Italian GP Quiz - The Answers
Wednesday 5 September 2012 10:51, UK
So how much did you know about all things Italian? It's time to reveal all.
So how much did you know about all things Italian? It's time to reveal all...
1. The Italian GP has been an ever-present on the F1 calendar since the World Championship's inception in 1950. In addition to Monza, what other circuit has hosted the race?Imola in 1980 2. What was symbolic about Ferrari's 1-2 at Monza in 1988?
The result was achieved less than a month after the death of team founder Enzo Ferrari 3. That race was the only one McLaren didn't win during the 1988 season. Which driver collided with Ayrton Senna with two laps to go?
Williams's Jean-Louis Schlesser 4. Ferrari were again running 1-2 in 1995 but both cars would retire before the chequered flag. What bizarre incident caused Gerhard Berger to drop out first?
The on-board camera from team-mate Jean Alesi's car ahead flew off and smashed the suspension on Berger's Ferrari 5. Sebastian Vettel broke which two records during the 2008 Italian GP weekend?
Vettel became the youngest ever F1 polesitter and race winner 6. The erection of what deterrent to stop drivers cutting Monza's chicanes caused havoc - most famously for World Championship leader Damon Hill - during the 1996 Italian GP?
Stacks of tyres 7. Name the two Italian drivers on the grid last year.
Vitantonio Liuzzi and Jarno Truilli 8. Jackie Stewart clinched the 1969 title with an extraordinarily wafer-thin victory at Monza in 1969. How many cars were separated by 0.19s at the chequered flag?
Four - Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt, Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Bruce McLaren 9. In what decade was Monza's famous high-speed banking last raced on in F1?
The 1960s 10. Which South American won the race three times during the 2000s?
Rubens Barrichello 11. Who was the last Italian to win the Italian GP?
Ludovico Scarfiotti driving for Ferrari in 1966 12. Other than Ferrari, what other current F1 team is based in Italy?
Toro Rosso 13. The San Marino Grand Prix was hosted in Italy but what other Grand Prix was also hosted on Italian soil?
The Pescara Grand Prix held at the Circuito di Pescara 14. When did a British driver last win the Italian GP?
1997, David Coulthard for McLaren 15. What race was colloquially known as the Monzanapolis?
The Race of Two Worlds on the Monza Oval. Pitting European F1 cars against American Indycars over a 500 mile race 16. Who holds the Monza lap record?
Rubens Barrichello, set in 2004 driving for Ferrari. 1:21.046 17. Monza holds the record for the closest finish in F1 history. In what year did Peter Gethin triumph from Ronnie Peterson by just one hundredth of a second?
1971 18. What F1 team did Giancarlo Fisichella finish his career with?
Ferrari 19. Which driver took his maiden F1 at Monza in 2001?
Juan Pablo Montoya, driving for Williams 20. And which driver took their final F1 win at the circuit in 1999?
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
