F1 Fathers and Sons Trivia Quiz

Answer: Mario & Michael Andretti

Mario Andretti became the second American to win an F1 world title when he clinched the 1978 championship with a sixth-place finish at the Italian Grand Prix (an achievement that he was unable to celebrate directly after his friend and team-mate Ronnie Peterson suffered a fatal accident in the early stages of the race). His F1 world championship title and 12 F1 victories made up only a small part of his motor-racing success; he was also a four-time IndyCar champion (winning races in four different decades) and a winner of both the Daytona 500 (in 1967) and Indianapolis 500 (in 1969).

Mario's eldest son Michael also competed in F1, but had a difficult single season with McLaren in 1993. He crashed out of his first four races and was regularly out-qualified (and sometimes even lapped) by his team-mate Ayrton Senna. In the end, McLaren replaced him shortly before the end of the season with future-world champion Mika Hakkinen. However, like his father he had success in other racing categories; he was the 1991 CART champion and won over 40 CART races during his career.

Answer: Manfred & Markus Winkelhock

Manfred and Markus Winkelhock likely wouldn't feature on most people's lists of famous German F1 drivers, but they were the first German father and son to both compete in the championship era. Manfred made his F1 debut for ATS at the 1982 South African Grand Prix (although he had previously failed to pre-qualify at the 1980 Italian Grand Prix) and drove for the team for three before competing in a one-off race for Brabham at the end of 1984. He had joined RAM Racing for the 1985 season but was only able to compete in eight races for them before his death in a World Endurance Championship race at the Mosport Park track in Canada. His only F1 points (two, for fifth place) were scored in the second race of his career at the 1982 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Markus Winkelhock had a one-off drive for the back-of-the-grid Spyker team at the 2007 European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring. A brilliant strategy call saw him start the race on wet tyres and move up from last place to first when everyone else was eventually forced to pit for them. He held onto first place until the race was red-flagged due to the dangerous conditions, but lost out on the restart and eventually retired with a mechanical problem on lap 15.

Answer: Graham & Damon Hill

Graham Hill was the first person to achieve motorsport's unofficial "Triple Crown" - winning the Monaco Grand Prix, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Indianapolis 500. He won the first of his two world championship titles in 1962 with the BRM team; his four race wins and a second place finish saw him comfortably defeat his countryman (and future champion) Jim Clark. His second title came in 1968 after he had moved to the Lotus team. This title win was particularly poignant as Clark (by then his team-mate) had been killed earlier in the year. In total, Hill won 14 grands prix - which included five at the Monaco event, a record number that stood until Ayrton Senna claimed his sixth Monaco win in 1993.

Graham's son Damon Hill became the first son of an F1 world champion to win one himself when he took victory at the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix in 1996. His victory came after he had finished as the runner-up to Michael Schumacher for the previous two years (and suffered a particularly close and controversial defeat in 1994) and after his team, Williams, had already decided not to re-sign him for the following year. As a result, in 1997 Hill had to defend his title with the much smaller (and less successful) Arrows team - but even then he very nearly managed to win a race! He then raced with the Jordan team for the final two years of his career, taking the team's first win (and his last) at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix.

Answer: Satoru & Kazuki Nakajima

Satoru Nakajima made his F1 debut for the Lotus team in 1987 at the relatively old age of 34. He managed four point-scoring finishes that year, including his fourth place at the British Grand Prix. However, his team-mate, Ayrton Senna, took the same car to two race wins, six other podium finishes and third place in the world championship. The gulf in class between the two drivers was glaring. Nakajima continued with Lotus for two further, largely unsuccessful, seasons and then had two similar seasons with Tyrrell before leaving F1. He also founded his own motorsports team, Nakajima Racing, that has had considerable success in Japanese series such as the Super Formula (formerly known as Formula Nippon).

Satoru's son Kazuki spent two years in F1 with the Williams team in 2008 and 2009 - a period during which they raced with Toyota engines. He had a handful of points finishes in 2008 but ended the 2009 season with no points at all and was dropped at the end of the year. After leaving F1, he won Formula Nippon titles in 2012 and 2014 and competed with Toyota in the World Endurance Championship, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Buemi in 2018.

Answer: Jack & David Brabham

Jack Brabham was a legendary name in F1 as both a triple world champion and as the founder of the Brabham team. Over the years, that outfit won two F1 constructors' titles and powered Brabham himself, Denny Hulme and Nelson Piquet to a total of four drivers' titles. His three championship victories came in 1959, 1960 and 1966 and it was the last of those that he won while competing for his own team. His F1 driving career lasted from 1955 to 1970 and he won races in three decades with his first coming at the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix and his last at the 1970 South African Grand Prix.

David Brabham, Jack's youngest son, entered F1 with the Brabham team in 1990, although by this point the team was no longer owned by this father. However, he failed to qualify on six occasions and had only one finish - in 15th place. He was dropped at the end of the year and didn't return to F1 until he secured a seat at Simtek (which was partly owned by his father) in 1994. He didn't have much more success that year than on his first attempt, but was at least more fortunate than his team-mate Roland Ratzenberger, who was killed the day before Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. David did have more success in his post-F1 motor racing career and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Peugeot in 2009.

Answer: Jan & Kevin Magnussen

Jan Magnussen made his F1 debut at the 1995 Pacific Grand Prix as a one-off replacement for McLaren's main driver, Mika Hakkinen. He made his full-time debut with the Stewart team in 1997, but had little success as the car proved to be thoroughly unreliable (although his team-mate, Rubens Barrichello, did manage a podium finish). He returned for the 1998 season but was dropped after seven races - the last of those being, ironically, the first time he managed to score an F1 point. His replacement was Jos Verstappen - another F1 driver with an F1 driver son.

Kevin Magnussen also made his F1 debut with McLaren, but in contrast to his father, his stint with the team was a full-time drive. He finished on the podium in his first ever race at the 2014 Australian Grand Prix, but the McLaren ultimately proved to be uncompetitive and the remainder of his results were largely minor points finishes. The return of Fernando Alonso to the team in 2015 meant Magnussen was demoted to test driver for the 2015 season and he then left the team for Renault in 2016 and then Haas in 2017.

Answer: Keke & Nico Rosberg

Keke and Nico Rosberg became the second father and son F1 drivers to both win a world championship title when Nico clinched his in 2016 (after two seasons where he had finished as runner-up to his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton). They were also the first father and son F1 drivers to represent different countries - Keke Rosberg became the first Finnish champion in 1982, but his son chose to compete for Germany as he had been born in that country to a German mother.

Keke Rosberg raced in F1 for a variety of teams between 1978 until 1986, but won his only world championship title with the Williams team. It was a particularly close-fought battle that year as 11 different drivers won at least one race and nobody won more than two. Rosberg took the title thanks to consistency across the season and the fact he managed five other podium finishes. By contrast, his son Nico won nine of the 21 races held in 2016, while Lewis Hamilton took 10 and the two Red Bull drivers (Verstappen and Ricciardo) managed one each. Having eventually achieved his dream of being world champion after 11 seasons in the sport, Rosberg shocked everyone by almost immediately announcing his retirement.

Answer: Gilles & Jacques Villeneuve

Canadian Gilles Villeneuve was one of the greatest F1 drivers never to win the world championship. With the exception of his debut race at 1977 British Grand Prix in an old McLaren, Villeneuve drove for the Ferrari team for his whole career. The statistics show that he took six wins and finished as the runner-up in the 1979 world championship, but these facts do not do full justice to the depth of his talent or the potential that was cut short by his tragic death while qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix. The Circuit Ile Notre-Dame in Montreal, home of the Canadian Grand Prix, was renamed the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in his honour.

Jacques Villeneuve entered F1 in 1996 with Williams as the reigning CART champion, so it shouldn't be surprising that he is one of the most successful F1 "rookies" of all time. He won four races in his first season, finishing as the runner-up in the world championship to his team-mate, Damon Hill. He then took the title himself in 1997. Williams' competitiveness faded over the following season and Villeneuve was unable to mount a strong defence of his title. He moved to the new BAR team for 1999 and then later to Renault and Sauber, but wasn't able to win another race before his retirement from the sport in 2006.

Answer: Nelson & Nelson Piquet

Nelson Piquet Sr., who was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1952, won the F1 world championship in 1981, 1983 and 1987. His first two titles came with the Brabham team and the last one after his move to Williams in 1986. He also finished the season as the runner-up in 1990 and in third place in 1986 and 1990. In total, he drove for six different teams during his 14 seasons in the sport and took 23 grand prix victories.

Nelson Piquet Jr. joined Renault as a test driver in 2007 and was promoted to a full time race seat for 2008 as team-mate to double world champion Fernando Alonso. He had a difficult season, with his team publicly criticising his performances and demanding improvement. He was unable to match Alonso's achievements in the sister car and scored just four points finishes (and a best result of fourth place) in the whole of the 2008 season. Somewhat surprisingly he was retained by Renault for 2009 but was sacked mid-season and replaced by Romain Grosjean. It was Piquet's sacking that brought to light one of the biggest scandals in F1 history - afterwards Piquet informed the FIA that his team had ordered him to deliberately crash at the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix in order to bring out the safety car and give his team-mate a race-winning advantage. The subsequent investigation led to the Renault team bosses Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds being given lengthy bans from motorsport and left Piquet's dreams of following in his father's footsteps and winning a world championship in tatters.

Answer: Jos & Max Verstappen

Jos Verstappen (full name Johannes Franciscus Verstappen) had a lengthy F1 career between 1994 and 2003 but mostly drove for back of the grid teams and retired from just over half of the 106 races he competed in. His best results - two consecutive third-place finishes - came at the Hungarian and Belgian Grands Prix in his debut season - the one year when he had a car capable of challenging for race wins and championship titles (his team-mate Michael Schumacher managed to win both in the sister car).

Max Verstappen became the youngest F1 driver in history when he competed in the 2015 Australian Grand Prix at the age of 17 years and 166 days. He made his debut with the Toro Rosso team after being signed up as a Red Bull junior driver. He was then promoted to the main Red Bull team when he swapped seats with Daniil Kvyat just five races into the 2016 season. The somewhat controversial decision was justified when Verstappen won his first race for Red Bull (the Spanish Grand Prix) and in the process also set a new record for the youngest F1 Grand Prix winner of 18 years and 228 days - meaning that he was only just old enough to drink the champagne that was sprayed around on the podium!