F1 Drivers A-D Trivia

1. In which autonomous community of Spain was Fernando Alonso born?

From Quiz Fernando Alonso

Answer: Asturias

Fernando Alonso was born in Oviedo, capital of the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. Some fans can be recognized by the distinctive blue-with-yellow-cross shirts they wear, referring to the colours of the Asturian flag. Galicia and Andalusia are 2 of the 16 other autonomous communities of Spain. Galicia borders Asturias. Both lie in northwestern Spain. Andalusia lies in the south of Spain. Faro is a district of Portugal.

From Quiz Luca Badoer

Answer: Scuderia Italia

Badoer won the Formula 3000 title in 1992 and moved to Formula One as a teammate to veteran Michele Alboreto. Badoer's rookie season ended up with 2 DNQ's, six retirements, and a just missing out on points with a seventh at San Marino. Despite Ferrari power, Scuderia Italia struggled with an uncompetitive Lola chassis.

From Quiz Andrea de Cesaris

Answer: 1

De Cesaris had made his Formula One debut in 1980 for the Alfa Romeo squad, before his Marlboro connections bought him a ride at McLaren in 1981. His wild reputation was cemented in these early years, as he failed to finish six out of 14 races in his first full season due to his wild antics. He was shown the door by McLaren at the end of the season after only scoring one points thanks to a 6th place at Imola.

From Quiz Jenson Button

Answer: 1980

Jenson was born on 19th January 1980; he lived in Frome Somerset, but later moved to Monte Carlo.

From Quiz Jean Alesi

Answer: France 1989

Jean Alesi made his debut mid way through the 1989 season at Paul Ricard in France.

From Quiz Michele Alboreto

Answer: Tyrrell

Michele impressed Ken Tyrell with a one-off drive at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1981 and snapped him up until 1983.

From Quiz Jim Clark

Answer: March 4th, 1936

James Clark was born on March 4th, 1936 to a farming family in Kilmany, Fifeshire, Scotland.

From Quiz Fernando Alonso

Answer: Father: mechanic - mother: employee in a department store

Fernando is of humble origins!

From Quiz Andrea de Cesaris

Answer: Monaco

In a race of high attrition, de Cesaris scored his first Formula One podium with a third place at Monaco, but could have won the race had he not run out of fuel. He also took his first pole position at Long Beach earlier in the year, but further dented his reputation by crashing while in the lead.

From Quiz Jenson Button

Answer: Prost

Rated as one of the best kart racers in the world throughout the mid-1990s, Jenson went on to progress through Formula Ford and Formula Three and was then offered a test in a Formula One Prost at the end of 1999.

From Quiz Jean Alesi

Answer: Tyrrell

Jean drove for Tyrrell for the remainder of the 1989 season and for the 1990 season.

From Quiz Michele Alboreto

Answer: Caesar's Palace

Alboreto won but the headlines were grabbed by Keke Rosberg who finished 5th to claim the title.

From Quiz Jim Clark

Answer: Mercedes-Benz CL500

Jimmy joined the Border Reviers' team in 1958 after impressing in hillclimb events in 1957. He won 12 races with the D-Type and had many successes with the Lotus Elite between 1958 and 1962.

From Quiz Fernando Alonso

Answer: Playing card tricks

Fernando says the two most important gifts he got during his childhood are a kart and a magic box. His ex-wife, Raquel del Rosario, sings in a pop/rock band called El Sueño de Morfeo. Jarno Trulli, his teammate from 2002-2004, owns a vineyard.

From Quiz Luca Badoer

Answer: 8th

Badoer finish eighth at Canada and Hungary. Martini retired nine races into the season and was replaced with Portuguese pay driver Pedro Lamy, who would later finish sixth at Australia to become the first F1 driver from that country to score a point.

From Quiz Andrea de Cesaris

Answer: 15

In de Cesaris' best season to date, he scored two excellent second places in Germany and South Africa. In fact, de Cesaris proved his reputation was not entirely fair with numerous excellent performances, and if not for awful unreliability, may have won at Spa-Francorchamps had his car not failed with the Italian well out in the lead. de Cesaris eventually ended the year 8th overall with 15 points.

From Quiz Jenson Button

Answer: One

After one explosive debut season with Williams, Jenson was released to the Benetton-Renault team for following year.

From Quiz Jean Alesi

Answer: Ayrton Senna

In one of the most exciting moments of the season, Jean was passed by Ayrton Senna only to re-pass him into the lead. Ayrton won the race with Alesi second.

From Quiz Michele Alboreto

Answer: Ferrari

Michele joined Rene Arnoux at Marenello, the headquarters of Ferrari and won on only his 3rd outing at Zolder.

From Quiz Jim Clark

Answer: Lotus

Jimmy joined Lotus in 1960 after taking an offer from Colin Chapman, the designer of Lotus cars. Jimmy would never drive anything else in F1 besides a Lotus.

From Quiz Fernando Alonso

Answer: 7

Fernando had a rather unremarkable start to his first and only F3000 season. Only in the seventh race at the Österreichring did he score his first point, by finishing sixth. He made up for this poor start by finishing second in the penultimate race (Hungary)and winning the last race in impressive style at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium). This earned him fourth place in the championship, enough to graduate into F1.

From Quiz Luca Badoer

Answer: Two

Badoer was teammate to Andrea Montermini, the runner-up for the 1992 F3000 title that Badoer won. Forti was one of a number of teams that struggled to make and complete races in the 1990s. The team ran afoul of the 107% rule, where a driver's qualifying time had to be within 107% of the pole in order to race. Badoer finished 10th at San Marino, 11th at Brazil, retired four times, and failed to qualify for four races.

From Quiz Andrea de Cesaris

Answer: 3

Despite being equipped with powerful Renault turbo engines, de Cesaris could not muster up the results of his 1983 season, despite several promising drives. A 5th in South Africa and a 6th at Imola were the only notable results of 1983 for de Ceasris.

From Quiz Jenson Button

Answer: Giancarlo Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella was Jenson's teammate at Benetton-Renault. He outperformed Jenson, who struggled with the handling of his car.

From Quiz Michele Alboreto

Answer: 1985

A pair of wins in Canada and Germany assisted Alboreto to 2nd behind Alain Prost.

From Quiz Jim Clark

Answer: Zandvoort

Chapman was planning on only racing Jimmy in Formula Junior events in 1960, but when realising he had a major star on his hands, almost immediately Jimmy was given a seat in the F1 squad. Jimmy would impress by running a spectacular fifth on his debut only for him to retire with gearbox problems.

From Quiz Fernando Alonso

Answer: Minardi

His debut season was 2001. Minardi competed in F1 from 1985 until 2005 when it was sold to Red Bull. The team then was renamed Scuderia Toro Rosso. Although a traditional tailender Minardi gave several talented drivers such as Alonso, Mark Webber and Giancarlo Fisichella a chance to set their first steps into F1. Alonso raced for McLaren in 2007.

From Quiz Luca Badoer

Answer: Argentina

Badoer collided with the Ligier of Pedro Diniz on lap 24. The marshals were criticised for not helping Badoer fast enough. Diniz had raced for Forti the season before and the Brazilian son of a supermarket magnate took his family's sponsorship dollars with him and that pretty much caused the collapse of Forti.

From Quiz Andrea de Cesaris

Answer: Osterreichring

de Cesaris scored a brilliant fourth at Monaco early in the season, but from then on results tailed off as the Ligier was woefully uncompetitive. At the Austrian Grand Prix, de Cesaris crashed out, with his car digging into an earth bank and the car tipping end over end. After the next Grand Prix in Holland, de Cesaris was sacked.

From Quiz Jenson Button

Answer: 2003

Jenson switched to BAR in 2003. He partnered 1997 champion Jacques Villeneuve.

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