F1 Quiz Chain

[Sebp]

The only other detail I can come up with is brake shaft failure. Forgive my ignorance, what is a brake shaft? I know calipers, pistons and discs. Something to do with inboard brakes, no?

[beelsebob]

The only other detail I can come up with is brake shaft failure. Forgive my ignorance, what is a brake shaft? I know calipers, pistons and discs. Something to do with inboard brakes, no?

I guess you could almost call the drive shafts brake shafts under braking with KERS... but it's a bit weird as a term.

[xpensive]

Correct, Ronnie was driving FW's March 711, which had inboard front brakes, connected to the wheels with brake-shafts.

When one of those snapped, he lost braking on one front wheel and you can perhaps imagine the rest?

This was xactly what happned to Jochen Rindt's Lotus72 at Monza 1970, why Colin Chapman didn't go there for years.

[Sebp]

Sorry to be nitpicking. But that looks like inbaord rear and outboard front brakes to me.


Anyways, next question:

The year is 1990. Jean Alesi and Satoru Nakajima are teammates at Tyrrell. Originally Alesi was to sport no.3 on his car and Nakajima no.4. Why did they swap before the season got ahead?

[andrew]

Number 4 is unlucky in Japanese culture.

[Sebp]

That was quick! Correct Andrew, your turn.

[andrew]

Right place right time!

According to legend, what did Kimi Raikkonen supposedly do on the grid, in his car at his debut GP?

[Patriiick]

Sleep ?

[andrew]

Jeez, let the question cool for a few minutes!

Your go.

[xpensive]

@ sebp;
Not at all, Ronnie had a factory-contract with March for 1971 and was just doing a guest appearence for FW at the RoC. However, after the brake-shaft accident, the factory team decided to re-build the cars with outboard brakes for the next race, the also non-championship Questor GP at Ontario Speedway in California, as well as for the rest of the season.

The image you found is interesting for another reason, it shows the 711 with the Alfa-V8, which was raced at the French GP.

The Alfa was a dog of an engine, why the team reverted to the Cosworth for the rest of the season.

[Sebp]

@ sebp;
Not at all, Ronnie had a factory-contract with March for 1971 and was just doing a guest appearence for FW at the RoC. However, after the brake-shaft accident, the factory team decided to re-build the cars with outboard brakes for the next race, the also non-championship Questor GP at Ontario Speedway in California, as well as for the rest of the season.

The image you found is interesting for another reason, it shows the 711 with the Alfa-V8, which was raced at the French GP.

The Alfa was a dog of an engine, why the team reverted to the Cosworth for the rest of the season.

Cheers for elaborating. And my respect for making out that is an Alfa engine by shape alone. =D>

[xpensive]

When Patriick is apparanty at sleep himself, I will boldly pick up the ball;

The 70s and 80s saw some peculiar sponsors in F1, name two different refrigerator brands, which teams they supported and when?

[Sebp]

From the top of my head, one of them is Candy. For the other one I will have to do some digging...

[shelly]

should be LEC

[xpensive]

@ Sebp & Shelly;

Both are correct of course, even if I had Iso (Williams in 1973) in mind rather than LEC, the former was intended make you tear your hair out, but ok.

Teams and years will be deciseve I guess?