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The Getting Through to Pre-Season Testing 2019 Quiz

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  1. allsaintchris.

    allsaintchris. Well-Known Member

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    Not Hawthorn
     
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    Bleh... was Aintree in '55
     
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    Alright... It's gotta be 60's and the engines were stacked flat 8s rather some v16 type affair.
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    I love his name, it wasn;t him as I'm thinking it's a brit, but w/e.
    Wolfgang von Trips
     
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    Indeed, a H16. The only one engine of this configuration to race in F1.


    And it was as hefty as it looked. Took 6 mechanics to lift it out of the truck.

    DWvbxZfkSv-wzGvgdt252Q.jpg
     
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    Featuring in The Sound of F1 Music!
     
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    Not Von Trips, he had died some years before if that helps with the era
     
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    Alrighty... Lotus!

    And I'm about to hit the road so will be out for a few hours.
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    hmm, that was...60? 61? so after that, couldn;t be Clarke, so Graham Hill?
     
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    Yep.

    So, Lotus-BRM.

    Driver, year track needed now.
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    oh, I thought it was BRM team ,not engine.
    So Clark, 64?
     
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    Clark is right. The year is close.
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    66 then, he was champ in 63&65
    And I'll go for Spa, he won a lot at Spa
     
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    yep, 1966.

    The track is in the U.S.
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    watkins glen

    Or is it a 'trick question and its the Indy 500?
     
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    No, it's the Glen.

    I think that's all of it now!
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    Clark's Lotus BRM at Watkins Glen in '66
    Over to Sarge I think.
     
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    Nicely done! I'm about to hit the road so will be gone a while. Feel free to fill in,
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    The hills are alive, with the sound of V8's.
     
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    Big Ern Lord, Master, Guru & Emperor

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    Lauda's first F1 race. year, track, team and team-mate.
     
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