British GP quiz, anybody?

Question

1. A driver who made his F1 debut at Silverstone 50 years ago will celebrate his birthday this Sunday. Who is he?

2. The British GP is almost always held in July. How many times (and in which years) was this not the case?

3. The five Aintree GPs saw five different constructors and five different drivers win...which ones?

4. Which of the Aintree GPs was a wet race?

5. Who, where, when? http://www.autotrend.com/pic/8050.jpg

6. What's this, and what was the story? http://www.forix.com/8w/fos02/fos02-fri-88.jpg

7. What year is this, and who are the top 6 in this pic? http://atlasf1.autosport.com/99/bri/preview/nostalgia5.jpg

8. Which driver started from pole for the most British GPs?

9. Which driver made up the most places from his qualifying position to his finishing position during a British GP?

10. Only 3 drivers have done the grand slam (pole, FL, win) at a British GP twice...who?

Have fun!

Answer 1

very good question - none of the answers is Lewis of course. Trivia is that the 2009 British GP will be in June...  have fun answering these questions boyz..

Answer 2

2 April 2000

8 Nigel Mansell

soz. . .thats as good as im getting today =)

Answer 3

i cant answer a single q,hatsoff man 2 u n ne 1 who answers it! u r an f1 freak fr sure

Answer 4

1. Ian Burgess 06/07/30 debuted in 1958.

2. 1950, 2000 & 2006

3. 1. Moss/Mercedes, 2. Brooks(Moss)/Vanwall, 3. Brabham/Cooper, 4. Von Trips/Ferrari, 5. Clark/Lotus

4. 1961

5. Rindt(5), Brabham(17), Brands Hatch, 1970.

6. The car is the Lotus 88B twin chassis car. This car was designed to get round the banning of ground effect cars but was banned itself, even though it was passed for the 1981 British GP by the RAC it was excluded by the FIA.

7. It's 1977 and they are :

   01. McLaren - Hunt

   02. Brabham - Watson

   03. Wolf - Scheckter

   04. Ferrari - Lauda

   05. Lotus - Nilsson

   06. Lotus - Andretti

8. Jim Clark - 5

9. 28th to 3rd Onofre Marimon 1954. **It was Robert Mieres in the same race, 32nd to 6th**

10. Mansell - 91+92, Clark - 62+64, Moss - 55+57