F1 Quiz Chain

[xpensive]

Close enough Lotus, Denis Hulme was often called "the barefoot boy from Te Puke" in his early career.

[lotus7]

Which driver's breakdown lead to Tom Pryce's sad accident , and what cat did he drive ?

[megz]

It was a hairless burmese from memory.

[andrew]

Renzo Zorzi in a Shadow-Ford. His car had a fuel leak.

[Gary]

Renzo Zorzi in a Shadow-Ford. His car had a fuel leak.

I say andrew, I wonder if that lotus7 chappie has been abducted by aliens?

[matt21]

To return to the quiz.

What was so special about the first cylinder blocks used for the BMW turbo?

[andrew]

To return to the quiz.

What was so special about the first cylinder blocks used for the BMW turbo?

Ledgend has it that they were kept outside in all conditions to weather them. Engineers were reputedly instructed to urinate on them.

[Giblet]

They were from road cars.

[zgred]

Quoting benjabulle form History of BMW F1 Turbo engine F1technical thread:

The iron block designed in 1959 was still in production in 1984, powering the 316, 318 saloons and BMW Motorsport used essentially stock blocks, trated via a heat and chemical process to relieve inherent stresses. During the F2 days the company had sometimes instead employed well run in (around 100,000 Km) examples. As in those days, the stabilized block had its internal walls machined smooth to assist oil return while surplus ribs and water channels on the inlet side were machined off, to save around 7 Kg.

[matt21]

I would say Giblet, as the blocks were used ones, as these had less inherent stress.

[matt21]

Where are we and what is special about this place?

So, where, what, when?

[zgred]

The title of Detroit Grand Prix was applied to the Formula One races held at the Detroit street circuit in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America from 1982 through 1988.

And this is turn no.2

[matt21]

so far so good.

But what is special about turn 2?

[zgred]

Entering Turn 2, where the surface was beginning to break up and where both Prost and Mansell had crashed, Alboreto stayed right, away from the racing line and the bad patch at the apex. Senna charged through on the left, got on the marbles, and hit the wall exactly as the others had done, while Alboreto continued, minus the threat to his third place!

This? Turn No.2 where Prost, Mansell and Senna crashed out form 1985 Detroit Grand Prix?

[matt21]

Correct