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?
Giuseppe Farina
Alberto Ascari
Ricardo Patrese
Michele Alboreto

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?
Johnny Herbert
John Watson
Nigel Mansell
Derek Warwick

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

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

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

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

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?
Alain Prost
Johnny Herbert
Alex Zanardi
Damon Hill

Question 16: Which 2 drivers set Minardi’s best race finishes of 4th place in 1991 & 1993?
Pierluigi Martini & Michele Alboreto
Pierluigi Martini & Christian Fittipaldi
Andrea de Cesaris & Luis Sala
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?
Olivier Panis & Jean Alesi
David Coulthard & Nigel Mansell
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
Nurburgring
Silverstone
Spa Francochamps

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?
Jarno Trulli
Damon Hill
Ralf Schumacher
Johnny Herbert

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

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?
Giancarlo Fisichella
Fernando Alonso
Mark Webber
Cristiano da Matta

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

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
Marquis of Bute
King of England

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

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

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

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

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

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?
Giancarlo Fisichella
Fernando Alonso
Jenson Button
Kimi Raikkonen

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
Hockenheim, Germany
Silverstone, Britain

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