F1 Trivia Quiz

[Wizzo]

Some are hard, some are easy, post your answers to the following questions below.


1. The first world championship was in 1950. Who won it?

2. Who won five world titles in the 1950s?

3. How many world champions did Scotland produce in the 20th century?

4. Who was the youngest world champion of the 20th Century?

5. Who won the 1980 world championship with the Williams team, which was the team's first title success?

6. Name the first world champion to come from France?

7. Name the legendary Brazilian who won three titles, in '88, '90 and '91?

8. Name the first father and son to both win the world title?

9. Who won his first ever race in 1997 and won the title the next two years running?

10. Who was the first driver to win seven world titles?

[Alianora La Canta]

1. The first world championship was in 1950. Who won it?
Guiseppe Farina (only champion to have a degree before taking the championship)

2. Who won five world titles in the 1950s?
Juan Manuel Fangio

3. How many world champions did Scotland produce in the 20th century?
2 (Clark, Stewart)

4. Who was the youngest world champion of the 20th Century?
Emerson Fittipaldi

5. Who won the 1980 world championship with the Williams team, which was the team's first title success?
Alan Jones

6. Name the first world champion to come from France?
Alain Prost

7. Name the legendary Brazilian who won three titles, in '88, '90 and '91?
Ayrton Senna

8. Name the first father and son to both win the world title?
Hill (Graham/Damon)

9. Who won his first ever race in 1997 and won the title the next two years running?
Mika Hakkinen

10. Who was the first driver to win seven world titles?
Michael Schumacher

[Steven Roy]

I agree.

[Wizzo]

The first world championship was in 1950. Who won it?
Giuseppe Farina. Born in Turin in 1906 Giuseppe was 44 when he won the title. He died in a road accident in 1966.

Who won five world titles in the 1950s?
Juan Manuel Fangio. The legendary Argentine was a master of car control. Born in 1911 his last title success came at the age of 46. He died in 1995.


How many world champions did Scotland produce in the 20th century?
2. Although there were only two Scottish world champions they shared five titles between them. Jim Clark ('63,'65) and Jackie Stewart ('69,'71,'73).


Who was the youngest world champion of the 20th Century?
Emerson Fittipaldi. Emerson was 25 when he won his first title (1972), and he raced on until a neck breaking accident while racing Indycars in 1996.


Who won the 1980 world championship with the Williams team, which was the team's first title success?
Alan Jones. Jones' title success was his only championship and started the Williams team on their way to numerous titles from there on.


Name the first world champion to come from France?
Alain Prost. Prost won a total of four titles ('85,'86,'89,'93), behind only Fangio and Schumacher. His career also gave him 51 wins.


Name the legendary Brazilian who won three titles, in '88, '90 and '91?
Ayrton Senna. Senna is a legend. His car control was second to none and his ability to get the most from a bad car was amazing. He crashed tragically in 1994 at Imola.


Name the first father and son to both win the world title?
Graham Hill and Damon Hill. Graham won the title in '62 and '68 he died in a plane crash in '75. Damon won the title in '96 with Williams.


Who won his first ever race in 1997 and won the title the next two years running?
Mika Hakkinen. Hakkinen won his first GP at Jerez in 1997 and went on to win the '98 and '99 titles back to back. He retired from F1 at the end of 2001 and was racing in DTM in 2005.


Who was the first driver to win seven world titles?
Michael Schumacher.

The four drivers listed have won an amazing 19 titles between them. There have been 55 championships up to 2005.