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Year in Review - F1 2002 [1] Trivia Quiz

This quiz is on the first two races of the F1 2002 season - a season dominated (understatement?) by Ferrari!

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

Author
ace_sodium

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
107,255

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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394

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Question 1 of 10

1. The first race of the year was at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia. Who was first in Saturday's qualifying? Hint

Rubens Barrichello

J.P Montoya

Michael Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher

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Question 2 of 10

2. On Sunday's race (Australian Grand Prix), two drivers didn't complete because they were black flagged. Of course both were from the same team. Which team? Hint

Toyota Racing

Jordan Honda

B.A.R-Honda

Orange Arrows

3. At the start of the race (Australian Grand Prix), two top drivers were involved in a high speed crash. Actually, one of them bumped into the rear wheel of the other. Who were the two drivers? Hint

Barrichello & Trulli

Micheal Schumacher & Ralf

Trulli & Ralf

Barrichello & Ralf

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Question 4 of 10

4. Tom Walkinshaw of Arrows created a big controversy, when he announced that his TRW Motorsport group supported a bid by a particular company to enter F1. Which company?
Hint

Prost

Ford Motors

Phoenix Racing

Ford India

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who won the first race of the year? Hint

Ralf Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Rubens Barrichello

J.P Montoya

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Second race was at Sepang, Kuala Lumpur on March 17. Who was fastest in Saturday's Qualifying? Hint

Rubens Barrichello

Michael Schumacher

Mark Webber

J.P Montoya

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Question 7 of 10

7. At the Malaysian Grand Prix, other than Williams, which other team saw both its drivers finish in the top six? Hint

Ferrari

Sauber

Maclaren

Renault

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Question 8 of 10

8. "I can't deny this. It hurts. My expectations were of winning races and challenging for the championship. Now two races into the season, I'm focused on scoring points. We need more reliability and we need performance". Who said these lines? Hint

Eddie Jordan

Michael Schumacher

D.Coulthard

Rubens Barrichello

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Question 9 of 10

9. To punish reckless drivers, stewards were given special powers to move any racer who caused an avoidable accident to be moved back to 10 places on the grid at the next race.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix?
(Clue:It runs in the Family)

Answer: ( first name will do)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The first race of the year was at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia. Who was first in Saturday's qualifying?

Answer: Rubens Barrichello

Rubens was 0.005 seconds faster than Michael Schumacher. However, he didn't finish the race due to an accident.

2. On Sunday's race (Australian Grand Prix), two drivers didn't complete because they were black flagged. Of course both were from the same team. Which team?

Answer: Orange Arrows

The drivers were E.Bernoldi and H.H.Frentzen

3. At the start of the race (Australian Grand Prix), two top drivers were involved in a high speed crash. Actually, one of them bumped into the rear wheel of the other. Who were the two drivers?

Answer: Barrichello & Ralf

This took place at the first corner itself. Well, did I forget to mention that this incident took out no less than 8 cars from the fray.

4. Tom Walkinshaw of Arrows created a big controversy, when he announced that his TRW Motorsport group supported a bid by a particular company to enter F1. Which company?

Answer: Phoenix Racing

Walkinshaw said that his company will provide technical assistance to this (Phoenix was owned by Charles Nickerson - a friend of Walkinshaw), and they planned to use the remnants of the Prost team such as the AP04 chassis and the AP05 designs.
Well let's say the deal never worked out..(ask Bernie Ecclestone).

5. Who won the first race of the year?

Answer: Michael Schumacher

However, the hero of the race was young Australian rookie Mark Webber who secured fifth place and two points for his team :Minardi-Asiatech. Some other details about this race: Total Laps were 58 (5.272 Kilometre circuit); total race distance:305.801 Kilometres. Fastest lap was by Kimi Raikkonen who eventually finished third, in his first race for McLaren Mercedes.

6. The Second race was at Sepang, Kuala Lumpur on March 17. Who was fastest in Saturday's Qualifying?

Answer: Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher was more than 0.2 seconds faster than Montoya. However at the race, it was altogether different story as it was a Williams 1-2.

7. At the Malaysian Grand Prix, other than Williams, which other team saw both its drivers finish in the top six?

Answer: Sauber

Nick Heidfield and Felippe Massa finished 5th and 6th respectively.

Answer: D.Coulthard

DC had an engine failure in this race, while in the first race he had a gearbox problem and couldn't finish the race both times.

9. To punish reckless drivers, stewards were given special powers to move any racer who caused an avoidable accident to be moved back to 10 places on the grid at the next race.

Answer: True

It was primarily enacted after the huge pile up in the opening lap at the Australian Grand Prix.

10. Who won the Malaysian Grand Prix? (Clue:It runs in the Family)

Answer: Ralf Schumacher

Ralf was followed by Montoya and Schumacher senior.
Total Laps were 56 (5.350 Kilometres); Total race distance:308.620 kilometres. Fastest lap was by J.P Montoya.

Source: Author ace_sodium

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