The Getting Through to Pre-Season Testing 2019 Quiz

Don't forget he won the DFVs first ever race.

 

I'll go for Surtees or Hill for the win.

 

pick one then

I meant that year.

 

Hill

 

Surtees

 

Or

 

Hill, okay, which track.

 

Dunno

 

Bugger... was just about to come in with Hill.

Let's have a stab at South Africa.

 

Hmm, very apt for South Africa...........

 

Subtle

 

not Sth Africa, c'mon, it's Graham Hill, I would've thought that made the answer obvious.

 

Monaco ?

 

Correct, the 1963 Monaco GP won by Mr Monaco was the first GP to feature a field of V engines, the following race didn't.

 

OK .

Easy one , if you're an Anorak .

Which ex F1 driver , was a Concert standard Pianist ?

 

You called?

Elio de Angelis

 

Speak of the Devil....

Yes .

Also IMHO one of the saddest deaths in Motorsport ( in that it should never have happened ) .



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elio_de_Angelis

 

a sad day for me when I heard he'd died. Always liked Elio as a boy.

 

Yes , very quick , remember the finish at Austria in 82 ?

Stunning girlfriend as well .

Very wealthy man , but never showed it .

And that colour scheme

 

Yes, he should never have been trapped in that car for so long. He was killed by the smoke inhalation, not the actual crash or burns from the fire. He was relatively uninjured otherwise and should have lived if there was proper marshalling on that day.