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13/01/2018

2005 Australian GP Trivia Quiz

By Geoff Collins

Last year's quiz

There's still snow on the ground here in Switzerland, with temperatures struggling to get above zero. Indeed it was -15 degrees on the way to work this morning, but it must be spring because the busiest F1 season ever is about to start. So, without further ado, it's time to find out how much you know about the Australian GP.  

As usual, the first five questions all relate to last year's race:

1. Michael and Rubens finished 1-2 last year. They also ended up 1-2 in qualifying. In how many of the four free practice sessions was this pattern also followed?
4
3
2

2. Whose reason for retirement was given as "collision in pits"?
Heidfeld
Pantano
Webber

3.Schuey set fastest lap. How much quicker was it than the previous lap record?
3.1s
3.6s
4.1s

4. Who posted the first retirement of the 2004 season?
DC
JPM
Kimi

5. Mike Gascoyne has a lot to prove this year with the first Toyota built under his control. He should easily manage to beat last year's performance though - where did the highest placed Toyota finish in 2004?
12th
13th
14th

Moving on to 1994 - And we all remember what happened then, don't we?

6.Who started from pole?
Damon
Michael
Nigel Mansell

7. After the two main challengers had clashed, who took the win?
Berger
Häkkinen
Mansell

8.Which team failed to qualify either of their cars?
Larrousse
Pacific
Simtek

9. Who had a big accident in qualifying?
Alesi
Mansell
Schumacher

10. Of the 14 teams that turned up to qualify, six no longer exist. Of the remaining eight teams, how many have been purchased (at least as in the majority) or renamed?
4
5
6

1986 - another dramatic Australian GP - images of Mansell's Williams sparking wildly towards the run-off spring to mind.

11.Who was leading the championship going into the final race?
Mansell
Piquet
Prost

12.Who took pole?
Mansell
Piquet
Senna

13. Mansell was clearly very unlucky when his tyre blew. But which of these race leaders did NOT have a puncture?
Piquet
Prost
Rosberg

14. Let's hope this year's race is half as exciting. At the first corner the order was Mansell, Senna, Piquet, Rosberg. What was it at the end of the first lap?
Piquet, Mansell, Rosberg, Senna
Piquet, Senna, Rosberg, Mansell
Senna, Mansell, Rosberg, Piquet

15. Renault engined cars took 4th,5th,6th,7th and 8th in that race. Which of the Regie-powered teams failed to score a point?
Ligier
Lotus
Tyrell

Score = 
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