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Formula One Timeline Trivia Quiz

A quiz about the history of Formula One: From 1950 to 1978.

A multiple-choice quiz by tmsmyth14. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tmsmyth14

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
134,416

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. 1950: Which car did 1950 World Champion Giuseppe Farina drive in his championship winning year? Hint

Ferrari

Talbot

Maserati

Alfa

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Question 2 of 15

2. 1952: What car did Mike Hawthorn drive in the 1952 world championship, in which he finished joint 4th with Rudi Fischer? Hint

Ferrari

Cooper

Maserati

Gordini

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Question 3 of 15

3. 1954: Which of the following drivers never raced in the all dominating Mercedes W196? Hint

Juan Manuel Fangio

Hans Hermann

Karl Kling

Maurice Trintignant

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Question 4 of 15

4. 1956: Which driver finished 2nd in the 1956 world championship, driving a Maserati? Hint

Juan Manuel Fangio

Peter Collins

Stirling Moss

Jean Behra

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Question 5 of 15

5. 1958: Which driver retired from the Portuguese Grand Prix when running second, allowing Hawthorn to finish in 2nd place and claim the world title? Hint

Jean Behra

Stirling Moss

Tony Brooks

Stuart Lewis-Evans

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Question 6 of 15

6. 1960: Which driver switched from a Cooper to a Lotus car mid-season in 1960, finishing 3rd in the drivers championship? Hint

Stirling Moss

Innes Ireland

Bruce McLaren

Phil Hill

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Question 7 of 15

7. 1962: Which driver scored his only points of the season in the first race in 1962, with a promising 2nd place in Zandvoort? Hint

Dan Gurney

Bruce McLaren

Trevor Taylor

Richie Ginther

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Question 8 of 15

8. 1964: What team did Graham Hill drive for in 1964, finishing 2nd in the championship? Hint

Ferrari

Lotus

BRM

Cooper

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Question 9 of 15

9. 1966: What was special about the world champion of 1966? Hint

He only won 2 races that year.

He was the first non-European champion.

He won driving his own car.

He was the only driver with a 5 litre engine.

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Question 10 of 15

10. 1968: What nationality was Jacky Ickx? (He finished 4th in 1968.) Hint

Dutch

Japanese

Belgian

Swedish

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Question 11 of 15

11. 1970: What was significant about Jochen Rindt's victory at the Monaco GP 1970? Hint

His was the only car still running at the finish.

He took the lead at the last corner of the race.

He only had three wheels after a last lap accident.

His engine blew as he crossed the line.

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Question 12 of 15

12. 1972: Which BRM driver won the Monaco GP of 1972? Hint

Denny Hulme

Jean-Pierre Beltoise

Jacky Ickx

Mike Hailwood

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Question 13 of 15

13. 1974: Which sponsor first backed McLaren in 1974, and continued to sponsor McLaren for 23 years? Hint

Marlboro

TAG

Texaco

Brembo

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Question 14 of 15

14. 1976: James Hunt was 1976 world champion in a season that went down to the very last race. How many points did Hunt lead over Lauda? Hint

0.5

0 - Hunt won the championship with the most amount of wins

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Question 15 of 15

15. 1978: Which Lotus driver died the morning after a huge accident at Monza 1978? Hint

Patrick Depailler

Ronnie Peterson

Gilles Villeneuve

Jacques Laffite

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 1950: Which car did 1950 World Champion Giuseppe Farina drive in his championship winning year?

Answer: Alfa

The top three drivers that year all drove Alfas: Farina, Fangio and Fagioli.

2. 1952: What car did Mike Hawthorn drive in the 1952 world championship, in which he finished joint 4th with Rudi Fischer?

Answer: Cooper

Having impressed everyone in the underpowered Cooper that year, Hawthorn was offered a seat in the 1953 Ferrari. Fischer drove for Ferrari in the '52 season.

3. 1954: Which of the following drivers never raced in the all dominating Mercedes W196?

Answer: Maurice Trintignant

Mercedes dominated 1954, with Fangio winning the championship easily. However Karl Kling and Hans Hermann did not impress, finishing 5th and 6th respectively in the championship. Trintignant finished in fourth place, driving a Ferrari.

4. 1956: Which driver finished 2nd in the 1956 world championship, driving a Maserati?

Answer: Stirling Moss

Moss finsished 2nd in 1955, 1956, 1957 and 1958. He also finished 3rd in 1959, 1960 and 1961. He never became world champion!

5. 1958: Which driver retired from the Portuguese Grand Prix when running second, allowing Hawthorn to finish in 2nd place and claim the world title?

Answer: Tony Brooks

Stirling Moss won the Portugese event, but Hawthorn finished 2nd, enabling him to win the championship with more points. Brooks finished 3rd in the championship driving a Vanwall.

6. 1960: Which driver switched from a Cooper to a Lotus car mid-season in 1960, finishing 3rd in the drivers championship?

Answer: Stirling Moss

Stirling Moss began the year in an old Cooper, before getting the new Lotus.

7. 1962: Which driver scored his only points of the season in the first race in 1962, with a promising 2nd place in Zandvoort?

Answer: Trevor Taylor

The winner of that race was Graham Hill, who went on to win that season's championship driving a BRM.

8. 1964: What team did Graham Hill drive for in 1964, finishing 2nd in the championship?

Answer: BRM

BRM finished 2nd in the constructors standings that year with 42 points to Ferrari's 45. (At that time, only the best-placed driver for each team counted toward the constructors' total for each event AND only the best six finishes counted. Hill contributed 36 points to the total, whilst team mate Richie Ginther added 6 for his second place in Austria, behind Ferrari's Bandini.)

9. 1966: What was special about the world champion of 1966?

Answer: He won driving his own car.

Jack Brabham was the first driver to win a drivers' title in his own car. Bruce McLaren won a race in his own car, but not a championship.

10. 1968: What nationality was Jacky Ickx? (He finished 4th in 1968.)

Answer: Belgian

He was Ferrari's leading driver that year, his teammate was Chris Amon.

11. 1970: What was significant about Jochen Rindt's victory at the Monaco GP 1970?

Answer: He took the lead at the last corner of the race.

Jack Brabham led most of the Monaco GP, but he slid off at the last corner, allowing Rindt to win.

12. 1972: Which BRM driver won the Monaco GP of 1972?

Answer: Jean-Pierre Beltoise

The race was very wet, Beltoise had been lucky. It turned out to be BRM's last victory of the 20th century.

13. 1974: Which sponsor first backed McLaren in 1974, and continued to sponsor McLaren for 23 years?

Answer: Marlboro

Marlboro finally left McLaren at the end of 1996, and focused most of its funding on Ferrari.

14. 1976: James Hunt was 1976 world champion in a season that went down to the very last race. How many points did Hunt lead over Lauda?

Answer: 1

Lauda looked set to be world champion again that year, but a horrific accident at the Nurburgring forced him to retire from that race. Incredibly he was back only weeks later to finish fourth at Monza. In the final race of the season, in Japan, Lauda pulled out because he believed the conditions were unsafe. Hunt finished third in that race and secured the championship.

15. 1978: Which Lotus driver died the morning after a huge accident at Monza 1978?

Answer: Ronnie Peterson

Ronnie Peterson was battling with Mario Andretti for the title, but his death meant Andretti was a clear leader of the championship.

Source: Author tmsmyth14

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