The Answers1
M2
R3 Who was the F1 drivers champion in the year 2000?
Michael Schumacher
4 Who won the Australian GP in 1995?
Damon Hill
5
A6 Who was the last driver to win a World Championship during the turbo era in a non-turbo car? Keke
Rosberg
7 Who were McLaren Mercedes main sponsors before West?
Marlboro
8 What is celebrated in Rio the day before Ash Wednesday?
Mardi Gras
9 Who was the Williams test driver in 2001?
Marc Gene
10 Who won BRM's last ever Grand Prix? Jean-Pierre Beltois
e11 What part is considered the "brain" of the engine? Cam
shaft
12 In 1963 how many points would a driver score for first position?
Nine
13 Which team won every GP in a season apart from the U.S. because they decided not to race? Alfa
Romeo
14 Arriving in Argentina in the Early Cretaceous period, you see a group of long necked dinosaurs eating leaves. You notice peg shaped teeth in its mouth and each one has two rows of long spines running along its neck, back and tail. What are these dinosaurs? Amargasau
rus
15 Look carefully at these letters. H, M,
R ,T, V, X. (The odd one out is R, all the others look the same in a mirror).
16 Name the driver? (picture question) Willy Maires
se
17 Which F1 driver was first called, "The Flying Finn"? Leo K
innunen
18 How many seasons did Bruce Mclaren drive for Cooper? = 8 How many Grand Prix did Michele Alboreto win while at Tyrrell? = 2 How many Grand Prix starts did John Love make outside of his home country? = 0 8-2+0= Si
x19 In which year was the ACF formed? = 1895. How many main sponsors did the Lotus team have between 1968 and 1990? = 5. 1895-5=1890 (Eighteen ninet
y)
20 This driver had a stint as the drummer for ABBA, he also drove for ATS and Tyrrell. What was his best career finish? = 6. 6th letter of the alphabet =
F21 Name the corner at the old Nurburgring that almost claimed the life of Niki Lauda. Berg
werk
22 Which F1 driver had the nickname ‘Nino’? Giuseppe Farin
a23 Which driver became the first man to win world championships on both 2 and 4 wheels? J
ohn Surtees
24 Three tracks have hosted the Belgian GP, Spa and Nivelles are two but can you name the other one?
Zolder
In short you would have had the following letters:
M,R,M,D,A,R,M,M,M,E,S,N,R,R,R,S,I,X,Y,F,W,A,O,Z
Rearranged into:
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Well done Sluggs