F1 Quiz Chain

[timbo]

Correct, but Google, Wiki and even 8W should be banned from the Quiz!

X, what's the point of the quiz? To show that you're an old chap?
I think if one spends some of his time and learns a bit of racing history (from wiki, google or whatever) it is still worth the effort.

[xpensive]

Easy now timbo, I'm just kidding, I use Wiki myself to be honest...

[dumrick]

My turn again, then

Name the F1 car that pioneered a single central fuel tank, located around the CG of the car and titanium torsion bars in suspension.

[xpensive]

The 1974 Amon-Ford? It had a single-cell fuel tank anyway.

[dumrick]

That's right, xpensive.

It was called the AF101 and Tony Southgate is quoted as saying about it that it "had been the basis of future central-tanked, 'low polar' F1 cars, and that if it had sidepods and skirts it wouldn't have looked out of place amongst future ground-effect machines"

The car at launch:



As raced in Jarama:

[xpensive]

Robin Herd was the engineer responsible for the March 711, but who did the bold aerodynamics of that vehicle?

Goldstar for knowing what his brother did for a living?

Scheisse, just realized this was way too easy to Google, but anyway.

[andrew]

Frank Costin. His brother Mike Costin co-founded Cosworth with Keith Duckworth.

[xpensive]

A giveaway, but nevertheless correct, your go Andrew.

[andrew]

What was odd about the first car to win the Indy 500?

[xpensive]

The driver had a passenger for lookout at the rear?

[andrew]

Close but no cigar! On the right lines though.

[Sebp]

The "Marmon Wasp" featured rear view mirrors, so no co-driver had to be on board. Why this was beneficial should be obvious...

[Sebp]

Hi Folks, should my previously submitted answer be correct, go ahead anyone who has a good question and post it, please. I'm not home all weekend...entering World Cup mode as of now!

[xpensive]

Scheisse, what I meant was of course that the driver had NO passanger for lookout!

[andrew]

The "Marmon Wasp" featured rear view mirrors, so no co-driver had to be on board. Why this was beneficial should be obvious...

Close enough! It was the only single seat car on the grid at a time when all cars carried a second seat for an engineer should the car breakdown.

Your go. =D>