F1 Quiz Chain

[andrew]

The thread had been quiet for a number of hours. The difference is you posted an answer then took it upon yourself to declare yourself correct immediately. Answers to your question had been outstanding for your responce for a number of hours. Big difference.

[dumrick]

Ok, it seems I'm entitled to put up a question.

We all know about the tragedy that occured at Le Mans 1955, that killed Pierre Levegh and more than 80 spectators.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuKP-rNyiOQ[/youtube]

What is less known is that Levegh, over 50 and the slowest driver of the Mercedes team, was only driving the 300SLR because of a F1 accident.

Name the Grand Prix and who suffered the accident.

[WhiteBlue]

We all know about the tragedy that occured at Le Mans 1955, that killed Pierre Levegh and more than 80 spectators.

What is less known is that Levegh, over 50 and the slowest driver of the Mercedes team, was only driving the 300SLR because of a F1 accident.

Name the Grand Prix and who suffered the accident.

Hans Herrmann had the accident in Monaco in a collision with the harbor wall. He had to be replaced for the whole season.

[dumrick]

Very good WB, that was the answer I was looking for.

I tried it to be Google and Wiki-proof, but we DO have a specialist in German auto racing on the board...

[WhiteBlue]

Who managed to run into the back of another car in the Monaco tunnel in a safety car lap.

[Poleman]

Juan Pablo Montoya on Michael Schumacher...2004 i think.

[WhiteBlue]

Juan Pablo Montoya on Michael Schumacher...2004 i think.

Yes, Poleman, that his right. When he was asked about the incident he said: "It would not have helped to run into the wall instead.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5wEx-PYCe4[/youtube]

[Poleman]

Thanks WB!

What did FIA ban in 1999 that two manufacturers were using at that time and later on affected the most one of these two?

What was it banned and manufacturers involved.

[dumrick]

In 1971 there were two regular Swedish F1 drivers, Ronnie Peterson and Reine Wisell.

For the 1972 season, they were looking ahead att driving the March 721X and BRM P180 respectively,
what did these cars have/have not in common?

What they had in common is that they were pretty unsuccessful, due to both their radical approaches and were replaced by developments of both make's previous cars.

What they hadn't in common is, while mechanically-focused Herd tried to radically lower the 721X's moment of inertia, by trying to put as much car mass within the axles as he could (eventually resulting in a car that struggled with tyre wear), Southgate took a more aero-focused route, streamlining the P180 by assuming a Lotus 72-inspired wedge shape, trying some gimmicks around the cockpit (the cockpit cover extended rearwards of the steering wheel, so it passed through a slot, the rearview mirrors were flush with the cockpit's contour...) and by putting the radiators behind the rear axle, making it inertia-wise pretty much the opposite of the 721X.

These are the beasts:





I don't know if any of this was what you had in mind, though

[dumrick]

Thanks WB!

What did FIA ban in 1999 that two manufacturers were using at that time and later on affected the most one of these two?

What was it banned and manufacturers involved.

The use of beryllium in the enigines.

Mercedes and Peugeot used it, but Mercedes took the biggest blow, because Peugeot soon after sold its F1 operation, anyway.

[Poleman]

Over to you dumrick

[dumrick]

I'll post one later, in the meanwhile go ahead with more quizzes if you feel like it

[xpensive]

I'll post one later, in the meanwhile go ahead with more quizzes if you feel like it

After midnight anarchy now is it?

Anyway, what Herd's 721X and Southgate's P180 had/had not in common that they played around with CofG, Herd going for the "low inertia" with an Alfa Romeo mid-mounted gearbox, the way you do it today, while Southgate was trying to focus the mass on the rear, notice the radiators in the back.

Sadly, neither worked, which ended Reine Wisell's career, but somehow both Ronnie and Niki Lauda survived, talent on both parts I guess.

Good job dumrick!

[xpensive]

Now that we seem to have anarchy, Chris Amon was hampered in the 1971 Italian GP for the strangest of reasons, what was that?

[Mysticf1]

he lost his visor?

i must admit i googled it