The Fastlane Trivia Quiz....Show us your knowledge! (PART 2)

[White six]

Bottom post of the previous page:

Are you perhaps thinking of Nelson Piquet, Brasil 1981? He famously started on slicks on a full wet track, slipped way back but recovered to be in the top ten again mid-race, before another rain shower washed away all his chances. I'm not sure, but he may have stayed with the slicks until the end, by which time he was several laps in arrears.

Yes

Jones was laughing until reutemann didn't let him past for the win

Piquet did prosper mid race, up to 4th? But then the rain came down again. It's difficult to tell without a lap chart, it's possible he may just be unlapping himself from surer. He never changed strategy and like you say ended up looking like a chump after a few spins. A fairly ignominious home race . I guess it could have been different if it hadn't started pissing down again, but he should have known the local weather!

Did I see Jones make the same mistake with a premature stop for slicks at imola just a couple of races later? I haven't read the report yet. There's the unusual sight of a Theodore trying to get past a Williams

[White six]

Why does the German guy say twurbo instead of turbo?

[erwin greven]

Why do some commentators at The Race say Bono Hweeeeezzz instead of Bono Huis?

[jimclark]

Because they don't know, or can't be bothered with, the "proper" pronunciation.

edit: Now that I t'ink aboot it, I kinda ' like it....

[White six]

In two successive races in F1 we saw the crazy sight of an ambulance/emergency vehicle driving on the circuit, while the race continued full pelt with drivers overtaking it. Which races?

[Michael Ferner]

That was pretty normal until the late seventies/early eighties. Probably more difficult to find two successive races without ambulances on the track...

[White six]

That was pretty normal until the late seventies/early eighties. Probably more difficult to find two successive races without ambulances on the track...

I've only seen what I described in these two races, though going back to the 70's footage is more difficult to find.

Clue in there somewhere

[PTRACER]

That was pretty normal until the late seventies/early eighties. Probably more difficult to find two successive races without ambulances on the track...

There were emergency vehicles driving on Indycar circuits well into the 90s while the race remained green. And then this would happen:

[White six]

That was pretty normal until the late seventies/early eighties. Probably more difficult to find two successive races without ambulances on the track...

There were emergency vehicles driving on Indycar circuits well into the 90s while the race remained green. And then this would happen:

It reminds me of me starting halfway down the grid on f1 2020

[White six]

I'm paraphrasing but of whom did Murray say 'don't worry about the raging inferno folks, he was dead already!'. ?

[acerogers58]

Without looking it up or watching the video linked, can you name the team this car was fielded by?

[Everso Biggyballies]

I'm paraphrasing but of whom did Murray say 'don't worry about the raging inferno folks, he was dead already!'. ?

Just seen the question.... a stab in the dark but I reckon Riccardo Paletti would be the only one that fits.

[Michkov]

I'm paraphrasing but of whom did Murray say 'don't worry about the raging inferno folks, he was dead already!'. ?

Just seen the question.... a stab in the dark but I reckon Riccardo Paletti would be the only one that fits.

That seems unlikely, IIRC Paletti was moving before the car caught fire long after the initial impact.

[EB]

Maybe Murray simply meant "it wasn't the fire that killed him", which was true.

[Michael Ferner]

Without looking it up or watching the video linked, can you name the team this car was fielded by?

Del McClure?

[Everso Biggyballies]

Maybe Murray simply meant "it wasn't the fire that killed him", which was true.

I must admit that is the way I read it.

My understanding is Paletti actually died from internal injuries.