2011 AUTOSPORT Christmas Mega Quiz

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THE 2011 CHRISTMAS MEGA QUIZ

Simply pick one answer for each of the questions below (there is only one correct answer for each).
When you're done, press the 'submit' button at the bottom. There are no prizes, so take your time - and have fun!

LET THE QUIZ BEGIN...

1. F1: Who claimed the most fastest race laps during the 2011 F1 season?

	Jenson Button
	Mark Webber
	Sebastian Vettel

2. GP3: How many drivers won races in GP3 in 2011?

	8
	10
	12

3. Le Mans: Which American racing legend announced that he would be involved in the project to race the DeltaWing at Le Mans in 2012?

	Mario Andretti
	AJ Foyt
	Dan Gurney

4. F1: Which driver who competed in 2011 has had the most number of consecutive F1 starts since his last points finish?

	Heikki Kovalainen
	Jarno Trulli
	Timo Glock

5. GP2: Where in the 2011 GP2 standings did eventual runner-up Luca Filippi sit when he switched from Super Nova to Coloni?

	6th
	13th
	18th

6. IndyCar: Which veteran was called up on Bump Day to try and get Dragon Racing into the Indianapolis 500 but ended up destroying the car in a crash?

	Bruno Junqueira
	Patrick Carpentier
	Mario Dominguez

7. V8 Supercars: Which brothers have both won the Bathurst 1000kms?

	David and Gary Brabham
	Rick and Todd Kelly
	Peter and Phil Brock

8. F1: Which driver finished as the best-placed non-Red Bull, Ferrari or McLaren driver on the most occasions in 2011?

	Adrian Sutil
	Michael Schumacher
	Nico Rosberg

9. IRC: Which Monte Carlo Rally corner did Andreas Mikkelsen crash out on this year?

	1st
	2nd
	3rd

10. DTM: How many drivers of old-spec Audis finished on the podium in DTM races in 2011?

	7
	8
	9

11. NASCAR: 18 different drivers set fastest race laps during the 2011 NASCAR Cup season, but which individual claimed the most

	Tony Stewart
	Kyle Busch
	Ryan Newman

12. MotoGP: The best finish for a stand-in or wildcard rider in MotoGP this year was a sixth place, but who achieved it?

	Josh Hayes
	Katsuyuki Nakasuga
	John Hopkins

13. IndyCar: What did Graham Rahal very nearly hit on the opening lap in Baltimore?

	A seagull
	EJ Viso
	A safety truck

14. F1: How many laps would a driver have raced if he'd completed all 19 2011 grands prix?

	1123
	1133
	1143

15. ILMC: Which two ILMC venues have been dropped for the series' transformation into the WEC in 2012?

	Imola and Sebring
	Silverstone and Road Atlanta
	Imola and Road Atlanta

16. F3: Who has won the most British F3 races since the one-title series started in 1979?

	Jan Magnussen
	Takuma Sato
	Jean-Eric Vergne

17. WRC: Who won the first stage of this year's World Rally Championship?

	Sebastien Loeb
	Jari-Matti Latvala
	P-G Andersson

18. BTCC: Which driver took his maiden BTCC victory at Knockhill?

	Frank Wrathall
	Tom Boardman
	Rob Austin

19. GP2: Who won the first ever GP2 race?

	Heikki Kovalainen
	Adam Carroll
	Gianmaria Bruni

20. F1: Felipe Massa started his 100th grand prix for Ferrari. Michael Schumacher has the most starts for the Scuderia with 179, but who is second on the list?

	Michele Alboreto
	Gerhard Berger
	Rubens Barrichello

21. MotoGP: Who had the infamous press conference row with Marco Simoncelli at Estoril in which Marco said if his riding was dangerous he would be "arrested"?

	Dani Pedrosa
	Jorge Lorenzo
	Casey Stoner

22. F1: Which Grand Prix car is this?

	Coloni
	EuroBrun
	AGS

23. IndyCar: Name this IndyCar lady racer?

	Sarah Fisher
	Lyn St James
	Janet Guthrie

24. Le Mans: Which musician shared this BMW M1 at Le Mans?

	Nick Mason
	Mark Knopfler
	Andrew Ridgeley

25. GP2: How many points did DAMS driver Pal Varhaug contribute towards the team's total of 89?

	0
	1
	6

26. F1: There were five world champions on the grid in 2011. When was the last time prior to that so many started a grand prix?

	1991 Australia
	1973 Canada
	1968 South Africa

27. GP3: Which position did eventual GP3 champion Valtteri Bottas hold after eight of the 16 races in the 2011 season?

	1st
	6th
	10th

28. NASCAR: Start and park: which driver recorded the most 43rd-place finishes during the 2011 Cup season?

	Joe Nemechek
	Michael McDowell
	Mike Skinner

29. Le Mans: Who was at the wheel of the GT Ferrari that Allan McNish hit in his huge Le Mans accident?

	Anthony Beltoise
	Rob Kaufmann
	Frederic Makowiecki

30. DTM: Who was the last woman to win a round of the DTM?

	Ellen Lohr
	Cathy Muller
	Mercedes Sturmitz

31. WRC: Who drove the number 11 Citroen DS3 WRC on the final Rally Sweden stage?

	Petter Solberg
	Kimi Raikkonen
	Chris Patterson

32. WTCC: The Hungaroring was a replacement venue for which circuit on this year's WTCC calendar?

	Marrakech
	Ordos
	Buenos Aires

33. F1: Which 2011 driver spent the most laps running in last place during the season?

	Narain Karthikeyan
	Vitantonio Liuzzi
	Daniel Ricciardo

34. Le Mans: At which circuit did the Porsche 962 score its final world sportscar championship win?

	Le Mans
	Jarama
	Dijon

35. IRC: How many drivers won a round of the IRC Production Cup this year?

	2
	4
	8

36. BTCC: Who won the 2011 BTCC Independents' Championship?

	James Nash
	Andrew Jordan
	Mat Jackson

37. IndyCar: Which of these teams did Sam Schmidt Motorsports NOT enter a car in collaboration with during a busy 2011 season?

	Rahal Letterman Lanigan
	AFS
	Dreyer & Reinbold

38. Le Mans: Who was at the wheel of the winning #2 Audi when it took the chequered flag at Le Mans?

	Marcel Fassler
	Andre Lotterer
	Benoit Treluyer

39. GP2: Before 2011, when was the last time GP2 champion Romain Grosjean contested a full season in the category?

	2007
	2008
	2010

40. F1: Who in 2011 became only the 11th driver in history to start his 200th world championship grand prix?

	Jenson Button
	Jarno Trulli
	Nick Heidfeld

41. GP3: Swiss driver Chrisophe Hurni became the oldest GP3 starter in the 2011 season finale at Monza. How old was he at the time?

	37
	42
	45

42. NASCAR: Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500 for the legendary Wood Brothers Racing outfit. Who was the last victor for the team prior to Bayne?

	Elliot Sadler
	Bill Elliot
	Ricky Rudd

43. MotoGP: How many consecutive MotoGP starts had Colin Edwards made before his collarbone injury ruled him out of Catalunya?

	133
	141
	148

44. IndyCar: Why did Simon Pagenaud get a short-notice call-up to stand in for Simona de Silvestro at HVM at Sonoma?

	de Silvestro's immigration issues
	de Silvestro was injured
	Sponsorship problems

45. F3: Scott Pye became the 13th Australian driver to win a race in British F3 when he triumphed at Rockingham this season, but who was the first?

	Tim Schenken
	Dave Walker
	Jim Sullivan

46. WRC: Which British rally duo is this early in their career?

	Richard Burns and Robert Reid
	Colin McRae and Derek Ringer
	Malcolm Wilson and Bryan Thomas

47. BTCC: Who is this Vauxhall BTCC driver from 2001?

	Andy Priaulx
	Phil Bennett
	James Thompson

48. IndyCar: Who is this IndyCar driver from 2011?

	Hideki Mutoh
	Dillon Battistini
	Bruno Junqueira

49. F1: How many times did a Team Lotus driver escape Q1 in 2011?

	3
	4
	5

50. GP2: At which race weekend did pre-season title tip Jules Bianchi rule himself out of contention for the 2011 GP2 crown?

	Valencia
	Silverstone
	Spa

51. NASCAR: Which manufacturer won the most Cup races this year?

	Ford
	Chevrolet
	Toyota

52. MotoGP: Where did all three works-run Hondas crash in quick succession at the start of Friday morning practice?

	Silverstone
	Motegi
	Assen

53. DTM: Which female racer married Williams executive Toto Wolff this year?

	Susie Stoddart
	Rahel Frey
	Katherine Legge

54. WTCC: At which circuit did SEAT's 1.6-litre turbocharged engine make its WTCC debut?

	Monza
	Hungaroring
	Brno

55. Le Mans: How many laps did Aston Martin's new AMR-One LMP1 cars manage between them in the Le Mans 24 Hours?

	Six
	17
	30

56. F1: How many career grand prix wins did the 2011 field have to its name?

	197
	198
	199

57. WRC: In which WRC event did a rear-wheel-drive car most recently win?

	New Zealand
	Safari
	Ivory Coast

58. F1: Who was the last driver to score a point for fastest lap in a grand prix?

	Maurice Trintignant
	Stirling Moss
	Bruce McLaren

59. IndyCar: Which team was first to announce that it would use Lotus engines in 2012?

	Dreyer & Reinbold
	Bryan Herta Autosport
	Michael Shank Racing

60. DTM: Martin Tomczyk took Phoenix Racing's first DTM win since 2000 at Spielberg this year. Who was the team's last winner, in Opel machinery?

	Uwe Alzen
	Jo Winkelhock
	Manuel Reuter

61. NASCAR: Which non-Chase driver scored the most points over the final 10 races of the season?

	Kasey Kahne
	Jeff Burton
	Greg Biffle

62. BTCC: How many races were won by normally-aspirated cars during the 2011 BTCC season?

	5
	6
	7

63. F1: Paul di Resta became only the seventh driver to score points in both of his first two grands prix. Who is the other Scottish driver to have done so?

	David Coulthard
	Jackie Stewart
	Jim Clark

64. GP3: Which driver finished in the top 10 of the 2011 GP3 standings despite only contesting the first two race weekends of the season?

	Andrea Caldarelli
	Richie Stanaway
	Roberto Merhi

65. IndyCar: Dario Franchitti won the overall IndyCar title, but how did he fare in the separate points races for oval and road course rounds?

	Won both
	Won the oval title
	Didn't win either

66. F1: How many drivers who raced in F1 2011 failed to score a point?

	7
	8
	9

67. Supercup: Who was the inaugural Porsche Supercup champion?

	Uwe Alzen
	Jean-Pierre Malcher
	Patrick Huisman

68. WRC: How many fastest times did Mini set in the WRC this year?

	20
	3
	7

69. DTM: How many DTM races did Mattias Ekstrom win this year?

	3
	4
	5

70. WTCC: Name this 2011 World Touring Car backmarker?

	Yukinori Taniguchi
	Aleksei Dudukalo
	Charles Ng

71. FR3.5: Who is this occasional 2011 Formula Renault 3.5 driver?

	Adam Carroll
	Anton Nebylitskiy
	Sten Pentus

72. WRC: In which 2011 WRC event did Ford run its cars in this livery?

	Germany
	Spain
	France

73. F1: Which driver lost the most number of places on the grid to penalties this year - a total of 15?

	Vitaly Petrov
	Lewis Hamilton
	Pastor Maldonado

74. GP2: At which race did Team AirAsia change its colours in GP2 to match that of the Team Lotus F1 outfit?

	Monaco
	Nurburgring
	Silverstone

75. F1: F1 2011 ended on November 27. In which year did a season most recently end later than that date?

	1959
	1963
	1968

76. WTCC: Which BMW privateer did not set a fastest lap in the WTCC in 2011?

	Colin Turkington
	Javier Villa
	Norbert Michelisz

77. BTCC: How many former Renault Clio Cup champions took part in the BTCC in 2011?

	2
	1
	0

78. DTM: BMW announced its DTM return for the 2012 season. When did it last compete in the series?

	1990
	1992
	1994

79. F3: Felipe Nasr joined a list of illustrious Brazilian names, but how many Brazilian winners of a major Formula 3 title in Britain have there now been?

	12
	11
	10

80. F1: Where did Sebastian Vettel achieve his first 'grand slam', leading every lap from pole position and taking fastest lap?

	India
	Valencia
	Abu Dhabi

81. WRC: How many drivers won a rally under Group B regulations?

	12
	13
	14

82. F3000: How many FIA Formula 3000 champions went on to win a Formula 1 grand prix?

	3
	4
	5

83. IndyCar: Who was first to spin when the Loudon race was restarted on a wet track?

	Will Power
	Takuma Sato
	Danica Patrick

84. GP2: Romain Grosjean started last for the GP2 feature race at Monaco. But where did he finish?

	4th
	12th
	retired

85. WTCC: How many times did Chevrolet drivers top qualifying in the WTCC in 2011?

	8
	10
	12

86. BTCC: At which circuit did the BTCC draw its biggest entry of the season - 30 cars?

	Snetterton
	Brands Hatch
	Silverstone

87. F1: F1 2011 started in March. In which year did a season most recently NOT start in March?

	1987
	1988
	1989

88. F3: British Formula 3 returned to Monza for the first time since 2008 this season. Which current Formula 1 driver won both races at the Italian GP venue that year?

	Jaime Alguersuari
	Sergio Perez
	Daniel Ricciardo

89. WRC: What was Sebastien Ogier's winning margin on Rally Jordan this year?

	0.7s
	0.3s
	0.2s

90. F1: Which 2011 grand prix had the fewest officially classified finishers before penalties/disqualifications were applied?

	Monaco
	Canada
	Italy

91. IndyCar: How many days elapsed between Firestone announcing it was pulling its IndyCar tyre supply at the end of 2011 and deciding it would stay on after all?

	4
	7
	9

92. WTCC: Who was the first non-Chevrolet driver to win a WTCC race in 2011?

	Gabriele Tarquini
	Franz Engstler
	Tom Coronel

93. F1: On how many occasions did neither Mercedes finish in the points in F1 2011?

	1
	2
	3

94. IndyCar: Who did Will Power brand a w****r after a collision in Toronto?

	Dario Franchitti
	Paul Tracy
	Alex Tagliani

95. NASCAR: When was the last time the Daytona 500 was NOT the first round of a NASCAR premier-class season?

	1983
	1984
	1985

96. MotoGP: What was Valentino Rossi's average starting position in his very tough maiden Ducati season?

	7th
	10th
	13th

97. F1: How many different drivers raced in F1 2011?

	26
	27
	28

98. WRC: How many stages did Ken Block tackle on this year's Rally Portugal?

	0
	1
	10

99. IndyCar: How many stand-ins did Dreyer & Reinbold use in Justin Wilson's car after a back injury forced the Briton to miss the final seven races?

	2
	4
	7

100. F1: What was the sum total of all drivers' points tallies in F1 2011?

	1919
	1929
	1939

101. ROC: Which rally driver did Sebastian Vettel meet in the toilets at Race of Champions?

	Juho Hanninen
	Juha Kankkunen
	Juha Kangas