Motorsportnerd's Motorsport Quiz

[motorsportnerd]

A new set of ten questions:

Formula One
1. Who was the 1993 World Champion?
2. Who was the 1978 World Champion?
3. Name the two Australians who have won the World Championship?
4. Prior to Michael Schumacher, who was the last Ferrari World Champion and in which year?
5. Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and Benneton have dominated the results for the drivers world championship for some time now. Who was the last driver to win a World Championship for a team other than these four and which year?

Bathurst 1000
6. Name all the drivers NOT born in Australia who have won the Bathurst 1000? By my calculations there are 12 drivers who weren't born in Australia who have won the Bathurst 1000. They comprise 1 Finn, 1 Belgian, 1 Canadian, 1 German, 1 Swede, 1 Czech, 3 British and 3 Kiwi drivers.

7. A further 3 drivers not born in Australia should have been winners, but they were disqualified from the number 1 slot after the race. This happened in 1987 and 1997. Who were the three drivers (1 kiwi, 1 Brit, 1 Belgian)?

8. Name all the manufacturers which have won Bathurst 1000s (and their predecessor - the Bathurst 500 and Armstrong 500) since the first race in 1960? There are 9 manufacturers.

9. Name the only Japanese car to win the Bathurst 1000, and which years?

10. What is the best place achieved by Paul Radicish in the Bathurst 1000, and how many times has he achieved this place?

[byronleehk]

1. -- Alain Prost

2. --Mario Andretti

4.--1983 Rene Arnoux & Patrick Tambay

5. --1978 Lotus-Ford

9. --Nissan Skyline R32 GTR, 1991 & 1992

[EvilPaladin]

#1 - Alain Prost

#2 - Mario Andretti

#3 - Jack Brabham and Alan Jones

#4 - Jody Scheckter in 1979

#5 - Nelson Piquet in 1983 with a Brabham


I don't know much about Bathurst 1000.

[Ferrari Tifosi]

8. Vauxhall, Mercedes, Ford, Holden, Morris Cooper, Jaguar, BMW, Volvo, and Nissan

[motorsportnerd]

1. Who was the 1993 World Champion?
Alain Prost, Williams Renault.

2. Who was the 1978 World Champion?
Mario Andretti, Lotus

3. Name the two Australians who have won the World Championship?
Sir Jack Brabham, 1959, 60 & 66; Alan Jones 1980.

Both byronleehk and EvilPaladin got the answers to those questions.


4. Prior to Michael Schumacher, who was the last Ferrari World Champion and in which year?
Badly phrased question, sorry. Should have said, "prior to Michael Schumacher, who was Ferrari's last World Drivers Champion?
The answer is Jody Scheckter in 1979. Well done EvilPaladin
byronleehk suggested 1983, but Ferrari won the Constructors title in 1983, not the drivers title, sorry.

5. Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and Benneton have dominated the results for the drivers world championship for some time now. Who was the last driver to win a World Championship for a team other than these four and which year?
Answer: 1983 Nelson Piquet, Brabham. Well done EvilPaladin.

8. Name all the manufacturers which have won Bathurst 1000s (and their predecessor - the Bathurst 500 and Armstrong 500) since the first race in 1960? There are 9 manufacturers.
Answer: Vauxhall, Mercedes, Ford, Morris, Holden, Jaguar, Nissan, BMW and Volvo. Well done Ferrari Tifosi.

9. Name the only Japanese car to win the Bathurst 1000, and which years?
Answer: Nissan Skyline R32 GTR 1991 & 1992. Well done byronleehk.

Questions 6 & 7 are quite difficult. Some of the drivers in question 6 are now Australian citizens. One of the British born drivers is still a prominant front runner in the V8 Supercar series. The Canadian born driver is a four time winner of the race and a Ford hero. One of the kiwis is second on the list of all time winners behind Peter Brock. The Belgian was a former Ferrari driver. The Finn is a former Monte Carlo Rally winner. This may help.

[motorsportnerd]

I'll keep the above questions open until someone answers them.

However, here's a couple of picture questions of Australian Touring Car Racing.

For the first picture, which event and year was this taken? Who are the drivers and what cars are they driving?

[motorsportnerd]

Picture question 2. Which event is this. Who are the drivers and cars at the front of the grid. Hint, the event is in NZ.

[motorsportnerd]

Picture question 3. Name the drivers and cars.

[motorsportnerd]

Picture question 4. Who were the drivers of this car and what type of car is it?

[Ferrari Tifosi]

7. Soper and Dieundonne were disqualified in 1987 for fuel irregularities, I don't know about in the 1998 race.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Question 6: The canadian is Alan Moffatt?

The dude who does the GT Radials Ad's.

PQ 4: The car is a Ford Mustang, no clue on drivers.

[motorsportnerd]

6. Name all the drivers NOT born in Australia who have won the Bathurst 1000? By my calculations there are 12 drivers who weren't born in Australia who have won the Bathurst 1000. They comprise 1 Canadian....

The Canadian driver is indeed Alan Moffat. Well done IB4R. Another 11 drivers needed...

7. A further 3 drivers not born in Australia should have been winners, but they were disqualified from the number 1 slot after the race. This happened in 1987 and 1998. Who were the three drivers (1 kiwi, 1 Brit, 1 Belgian)?
The Brit was Steve Soper. The Belgian was Pierre Dieudonne. They "won" the 1987 Bathurst 1000 in a Texaco Ford Sierra RS500. They were, indeed, disqualified for feul irregularities and for illegal wheel arches. It was the race that got away from Ford. Instead awarded to Bathurst legend Peter Brock - his ninth victory. In 1987 the Bathurst 1000 was part of the World Touring Car Championship. BMW and Ford had fought the whole year. Apparantly they had an agreement between each other to run cars that didn't strictly comply with the World Touring Car Championship Group A rules. European scrutineers took a liberal approach to the rules. The Sierras had raced with the illegal wheel arches all year. There were all sorts of rumours about what the BMW teams got away with and they were disqualified at Monza for using fibreglass bonnets...
However when the Euro teams reached Bathurst they discovered that...1st the Australian scrutineers understood the rule book and actually used it. And 2nd that the Australian teams were none to keen to be beaten in their home race by illegal cars.
It was Frank Gardner who lodged the protest against the Sierras on the grounds that the wheel arches were wider and deeper than the road cars which allowed wider wheels and tyres to be used. Gardner ran the Australian BMW team in the event. He was backed up by most of the Australian teams (the Larry Perkins Holden team, the factory Australian Nissan team and the Dick Johnson Sierra team). The European BMW teams wanted nothing to do with it.
And, although it made the European scrutineers and officials look bad, the FIA had no choice but to enforce the rules and disqualify the Eggenburger Texaco Sierras.
The result suited the patriotic crowd, who booed the foreigners who dared win their race. However, the thing is the Texaco Sierras would have won even with legal guards. Stupid...
Anyway, good work Ferrari Tifosi.

Now anyone know who the NZer was? He currently drives for Team Kiwi in the Australian V8 Supercar championship. He was disqualified from the 1997 win for driving (if you can believe this..) too many laps. He was driving for the Diet Coke BMW team in a BMW 320i Supertouring. Paul Morris was his co-driver...

[Falcon500]

Well because im bored and i forgot too yesterday i will answer it Craig Barid....the same craig baird who used to race for the team brock operation when it started in 02 and was lost in the buy out that kees wheel done....

Some interesting facts about barid is he used to race for the stone brothers and also had a shock win and then soon ended

His impressive statts also include 93-94-96-97 NZ touring car champion
91/93 NZ gran prix winner and 4th at the 97 bathurst 1000

Also he has had a reliable run in the v8 super cars this yuear in the team kiwi car....
He will also be remberd as the 1 off ATCC drive with brocky in 02 where they came 2nd last with a car that gave them driveshaft problems during the race

[Falcon500]

Picture question 3. Name the drivers and cars.

The Green Mustang is driven by Dick Johnson
The white Volvo no doubt would of been robbie Franzoviks car
And the r31 Skyline could of either been Glenn Setons or George Furys...if i rember correctly Glenn Setons first season came with the intorduction of franzovicks Volvo and the 2 team cars where identical to look at but Seto did have a few rounds off....and the white helmet makes it very hard to make a posative id...you cant see setos TOP GUN sunnies or Furys Terry Toweling hat

[motorsportnerd]

7. A further 3 drivers not born in Australia should have been winners, but they were disqualified from the number 1 slot after the race. This happened in 1987 and 1997. Who were the three drivers (1 kiwi, 1 Brit, 1 Belgian)?

Oops. The question really should have said 1997. The winning car was not excluded from the 98 Bathurst 1000.
But, yes Falc, it was Craig Baird. 1997 should have been a successful year for him 1st across the line in the Bathurst 1000 only to be disqualified. However, 4th in the Australian 1000 a couple of weeks later made up for it (remember there were two Bathurst 1000s in 1997 - so that was a trick in itself).
Apologies to anyone confused by my mixing up of 1997 and 1998.

Picture question 3. Name the drivers and cars.
Green Ford Mustang - Dick Johnson.
White Volvo 240T - Robbie Francevic.
White/blue Nissan Skyline DR30 (its not an R31 GTR) - George Fury. The way to tell it is Fury is by the racing number 30 - Fury raced with number 30, Seton with number 15.
Anyway, well done Falc.