ATLAS F1   Volume 6, Issue 48

  The Winter Testing Trivia Quiz

  by Marcel Borsboom, Netherlands

With the winter testing about to start, it's time to test how well you have been paying attention to the previous off-seasons. Simply choose one answer to each of the following 12 questions, and press "submit" to get the results. Have fun!

1. When was the November F1 testing ban first introduced?

1995
1996
1997

  2. How many drivers who participated in the 2000 F1 season have now become test drivers for F1 teams?

4
3
2

3. How many circuits that are currently hosting GPs are also authorised for testing by the FIA?

4
5
6

4. What was the colour of the McLaren livery during the winter testing in 1996 (before the 1997 season)?

White
Black
Orange

5. How many circuits does Ferrari own and use for their F1 testing?

1
2
3

  6. How many teams attended the first day of testing at the start of last year's winter testing?

3
4
5

7. Who holds the testing lap record at the current Barcelona circuit?

Panis
Hakkinen
Villeneuve

  8. What kind of track is Santa Pod, which is sometimes used by teams?

a drag strip
an old airfield
a private track owned by the British Royal Family

9. How many tyre sets are teams allowed to use during the winter testing sessions?

25
50
unlimited

  10. What is the minimum number of teams needed to make a testing session an officially sanctioned FIA session?

1
2
5

11. Which team(s) tested at Kyalami (South Africa) last year?

Only Williams
Jordan and BAR
BAR and Williams

  12. What happened to the Jaguar R1 on its first ever outing, in last year's winter testing?

The engine expired after only 2 laps
Burti crashed the car in the pitlane
Jaquar could only do 1 lap because of heavy rain


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The Atlas F1 Quiz script was prepared by Paul Ryder