| Author | Message | ||
| Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Member Username: Ferraristuff Post Number: 883 Registered: 4-2003 |
On the oldest champion, Jeff is right. Brabham clinched his final championship in 1966 when he was 40. Fangio took his last title in 1957 when he was 46 years old. Jack | ||
| Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Member Username: Ferraristuff Post Number: 882 Registered: 4-2003 |
The official word is that during the 1980 British GP, both Desire Wilson and Rupert Keegan were entered with a Williams FW07. Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann were entered as driving a Williams FW07B, the evolution version of the "normal" FW07. Wilson did indeed not qualify for the race, being some 5.3 secs off Didier Pironi's pole time. Keegan qualfied 18th, Reutemann 4th and Jones 3rd. Jones won, Piquet 2nd and Reutemann 3rd. Keegan ended up in 11th spot, 3 laps behind Jones. Jack | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Intermediate Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 1619 Registered: 10-2002 |
Jeff and PSK, you're both kinda right:  Desiree crashed in practice and didn't qualify for the GP.  Here the grid. No Desiree, but Rupert made it. Look where Gilles ended up, yikes!  Rupert at the GP. I like their main sponsor, hehe.  The cars were clones off the Williams FW07, which surprised me as there is a firm rule in F1, that you must build your own chassis. Sounds like it was an exception made just for the British GP. | ||
| PSk (Psk)
Member Username: Psk Post Number: 798 Registered: 11-2002 |
Jeff, I actually mis read the question ... I thought it said won 1 GP ... and then I really dropped the ball with the nationality. As for the 1980 British GP, I checked the starting list ... maybe there were 4 Williams's. Good point about question 9), I assume it meant any GP. Owe well. Pete | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 464 Registered: 12-2002 |
Question 3) Rupert Keegan also drove an FW07 at this event. Question 6) I think Fangio was older than Brabham Question 8) OOPS! Montoya isn't Brazilian, you forgot Ruebens. Question 9) Are you talking about GP's in general or one particular event? Senna? Clark? I don't know. | ||
| PSk (Psk)
Member Username: Psk Post Number: 796 Registered: 11-2002 |
1) Amon AF1 - Chris Amons team. 2) Torsion bar. 3) Desire Wilson. 4) Only 18. 5) Maurice Trintignant. 6) Jack Brabham. 7) Monza 2000 going towards the 180 degree corner before the start (cannot remember the corners name, but it might be the Parabola). 8) Carlos Pace and ofcourse Montoya. 9) Schumacher with 9 (last 4 of 2000 and first 5 GPs of 2001). 10) Moises Solana. Pete | ||
| Jack (Gilles27)
Intermediate Member Username: Gilles27 Post Number: 1204 Registered: 3-2002 |
These 10 questions are proudly lifted from this month's F1 magazine. The first person to correctly answer all 10 will become the proud owner of "Bragging Rights" for exactly one (1) month! Ready, go... 1) Which marque's Formula One car had the type number AF1? 2) What type of suspension did the 1970 Lotus 72 use? 3) Besides Alan Jones and Carlos Reutemann, who else drove Williams FW07s at the 1980 British Grand Prix meeting? 4) During his F1 career, how many Grands Prix did Mika Hakkinen win? 5) Which driver's nickname was 'Le Petoulet' (rat droppings)? 6) Who was the oldest driver ever to win a World Championship Grand Prix? 7) When and where did Jenson Button crash during a restart in which cars in front of him had to slow very suddenly? 8) Name two Brazilians to have won Grands Prix but not the World Championship. 9) Which driver holds the record for the most consecutive pole positions at a Grand Prix? 10) Who drove a third works Lotus in the 1967 Mexican Grand Prix? |