Single question quiz - winner poses the next question

[Jos the Boss]

Lola?

 

[gethinceri]

Not Lola Jos.

 

[FB]

Is this going to be the Durex sponsored Surtees from 1976? Alan Jones managed 3 points finishes but not much else.

 

[gethinceri]

What leads you to this answer FB?

 

[FB]

durability, reliability and excellence

and as I work for the company that owns Durex I think I have a bit of an insight

 

[gethinceri]

Maximum points for FB.

 

[Mephistopheles]

This thread needs a kick start so I'm going to ask a question

What was unusual about the start of the 2001 Austrian grand prix?

 

[FB]

Oops, forgot I got the last one right

Did they have to start it 3 times due to multiple pile ups?

 

[teabagyokel]

Did they have to start it 3 times due to multiple pile ups?

I think that happened that year, but it was in Belgium.

 

[FB]

There was certainly one Austrian GP where the start was complete carnage.

 

[teabagyokel]

Wasn't it 2000, though? Schumi did always seem to hit someone...

 

[FB]

1987 was the one in Austria I was thinking of. The Belgian one was 1998. How the years blend into one after a while...

 

[teabagyokel]

No, I was thinking 2001. 8:24 - Frentzen of Prost stalls from 4th:

Then Williams leave Montoya on the grid at 3 mins:

Then they had another start when Burti crashed...

 

[canis]

If I remember rightly the 2001 Austrian GP had something like 4 people stall from the start and they had to introduce the safety car before the end of the first lap?

 

[tooncheese]

two restarts in Belguim 1990 as well as Austria 1987

 

[Mephistopheles]

If I remember rightly the 2001 Austrian GP had something like 4 people stall from the start and they had to introduce the safety car before the end of the first lap?

Yes 4 cars stalled on the grid calling into question the safety of the launch control system

The question seems to have started a rather interesting debate though

Your go

 

[canis]

OK, that was a pure fluke

So, I will go for something easy and fairly topical....

Can anyone name the two unusual things that happened around Kimis debut in F1?

 

[Jos the Boss]

Kimi smiled and Kimi didn't have vodka in his drinks bottle?

 

[Josh]

Peter Sauber had to make a performance delivery promise because he only had 23 car races done at that point?
And wasn't he asleep 30 minutes before the race?

 

[Mephistopheles]

Peter Sauber had to make a performance delivery promise because he only had 23 car races done at that point?
And wasn't he asleep 30 minutes before the race?

Just goes to show how cool he is

I think it was Max Mosley who didn't want him to have his super licence also he scored points in his first race..