F1 Quiz Chain

[Gary]

Jacky Ickx last Formula one race win came where and when? And what was the most spectacular with it?

Jacky Ickx' final Formula One race win was at Brands Hatch in England on Sunday the 17th of March 1974 in The Race of Champions. The car he drove was a Lotus 72/R5.

I find the second part of your question challenging to answer since 'spectacular' means different things to different people. But I'll try. The race was held in very wet conditions. Several drivers crashed/spun/ran out of talent but none sustained significant injuries. Ickx started from a lowly 11th on the grid. He passed Niki Lauda around the outside of Paddock Bend at the beginning of the 35th lap to take the lead which he held to the end.

[xpensive]

Don't know about the merc, but if you say so.

Bit of disbelief in "but if you say so", perhaps?

Perhaps William Boddy, motoring historian and founding editor of Motor Sport may have sufficient credibility. I quote from his description of the Mercedes W196 on page 179 of his book, 'The History of Motor Racing" (Book Club Associates), "All the wheels were retarded by means of inboard drum brakes of enormous size, and thus having no effect of unsprung weight.

And then there's this cutaway.

Have to admit that I overlooked the option of drumbrakes, but you are right of course, hats off.

[xpensive]

Jacky Ickx last Formula one race win came where and when? And what was the most spectacular with it?

Jacky Ickx' final Formula One race win was at Brands Hatch in England on Sunday the 17th of March 1974 in The Race of Champions. The car he drove was a Lotus 72/R5.

I find the second part of your question challenging to answer since 'spectacular' means different things to different people. But I'll try. The race was held in very wet conditions. Several drivers crashed/spun/ran out of talent but none sustained significant injuries. Ickx started from a lowly 11th on the grid. He passed Niki Lauda around the outside of Paddock Bend at the beginning of the 35th lap to take the lead which he held to the end.

An absolutely perfect answer, the passing of Lauda on the outside of Paddock was xactly what I was looking for.

Happy to pass you the torch Gary, xcellent.

[lotus7]

An absolutely perfect answer, the passing of Lauda on the outside of Paddock was xactly what I was looking for.

Giving my age away , but I was there and saw it . Sitting at Druids down the road .
One of those in the background

[xpensive]

Times up Gary, why I take the liberty to go again!

In the 70s, there were no less than three different 3-liter Italian-made flat 12s in formula one, of which one was exceptionally unsuccessful, why it was later converted into what?

[lotus7]

Times up Gary, why I take the liberty to go again!

In the 70s, there were no less than three different 3-liter Italian-made flat 12s in formula one, of which one was exceptionally unsuccessful, why it was later converted into what?

Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Techno .
Don't know what it was converted into

[xpensive]

Well, that was the obvious part, but the punchline of the question?

[Gary]

Well, that was the obvious part, but the punchline of the question?

I wonder if there are two possible correct answers to your question "why it was later converted into what?"

The Ferrari 312B2 of late 1972 was a total dog, so much so that John Thompson of TC Prototypes in Northampton in the UK was commissioned to build a completely different, full monocoque, chassis for the flat 12 engine and this car was also designate 312B2.

OR perhaps...

The original flat 12 Tecno was found to be wider than the regulations permitted. British designer Alan McCall was called upon to redesign it and his car, the McCall Tecno PA123-T006 made its debut in the hands of Chris Amon who scored Tecno's one and only points finish (6th) in a World Championship race.

[matt21]

As far as I know the Alfa-V12-180° was turned into a 60°-V12 due to the use in the ground-effect-car 179.

[xpensive]

Gary: You are correct in principal, but the Q was what happenened to the sorriest of the flat 12 engines, not the chassis.

Matt: The Alfa was by far not the sorriest of the three.

[CMSMJ1]

OK then.. a quick look in the WWW tells me that at least one of thes emotors made it into a Lola sportscar..
http://www.lolaheritage.co.uk/scrapbook/017/017.htm

tasty!

[xpensive]

Close, but no cigar yet CSMJ1, what was the sorry unit CONVERTED into?

[Gary]

Close, but no cigar yet CSMJ1, what was the sorry unit CONVERTED into?

1,000,000 Coke cans?

Or maybe they sawed four cylinders off and made it into a 2 litre flat 8?

[xpensive]

Close, but no cigar yet CSMJ1, what was the sorry unit CONVERTED into?

1,000,000 Coke cans?

Or maybe they sawed four cylinders off and made it into a 2 litre flat 8?

And Gary takes the prize again, the 2/3rds Tecno competed in the European 2 litre Sportscars Championships with Chevron, GRD and Lola in 73 and 74.

But this time you better show up with some relistic issues, damn it you!

[Gary]

Hmm, what's a relistic issue?

Anyway....

By my reckoning, 9 men have driven a car bearing their own surname in a World Championship Formula One Grand Prix race. Who are they?

EDIT: I should add that if there are any I have overlooked - it will be easy to check - they'll obviously count and I'll issue a craven apology forthwith!