Motorports trivia/quiz

Actually that was a forerunner of the "3rd spring" i.e. a spring that would only compress at high aerodynamic forces to prevent the car from being pushed further down and allow instead a softer suspension.

Now a veeeery easy one for a change:

Who broke the long standing tradition of Indianapolis 500 winners taking a dip of milk, what did he drink instead and why?

Fittipaldi, by drinking his own brand of orange juice. That was lame !

The crowd threw oranges at him for years after that

Your next ...

Speaking of drinks, what were drinking the Williams drivers on the podium from 1978 to 1981 and why ?

Wasn't that about the time they were sponsored by Saudi Airlines(and others like Albilad) and they weren't allowed to drink alcohol because of their religion?

Did they have to drink rose water instead?

Yep that's why they couldn't drink champagne, but that's not what they were drinking instead.

Meanwhile, you can't drink alcohol at Abu Dhabi or Bahrain, much to Kimi's disappointment

I was guessing, no clue what they were drinking. Maybe juice aswell?

No not juice

Water?

Because of the part of the world that we are talking about:

Camel milk?

Coffee?

Jonatan Acerclinth wrote:

Because of the part of the world that we are talking about:

Camel milk?

It was milk indeed, but just ordinary cow milk I believe

Ok Gui

A fairly simple one I would think but non the less

Between what years were Ronnie Peterson driving F1 and which Grand Prix was the last he drove in?

Peterson drove '70-'78, where he was killed in an incident at the 1978 Italian Grand Prix.

Alessio Campigotto wrote:

Peterson drove '70-'78, where he was killed in an incident at the 1978 Italian Grand Prix.

As I thought it was too easy, that is very much the correct answer.

You're next

If Alessio doesn't doesn't come up with something, try answering this one

David Jundt wrote:

Btw: Anyone remember this epic guy? Always loved him and his truck:

It was a finnish driver I think, but his name... can't remember

Harri Luostarinen

Richard Coxon wrote:

Harri Luostarinen

We have a WINRAR

I liked the PS2 demo of Supertrucks because his truck was in it

Ok here goes bit of an easy one:
Colin Chapman paid Nigel Mansell £10,000 to NOT take part in which race???

I don't know, Le Mans maybe ?

Indy 500?

Guillaume Siebert wrote:

I don't know, Le Mans maybe ?

Yep Mansell had been offered £10,000 to do the race but Chapman thought that by doing the race he was exposing himself to unnecessary risk and paid him £10,000.

Do you know who Mansell offered that money?

His return to the Sarthe wasn't crowned with success though

David Jundt wrote:

Do you know who Mansell offered that money?

His return to the Sarthe wasn't crowned with success though

I dont im affraid, Im guessing it would be an english team, Maybe Nimrod team with the aston martin's? But like i said i haven't got a clue.

And no all he ended up with was another 'Oscar' for his acting skills!