The Getting Through to Pre-Season Testing 2019 Quiz

[allsaintchris.]

no, (I think all the races he won all featured at least one straight or flat engine.)

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

 

[allsaintchris.]

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

 

[Big Ern]

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

pick one then

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

I meant that year.

 

[allsaintchris.]

pick one then

I meant that year.

Hill

 

[allsaintchris.]

Surtees

 

[El_Bando]

Or

 

[Big Ern]

Hill, okay, which track.

 

[allsaintchris.]

Hill, okay, which track.

Dunno

 

[SgtBhaji]

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

Let's have a stab at South Africa.

 

[allsaintchris.]

Let's have a stab at South Africa.

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

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

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

Subtle

 

[Big Ern]

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

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

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

Monaco ?

 

[Big Ern]

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.

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

OK .

Easy one , if you're an Anorak .

Which ex F1 driver , was a Concert standard Pianist ?

 

[allsaintchris.]

OK .

Easy one , if you're an Anorak .

Which ex F1 driver , was a Concert standard Pianist ?

You called?

Elio de Angelis

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

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

 

[Big Ern]

You called?

Elio de Angelis

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

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

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

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[allsaintchris.]

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

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.