Last chance to show how good you are - the fourth of four of the Grand Prix Quiz!

[Dixie Flatline]

The fourth set of questions now follow:

1. In what form of racing did Gilles Villeneuve start his competition career?
2. In which sport did four-time F1 world champion Alain Prost almost turn professional before car racing?
3. At the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix, Carlos Reutemann refused to obey orders from his Williams team and stopped which driver from taking victory?
4. At which circuit did Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost collide in 1989 and 1990?
5. What relation is Jacques Villeneuve Sr to the 1997 F1 world champion?
6. Who was the last Italian to drive for Ferrari in F1?
7. Name three men who competed in motorcycle and F1 grands prix.
8. What is the family business of former German F1 driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen?
9. Which F1 driver used to be a water boy for the Canberra Raiders rugby league team?
10. In 2004, which F1 driver made the most successful overtaking manouevres (passes)?
11. At the 2004 Italian Grand Prix, which Williams driver clocked the fastest official speed at an F1 track?
12. Which make of engine will Mark Webber’s Williams car have in 2005?
13. In the 1960s and 1970s, which open-wheeler racing series in Australia and New Zealand featured F1 cars with slightly smaller engines?
14. What is Michael Schumacher’s home town in Germany?
15. What is Kimi Raikkonen’s home town in Finland?
16. An F1 team is named after a driver from New Zealand. Which is the team and who was the driver?
17. Name the Brazilian who has won the Australian Grand Prix three times in Melbourne?
18. When and where was the first Australian Grand Prix held? Phillip Island, 1920
19. What year was the first grand prix held at Albert Park in the 1950s?
20. Who am I? I won four Australian grands prix. One of my grandsons drove an F1 car in 2004?
21. In 1979, South African Jody Scheckter won the drivers’ championship, but who led the most laps and who won the most races?
22. How many years did French great Alain Prost score the most points in the F1 drivers’ championship?
23. In the Grand Prix Guide statistical book of F1 racing since 1950, which Australian appears directly before Michael Schumacher in the listing of driver records?
24. Which year in the 1960s saw the beginnings of Ferrari’s domination with the “shark-nosed” rear-engined car?
25. How many grands prix have BMW-powered cars won since the company’s return to F1 in 2000?

Good luck!

[steve_r]

Is the answer to question 18 Phillip Island, 1920 by any chance?

[BootsOntheSide]

Originally Posted by Dixie Flatline

The fourth set of questions now follow:

1. Snowmobiles
2. Equestrianism?
3. Alan Jones
4. Suzuka
5. Uncle
6. Nicola Larini
7. Surtees, Hailwood and ANOther?
8. Undertaking
9. Webber?
10. Kimi?
11. Montoya
12. BMW
13. Atlantics?
14. Kerpen
15. Helsinki?
16. The Sauber team is named after Bruce McLaren
17. Moreno?
18. No idea.....
19. 55?
20. Jack Brabham?
21. Alan Jones?
22. 5
23. Tim Schenken?
24. 1961 (saw the end of it as well)
25. 6

Good luck!

These seem to be the hardest yet.

[ensign14]

Another one for number 7 is Paddy Driver.

[Bleu]

1. Bikes
2. Cycling
3. Alan Jones
4. Suzuka
5. Uncle
6. Nicola Larini
7. Johnny Cecotto, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood
8. Aircraft
9. Tim Schenken
10. Takuma Sato
11. Antonio Pizzonia
12. BMW
13. Formula Holden
14. Kerpen
15. Espoo
16. Bruce McLaren
17. Chico Landi
18. Phillip Island 1920
19. 1956
20. No idea
21. Gilles Villeneuve
22. Five
23. Tim Schenken
24. 1964
25. 10

[Pondo]

Alain Prost was almost a footballer, wasn't he?

[DKGandBH]

Ballroom Dancing...oh no wait, that was Jacques...
Curling
Alan Jones
Suzuka
Uncle
M Schumacher (well he does know the pope...)
Surtees, Hailwood, Murray Walker (well he has driven/riden both)
Modified VWs into street rods
Mark Webber
Kimi (given how often he started at the back...)
Montoya
BMW
Formula 5000 / Formula Brabham ?
All of them...just ask any of them as a tourist
None of them...Same as above sort of...
Bruce McLaren started Ferrari
Barrichello
Phillip Island, 1920...Duh...
7
Jack Brabham
Peter Brock (You didn't say in F1)
5
Alphabetically - Schenken
2
7

DKGandBH

[Dixie Flatline]

Probably not the best time to post the last quarter of the quiz right before the first race of the season.

Anyone else want to try their hand at these questions before I post the answers?

[Raglanparade]

The fourth set of questions now follow:

In what form of racing did Gilles Villeneuve start his competition career?
- Snowmobiles

In which sport did four-time F1 world champion Alain Prost almost turn professional before car racing?
- Equestrian

At the 1981 Brazilian Grand Prix, Carlos Reutemann refused to obey orders from his Williams team and stopped which driver from taking victory?
Alan Jones

At which circuit did Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost collide in 1989 and 1990?
Suzuka
What relation is Jacques Villeneuve Sr to the 1997 F1 world champion?
Uncle

Who was the last Italian to drive for Ferrari in F1?
Luca Badoer, Valentino Rossi, and Bertonlini as test drivers, and Nicola Larini as race driver.

Name three men who competed in motorcycle and F1 grands prix.
Johnny Cecotto, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood

What is the family business of former German F1 driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen?
Funeral Services... i remember hearing a story of Heinz's father driving around Heinz around as a boy racer to various go-cart tracks with the Go-Kart in the back of the hearse... talk about a death machine !!

Which F1 driver used to be a water boy for the Canberra Raiders rugby league team?
Mark Webber

In 2004, which F1 driver made the most successful overtaking manouevres (passes)?
Juan Pablo Montoya

At the 2004 Italian Grand Prix, which Williams driver clocked the fastest official speed at an F1 track?
Antonio Pizzonia

Which make of engine will Mark Webber’s Williams car have in 2005?
BMW

In the 1960s and 1970s, which open-wheeler racing series in Australia and New Zealand featured F1 cars with slightly smaller engines?
Tasman Series

What is Michael Schumacher’s home town in Germany?
Kerpen

What is Kimi Raikkonen’s home town in Finland?
Helsinki

An F1 team is named after a driver from New Zealand. Which is the team and who was the driver?
McLaren, and Bruce McLaren

Name the Brazilian who has won the Australian Grand Prix three times in Melbourne?
Roberto Moreno, he won it at Calder Park 3 times in the early 80's

When and where was the first Australian Grand Prix held?
- Phillip Island, 1928 - won by arthur waite

What year was the first grand prix held at Albert Park in the 1950s?
1956 - to tie in with the olympic games

Who am I? I won four Australian grands prix. One of my grandsons drove an F1 car in 2004?
Lex Davidson.. Will Davidson testing for Minardi late last year

In 1979, South African Jody Scheckter won the drivers’ championship, but who led the most laps and who won the most races?
Gilles Villeneuve

How many years did French great Alain Prost score the most points in the F1 drivers’ championship?
12 Years

In the Grand Prix Guide statistical book of F1 racing since 1950, which Australian appears directly before Michael Schumacher in the listing of driver records?
Vern Schuppan

Which year in the 1960s saw the beginnings of Ferrari’s domination with the “shark-nosed” rear-engined car?
1961

How many grands prix have BMW-powered cars won since the company’s return to F1 in 2000?
8 I think.

[BootsOntheSide]

Schuppan before Schumacher? And are you sure about Prost having scored more points than anyone else 12 times (which is what everyone seemed to take the question to mean)?

[Kicking-back]

I suspect he means "For how long was Alain Prost Formula One's record points scorer".

[Dixie Flatline]

Any more takers? If not, I'll post the answers by the weekend.

[Hazza]

Technically Gilles started his career drag racing I think. But don't hold me to that

[Dixie Flatline]

Let's tie up this loose end by giving the answers to the final set of 25 questions!

These are the answers I've been given, so if you have any points of contention, don't blame me!

1. Racing snowmobiles
2. Football
3. Alan Jones
4. Suzuka, Japan
5. His uncle
6. Nicola Larini - in 1994, he replaced Jean Alesi for two races (no, I won't accept Luca Badoer or Valentino Rossi - I would have thought the inference was clearly racing Formula 1!)
7. John Surtees, Mike Hailwood, Johnny Cecotto
8. Undertakers
9. Mark Webber
10. Felipe Massa (29 moves)
11. Antonio Pizzonia - 369.9 km/h
12. BMW
13. Tasman Series
14. Kerpen
15. Espoo
16. McLaren, Bruce McLaren
17. Robert Moreno won three races at Calder Park during the early 1980s
18. Phillip Island, 1928
19. 1953
20. Lex Davison
21. Alan Jones won 4 races, Gilles Villeneuve led 308.5 laps
22. Five, though awarded four championships
23. Tim Schenken
24. 1961
25. Ten (San Marino '01, Canada '01, Germany '01, Italy '01, Malaysia '02, Monaco '03, Europe '03, France '03, Germany '03, Brazil '04)

[ASCII Man]

1. Snowbike thingy's...
2. Football.
3. Alan Jones.
4. Suzuka.
5. He's Jacques Jnr's uncle...
6. Larini.
7. Surtees, Hailwood, Cecotto.
8. Dunno.
9. Webber?
10. Massa?
11. Antonio Pizzonia.
12. BMW, duh...
13. Tasman thingy.
14. Kerpen.
15. Espoo.
16. Bruce McLaren, McLaren...
17. Barrichello?
18. Phillip Island, 1928.
19. 1953.
20. Dunno...
21. laps: G.Villeneuve, wins: Alan Jones.
22. 5.
23. Schenken?
24. 1961.
25. About ten iirc...