Grand Prix Rejects 2015-16 Off-season Rolling Trivia Quiz!

tBone · Post by **tBone** » 06 Dec 2015, 09:35

A wild guess: 13th

Post by **tommykl** » 06 Dec 2015, 10:30

I happen to know which race this is, but not where he finished, so I'll guess it's a mild trick question and that he retired.

Post by **Miguel98** » 06 Dec 2015, 10:44

11th?

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 06 Dec 2015, 11:06

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 06 Dec 2015, 11:06

tommykl wrote:I happen to know which race this is, but not where he finished, so I'll guess it's a mild trick question and that he retired.

Yes, it's a tricky one! He was indeed retired, around 18th place if you are using IndyCar system. I guess I didn't specify clearly that the answer should be 18th. But I'll let that go for now.

And the race? That is not questioned. Still secret :badoer:

Tommy Kuala Lumpur, sekarang kau maju.

Post by **tommykl** » 06 Dec 2015, 12:34

Alrighty then!

It's well-known that Prince Bira was the Prince of Thailand. Having said that, which throne did almost-F1 driver Jorge de Bagration lay claim to until his death in 2008?

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 06 Dec 2015, 12:55

tommykl wrote:Alrighty then!

It's well-known that Prince Bira was the Prince of Thailand. Having said that, which throne did almost-F1 driver Jorge de Bagration lay claim to until his death in 2008?

I must admit i have never heard of him but being called Jorge he sounds Spanish and Spain seems too obvious, Years ago there used to be a a Spanish Netherlands which is mainly modern day Belgium. So i am going to say Belgium

Post by **Nuppiz** » 06 Dec 2015, 13:12

tommykl wrote:Alrighty then!

It's well-known that Prince Bira was the Prince of Thailand. Having said that, which throne did almost-F1 driver Jorge de Bagration lay claim to until his death in 2008?

That would be Georgia. Not the state in the US, but in the Caucasus.

Post by **tommykl** » 06 Dec 2015, 13:23

Nuppiz wrote:
tommykl wrote:Alrighty then!

It's well-known that Prince Bira was the Prince of Thailand. Having said that, which throne did almost-F1 driver Jorge de Bagration lay claim to until his death in 2008?

That would be Georgia. Not the state in the US, but in the Caucasus.

That is indeed the correct answer. Take it away, Nuppiz!

Post by **Nuppiz** » 06 Dec 2015, 13:41

Right. Which person helped fund the F1 debuts of both the first ever (Leo Kinnunen) and most recent (Valtteri Bottas) Finnish F1 drivers?

Post by **tommykl** » 06 Dec 2015, 14:19

Nuppiz wrote:Right. Which person helped fund the F1 debuts of both the first ever (Leo Kinnunen) and most recent (Valtteri Bottas) Finnish F1 drivers?

I'm not sure about any links to Bottas, but for Kinnunen, I'm guessing it was the guy behind the AAW name? I don't know what his name is, though.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 06 Dec 2015, 14:23

tommykl wrote:
Nuppiz wrote:Right. Which person helped fund the F1 debuts of both the first ever (Leo Kinnunen) and most recent (Valtteri Bottas) Finnish F1 drivers?

I'm not sure about any links to Bottas, but for Kinnunen, I'm guessing it was the guy behind the AAW name? I don't know what his name is, though.

A fairly vague answer, but you are correct. It's Antti Aarnio-Wihuri, who owned the AAW Racing Team Leo Kinnunen drove for, and who also owns the Wihuri company which has been Bottas' sponsor for most of his career.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 06 Dec 2015, 16:36

AxelP800 wrote:Where did Huub Rothengatter positioned (race classification) on the last F1 race to date held on Saturday?

I don't know which race this was, but I'm going to guess at 8th.

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 06 Dec 2015, 16:43

dr-baker wrote:
AxelP800 wrote:Where did Huub Rothengatter positioned (race classification) on the last F1 race to date held on Saturday?

I don't know which race this was, but I'm going to guess at 8th.

AxelP800 wrote:
tommykl wrote:I happen to know which race this is, but not where he finished, so I'll guess it's a mild trick question and that he retired.

Yes, it's a tricky one! He was indeed retired, around 18th place if you are using IndyCar system. I guess I didn't specify clearly that the answer should be 18th. But I'll let that go for now.

And the race? That is not questioned. Still secret

Tommy Kuala Lumpur, sekarang kau maju.

A bit late there, Baker

And the race was South Africa 1985, I believe?

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 06 Dec 2015, 17:49

Simtek wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
AxelP800 wrote:Where did Huub Rothengatter positioned (race classification) on the last F1 race to date held on Saturday?

I don't know which race this was, but I'm going to guess at 8th.

AxelP800 wrote:
tommykl wrote:I happen to know which race this is, but not where he finished, so I'll guess it's a mild trick question and that he retired.

Yes, it's a tricky one! He was indeed retired, around 18th place if you are using IndyCar system. I guess I didn't specify clearly that the answer should be 18th. But I'll let that go for now.

And the race? That is not questioned. Still secret

Tommy Kuala Lumpur, sekarang kau maju.

A bit late there, Baker And the race was South Africa 1985, I believe?

Ooops. Must have been reading the last page of posts and didn't realise that another page of posts had begun...

Post by **tommykl** » 06 Dec 2015, 19:12

I'm not sure if the answer I have is the correct answer, as not even StatsF1 keeps this record. I have one answer in mind, and of course, if proven wrong, I'll accept the true correct answer. That being said:

Prior to Tiago Monteiro's 17 consecutive races finishes from the start of his career, which driver previously held the record of most race finishes from his career start?

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 06 Dec 2015, 21:14

I think Jackie Stewart and Olivier Panis share that record

Post by **Miguel98** » 06 Dec 2015, 21:23

tommykl wrote:I'm not sure if the answer I have is the correct answer, as not even StatsF1 keeps this record. I have one answer in mind, and of course, if proven wrong, I'll accept the true correct answer. That being said:

Prior to Tiago Monteiro's 17 consecutive races finishes from the start of his career, which driver previously held the record of most race finishes from his career start?

I'm going to answer Pascal Fabre with 7 consecutive races.

Post by **tommykl** » 06 Dec 2015, 21:32

Miguel98 wrote:
tommykl wrote:I'm not sure if the answer I have is the correct answer, as not even StatsF1 keeps this record. I have one answer in mind, and of course, if proven wrong, I'll accept the true correct answer. That being said:

Prior to Tiago Monteiro's 17 consecutive races finishes from the start of his career, which driver previously held the record of most race finishes from his career start?

I'm going to answer Pascal Fabre with 7 consecutive races.

Fabre is indeed the answer I have, although I'd love to be proven wrong. Fabre finished the first 7 races of 1987, compared to 6 for Stewart and Panis. All of which makes Monteiro and Chilton's records that much more impressive.

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 06 Dec 2015, 22:19

tommykl wrote:
Miguel98 wrote:
tommykl wrote:I'm not sure if the answer I have is the correct answer, as not even StatsF1 keeps this record. I have one answer in mind, and of course, if proven wrong, I'll accept the true correct answer. That being said:

Prior to Tiago Monteiro's 17 consecutive races finishes from the start of his career, which driver previously held the record of most race finishes from his career start?

I'm going to answer Pascal Fabre with 7 consecutive races.

Fabre is indeed the answer I have, although I'd love to be proven wrong. Fabre finished the first 7 races of 1987, compared to 6 for Stewart and Panis. All of which makes Monteiro and Chilton's records that much more impressive.

With Panis, i'd put it down to the fact that he was essentially driving a year old car, giving the team the chance to iron out any reliability problems. It's a case of history repeating itself for Ligier too, when they kept the same car for 1990, Larini's finishing record was excellent too.

Post by **Miguel98** » 06 Dec 2015, 22:28

So, do I continue or...?

Post by **Nuppiz** » 06 Dec 2015, 22:31

Miguel98 wrote:So, do I continue or...?

Tommykl approved of your answer, so yes, it's your turn.

Post by **Miguel98** » 06 Dec 2015, 22:42

Which F1 drivers raced in DTM at some certain point in their racing careers?

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 06 Dec 2015, 22:46

There's a bunch of drivers who drove in F1 and DTM - the first ones I remember about are Paul Di Resta, Nicola Larini, Alessandro Nannini, Ralf Schumacher, Jean Alesi...

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 06 Dec 2015, 22:47

Miguel98 wrote:Which F1 drivers raced in DTM at some certain point in their racing careers?

Because of the sheer number of F1 drivers who have raced in DTM (there were nine in 1990 alone!), I propose that the person who names the most by 22:42 GMT on Tuesday gets the point and the right to ask the next question.

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 07 Dec 2015, 00:08

Miguel98 wrote:Which F1 drivers raced in DTM at some certain point in their racing careers?

Coulthard, The other Schumacher, Markus Winkelhock, Christijan Albers, Alessandro Nannini (that punt off the road), Bernd Schneider, Jean Alesi, Stefan Johansson, Nicola Larini, Robert Doornbos (I think), Paul di Resta to name a few...

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 07 Dec 2015, 00:19

Current standings on F1 drivers who also raced in DTM*

1. novitopoli - 5
=. WaffleCat - 5 (Ralf Schumacher, Nannini, Alesi, Larini and di Resta were already named. Doornbos never raced in DTM)

*Pending verification by Miguel

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 07 Dec 2015, 00:56

F1 Drivers in The DTM

Mika Hakkinen
Jean Alesi
Johnny Cecotto
Vitaly Petrov
Timo Glock
Heinz Herald Frentzen
Ralf Schumacher
Micheal Schumacher
Christijan Albers
Bernd Schnieder
Giancarlo Fissichella
Nicola Larini
JJ Lehto
David Coulthard
Keke Rosberg
Markus Winklehock
Christian Danner
Stefano Modena
Alessandro Nannini
Roverto Merhi
Nicolas Kiesa
Alexander Wurz
Pedro Lamy
Karl Wendlinger
Jan Magneussen
Hans Stuck
Michele Alberto
Allan Mcnish

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 07 Dec 2015, 07:41

F1 drivers in DTM:

Nicola Larini
Gabrielle Tarquini
Jean Alesi
Paul di Resta
Christijan Albers
Timo Glock
Ralf Schumacher
Alessandro Nannini
Juan Montoya
Volker Weidler
Bernd Schneider
Manfred Winkelhock
Markus Winkelhock
Mika Hakkinen
David Coulthard
Roberto Merhi
Emanuelle Pirro
Allan McNish
Christian Danner
Vitaly Petrov
Heinz Haraldt Frentzen
Emanuelle Naspeti
Yannick Dalmas
Derek Warwick
Gianni Morbidelli
Alex Zanardi

The only ones straight from head...

Post by **Miguel98** » 08 Dec 2015, 09:16

From the answers now..

Petoli has got 26 names, Axel 24 and Wafflecat and novitopoli 5 each.

So, petoli gets it!

Full List:
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Manfred Winkelhock
Lella Lombardi
Gerhard Berger
Bernd Schneider
Eric van der Poele
Johnnny Cecotto
Christian Danner
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Karl Wendlinger
Volker Weidler
Roland Ratzenberger
Emanuele Pirro
Jacques Laffite
Allen Berg
Keke Rosberg
Olivier Grouillard
Nicola Larini
Alessandro Nannini
Stefano Modena
Michael Bartels
Yannick Dalmas
Michele Alboreto
Alexander Wurz
Juan Pablo Montoya
Gabriele Tarquini
Giancarlo Fisichella
Jan Magnussen
JJ Lehto
Danny Sullivan
Pedro Lamy
Christijan Albers
Nicolas Kiesa
Jean Alesi
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Mika Häkkinen
Allan McNish
Paul di Resta
Ralf Schumacher
Markus Winkelhock
David Coulthard
Roberto Mehri
Vitaly Petrov
Timo Glock

Don't think I forgot none..

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 08 Dec 2015, 10:36

You missed Joachim Winklehock

Post by **Bobby Doorknobs** » 08 Dec 2015, 10:39

FullMetalJack wrote:You missed Joachim Winklehock

I'm also pretty sure I saw Dieter Quester and Giorgio Francia's names while looking for some of the answers myself. But before this descends into further chaos I think it best that we move on, so Peteroli, you're up.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 08 Dec 2015, 11:03

Simtek wrote:I'm also pretty sure I saw Dieter Quester and Giorgio Francia's names while looking for some of the answers myself. But before this descends into further chaos I think it best that we move on, so Peteroli, you're up.

Alright then

What was the First GP to be started by Lights rather then by Flags?

Post by **Miguel98** » 08 Dec 2015, 12:01

The 1978 Italian Grand Prix?

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 09 Dec 2015, 04:16

Pretty sure it was the British GP. I'll say in 1974.

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 09 Dec 2015, 05:01

1973 Spanish GP?

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 09 Dec 2015, 12:18

I think I know this. Maybe.

I think it was a race at Charade circuit if I remember correctly…

1972 French Grand Prix?

Post by **tommykl** » 09 Dec 2015, 12:23

I, meanwhile, think it may have been Paul Ricard, so I'll guess the French GP in 1971.

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 09 Dec 2015, 20:11

It was Pescara. The guy who was supposed to keep the green and Italian flags safe lost them, and didn't realise it until he needed one for the race start. Fortunately, a spectator happened to have a torch on him, and that was turned on to start the race.

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 10 Dec 2015, 11:34

So its been 48 hours since i asked the question. Unfortunatly noone has got the correct awnser. Which is the 1975 British GP. AdrianSutil was the closest so i declare him the winner