950?
Sauber
Renault
McLaren
Ferrari

Question 3: Which F1 season saw the first victory of a rear-engined car?
1960
1959
1961
1958

Question 4: Which decade saw 4 British drivers claim 6 F1 drivers titles?
1980s
1960s
1950s
1970s

Question 5: Which circuit nearly claimed the life of Ferrari driver Niki Lauda in 1976?
Buenos Aires
Adelaide
Nordschleife (Old Nurburgring)
A1 Ring

Question 6: Who became the first ever-posthumous F1 champion in 1970?
Francois Cevert
Jochen Rindt
Ayrton Senna
Ronnie Peterson

Question 7: Derek Gardner was the designer of which 1976 F1 car?
McLaren M23
Lotus 79
McLaren MP4
Tyrrell P34

Question 8: In the driver's championship of 1977, who finished second for Wolf Racing to Niki Lauda’s Ferrari?
James Hunt
Alan Jones
Mario Andretti
Jody Scheckter

Question 9: In 1982, who became the first F1 champion to clinch the drivers championship with 1 race win since John Surtees in 1964?
Keke Rosberg
Rene Arnoux
Michele Alboreto
Alain Prost

Question 10: In 1984, which British driver infamously blamed a white line for causing his suspension damage and retirement from the lead at the Monaco Grand Prix?
John Watson
Nigel Mansell
Johnny Herbert
Derek Warwick

Question 11: Which two drivers scored their first F1 victories in 1985 at Estoril & Brands Hatch?
Nelson Piquet & Derek Warwick
Michele Alboreto & Stefan Johansson
Ayrton Senna & Nigel Mansell
Elio de Angelis & Keke Rosberg

Question 12: Who gave Benetton their first F1 race win in 1986 & ironically their last race win in 1997?
Alessandro Nannini
Gerhard Berger
Teo Fabi
Thierry Boutsen

Question 13: Who has won the most Monaco Grand Prixs?
Alain Prost
Michael Schumacher
Ayrton Senna
Graham Hill

Question 14: Who became Britain’s first F1 champion since James Hunt in 1976?
Johnny Herbert
Martin Brundle
Nigel Mansell
Damon Hill

Question 15: Ayrton Senna won the European GP at Donington Park in 1993 with the second place finisher finishing nearly a minute and a half behind. Who was this remaining unlapped runner?
Alex Zanardi
Damon Hill
Alain Prost
Johnny Herbert

Question 16: Which 2 drivers set Minardi’s best race finishes of 4th place in 1991 & 1993?
Pierluigi Martini & Michele Alboreto
Andrea de Cesaris & Luis Sala
Pierluigi Martini & Christian Fittipaldi
Marc Gene & Jarno Trulli

Question 17: During 1994, Williams Renault had four drivers. Damon Hill & Ayrton Senna were two of them but who were the other two drivers?
David Coulthard & Nigel Mansell
Olivier Panis & Jean Alesi
Eric Bernard & Jos Verstappen
Gerhard Berger & Karl Wendlinger

Question 18: In 1995, on which circuit did Michael Schumacher win on from 16th on the grid?
Hockenheim
Silverstone
Spa Francochamps
Nurburgring

Question 19: Who was promoted to the 1997 driver’s championship top 10 after Michael Schumacher was annulled for dangerous driving in the final race?
Ralf Schumacher
Jarno Trulli
Damon Hill
Johnny Herbert

Question 20: Which British driver made his F1 debut for Williams BMW in 2000?
Anthony Davidson
Allan McNish
Jenson Button
Justin Wilson

Question 21: At Brazil in 2003, the stewards handed victory to McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen. But Raikkonen wasn’t the real winner because the stewards handed victory to the wrong driver, so who was the real winner of the rain-shortened Brazillian GP of 2003?
Mark Webber
Cristiano da Matta
Fernando Alonso
Giancarlo Fisichella

Question 22: Who was the first female scorer in Formula 1 in 1975?
None of the above
Giovanna Amati
Lella Lombardi
Teresa de Phillippe

Question 23: Lotus 1986 signing Johnny Dumfries was a painter and a decorator but he had a royal occupation. What was it?
Prince of Cornwall
Prince of Wales
King of England
Marquis of Bute

Question 24: How many generations of the Fittipaldi family have raced in F1?
3
1
4
2

Question 25: Which Ferrari stand-in driver nearly won at Hockenheim in 1999 until team orders prevented his victory?
Luca Badoer
Mika Salo
None of the above
Eddie Irvine

Question 26: Which former Subaru WRC team boss was in charge of BAR Honda from 2001 to 2004?
Paul Stoddart
Tony Purnell
David Richards
Eddie Jordan

Question 27: Which driver gave Arrows their best F1 race finish of second place in Hungary?
Pedro Diniz
Damon Hill
Torano Takagi
Jos Verstappen

Question 28: Which countries hosted F1 races at four different venues from 1950 onwards (excluding America)?
Britain & France
Japan & Spain
Germany & Italy
Belgium & Brazil

Question 29: In 2003, who became the youngest pole sitter at Malaysia & later that year eclipsed Bruce McLaren as the youngest GP race winner at Hungary?
Kimi Raikkonen
Jenson Button
Giancarlo Fisichella
Fernando Alonso

Question 30: F1 world champion Michael Schumacher lasted 58 GP without a mechanical failure. So before Bahrain 2005, where did Schumey last suffer a mechanical retirement in 2001?
Imola, San Marino
Spa Francochamps, Belgium
Silverstone, Britain
Hockenheim, Germany

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