F1 history
Who won the F1 championship last year?
Lando Norris
In which city-state does the most famous street race (featuring a tunnel) take place?
Monaco
What was the highest number of wheels on a F1 car?
6 Wheels (The Tyrrell P34 actually raced with 6 wheels in the 70s)
Which iconic car became a worldwide legend through the Back to the Future movies, despite the actual company going bankrupt before the first film was released?
DeLorean DMC-12
This Brazilian legend won 3 titles before his tragic accident in 1994.
Ayrton Senna
What is the name of the flag waved to signal the end of the race?
Chequered Flag
Why is John Surtees special in racing?
He is the only person in history to have won World Championships on both two wheels (Motorcycles) and four wheels (F1).
Which British sports car manufacturer produced the "Esprit," the wedge-shaped car that famously transformed into a submarine in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me?
Lotus
He holds the record for the most race wins in a single season.
Max Verstappen (19 races in 2023)
This track features the famous "Eau Rouge" and "Raidillon" uphill sweep.
Spa-Francorchamps
What does "he just drove onto the grid" refer to?
Hans Heyer is the only driver to ever record a DNQ, a DNF, and a DSQ in the same race.
In 1964, Ford introduced a car at the New York World's Fair that created a whole new class of automobiles known as "Pony Cars." What was the name of this model?
The Ford Mustang
Which team won the Constructors' Championship in 2009, their only year of existence?
Brawn GP
On which track was the first-ever official Formula 1 World Championship race in 1950?
Silverstone
Who is John Watson and what did he do?
This driver holds the record for winning a race from the furthest back on the starting grid, taking victory from 22nd place in 1983.
This 1955 French masterpiece, known as the "Goddess," was the first mass-production car to feature a hydropneumatic self-leveling suspension. Name the car.
Citroën DS
Which driver won the 1982 World Championship despite winning only one race that season?
Keke Rosberg
Which current European circuit was originally designed to be a "replacement" for the Nürburgring and is the only track where the 1997 title rivals (Schumacher and Villeneuve) set identical qualifying times to the thousandth of a second?
Jerez (Circuito de Jerez, Spain)
What makes the Lotus 56B so special?
This car is the only one in F1 history to ever win a Grand Prix despite being powered by a Gas Turbine engine (jet engine technology) rather than a piston engine.
In 1899, an electric vehicle became the first car in history to break the 100 km/h (62 mph) barrier. What was the name of this torpedo-shaped record-breaker?
La Jamais Contente (meaning "The Never Satisfied")