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No DRS, no hints, no half points.  The point of this quiz is that you don't get any right :-D


Q1. What fact connects Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull, apart from their association in F1?


[spoiler=Red Bull] Vettel was born in 1987, the same year that the first can of Red Bull was sold [/spoiler]


Q2. Who was the first woman to appear on an F1 podium?


[spoiler= A Woman, how dare she!] Ginny Williams joined Mansell and Piquet on the podium at the 1986 British GP [/spoiler]


Q3. What is Bernie Ecclestones first name?


[spoiler=Not Bernie!] Bernand NOT Bernard.  Yeah, I didn't know either [/spoiler]


Q4.  Who started calling him Bernie?


[spoiler=Not me] Jochen Rindt [/spoiler]


Q5. Who won the first ever Grand Prix?


[spoiler=Read the question] Hungarian Ferenc Szisz at Le Mans in 1906 [/spoiler]


Q6. Sebastian Buemi scored points at the 2009 Australian GP.  Who was the last Swiss driver to do this before him?


[spoiler=Money in the (numbered) bank account] Marc Surer at the 1985 Italian GP [/spoiler]


Q7. What flavour drink did Damon Hill used to have in his car during an F1 race?


[spoiler=Not Red Bull] Tea - as it used to get hot.  How very British! [/spoiler]


Q8. Which driver had the nickname Fletcher?


[spoiler="No, I don't know why"] Jody Scheckter [/spoiler]


Q9. What size are the stone in the gravel traps?


[spoiler=Yes, it is regulated and there is a range] Between 5 and 16mm diameter - no half points remember [/spoiler]


Q10. Why are British racing cars supposed to painted British Racing Green?


[spoiler="But they're not are they?  No!  As they want to paint gaudy sponsors logos all over the bloody cars these days don't they!"] The first British motor race took place in Ireland so green was chosen as a thank you to the Irish [/spoiler]



If anybody gets more than one I shall be pissed off!


Which team is Lewis Hamilton driving for in 2025?
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