German GP Quiz - The Answers
Thursday 19 July 2012 09:31, UK
So how much did you know about all things German? It's time to reveal all...
So how much did you know about all things German? It's time to reveal all...
So how much did you know about all things German? It's time to reveal all... 1. How many Germans are in the field this season?5 2. Which German driver lost his seat with Force India at the end of last season?
Adrian Sutil. When did Hockenheim last host the German GP?
2010. 4. Name the three circuits to have hosted the race.
Hockenheim, Nurburgring, AVUS Berlin. 5. In 1997 and 1998 the Nurburgring hosted another nation's Grand Prix. What was that country?
Luxembourg 6. What year was the German Grand Prix last missing from the calendar?
2007 as the race was held at the Nurburgring as the European Grand Prix after a naming dispute. 7. What was controversial about Fernando Alonso's 2010 at the German GP?
Felipe Massa was ordered to let his team-mate past and into the lead of the race. Rob Smedley coined the infamous: "Felipe, Fernando is faster than you. Do you understand?" 8. When did a German last win the race?
2006. Michael Schumacher for Ferrari at Hockenheim. 9. And who is the only other German to win the race?
Ralf Schumacher, 2001, Williams. 10. Which team has won the race the most times?
Ferrari, twenty. 11. And what driver has won it the most times during the F1 World Championship era?
Michael Schumacher, on four occasions. 12. The Hockenheim circuit underwent a dramatic face-lift ten years ago. Which then-team boss said of the new track: "They have cut the heart out of something which was very special, very emotional, something which had its own spirit"?
Ron Dennis 13. And how long was the old track? We'll give you a mark if your answer is within half-a-mile of the exact figure.
4.24 miles. 14. Name the German designer appointed to carry out the face-lift.
Hermann Tilke. 15. The death of which legend in a F2 event in 1968 prompted chicanes to be introduced two years later?
Jim Clark. 16. Who holds the lap record on the new circuit?
Kimi Raikkonen, driving a McLaren in 2004, set a lap of 1:13.780 17. Three British drivers won the race during the 1990s. Came you name all three? 'No' is not an appropriate answer.
Nigel Mansell in 1991 and 1992, Damon Hill in 1996, and Eddie Irvine in 1999. 18.What prompted security concerns about the forest section at Hockenheim in 2000?
A former Mercedes-Benz employee, who had been sacked, ran onto the track on the run to the first chicane, bringing out the safety car and eliminating the large lead built up by the Mercedes-powered McLarens, which were running first and second. 19. Who claimed his first ever Grand Prix win at that race?
Rubens Barrichello. 20. Brazilians dominated the race between 1986 and 1990. Which two drivers won the race?
Nelson Piquet, Williams, 1986, 1987.
Aryton Senna, McLaren, 1988, 1989, 1990. So how did you get on? Let us know below...
