The 1999 Atlas F1 Quiz

	by Marcel Schot, Netherlands

With the 1999 season over and done, it's time to see how well you paid attention to the finer details of the action. Do you really remember every race? Every lap? Atlas F1 brings you the ultimate trivia quiz of the 1999 season - simply choose one answer to each of the following 50 questions, and press "submit" to get the results. Have fun! 1. Which team was the first one to have both cars out of the race in Australia this year? BAR Prost McLaren   2. How many safety car situations occurred during the 1999 season? 10 9 7 3. On what position did Olivier Panis qualify in Melbourne? 14th 17th 20th 4. For how many laps did Rubens Barrichello lead the race in Brazil? None 23 41 5. Who replaced Luca Badoer in the Minardi at Interlagos? Mika Salo Toranosuke Takagi Stephane Sarrazin   6. In what session did Ricardo Zonta have the crash that caused him to miss the race at Interlagos? Friday practice Saturday practice Qualifying 7. How many drivers competed in Formula One in 1999? 24 25 26   8. After how many laps did Mika Hakkinen retire in Imola? 7 47 17 9. Which team started its 100th Grand Prix in Imola? Sauber Jordan Benetton   10. What was the weather like at Monaco this year during the race? Dry Wet Partially wet 11. How big was Michael Schumacher's lead in the WC after Monaco? 4 points 6 points 8 points   12. How many drivers had WC points after Spain? 8 14 17 13. How many changes of the lead were there in the Spanish Grand Prix? None 1 4 14. On what position did Jacques Villeneuve qualify in his home Grand Prix at Canada? 16 11 7 15. How many safety car situations were there at the Canadian Grand Prix? 2 4 3   16. Which driver was disqualified from the French Grand Prix for using the wrong set of tyres? Marc Gene Damon Hill Toranosuke Takagi 17. On what position did Eddie Irvine qualify for the French Grand Prix? 4th 9th 17th   18. Which driver lead the race during the safety car situation in France? Mika Hakkinen Rubens Barrichello Heinz-Harald Frentzen 19. In what corner did Michael Schumacher crash at Silverstone? Luffield Becketts Stowe   20. How many drivers finished the race at Silverstone? 16 13 9 21. How big was Mika Hakkinen's lead in the championship after Austria? 4 points 2 points He was tied with Irvine   22. After nine races, who was the only driver to have beaten his teammate in qualifying on all occasions? Mika Hakkinen Giancarlo Fisichella Rubens Barrichello 23. Who qualified second in Germany? Eddie Irvine Heinz-Harald Frentzen Jean Alesi 24. Which two drivers collided in lap one of the German Grand Prix? Trulli and de la Rosa Wurz and Diniz Diniz and Villeneuve 25. In what position did Mika Salo qualify in Hungary? 4th 9th 18th   26. How many times was qualifying stopped because of an accident at Spa? Never 2 times 3 times 27. How big was McLaren's head in the Constructors' Championship after the Belgian Grand Prix? 1 point 9 points 17 points   28. For how many laps did Mika Salo lead the Italian Grand Prix? 1 14 None 29. Who crashed into the back of Luca Badoer during the Italian Grand Prix? Pedro de la Rosa Pedro Diniz Toranosuke Takagi   30. Who crashed into Pedro Diniz' Sauber just after the start of the European Grand Prix? Alexander Wurz Damon Hill Jean Alesi 31. In what position did Jacques Villeneuve retire from the European Grand Prix? 9th 5th 7th   32. In what position did Heinz-Harald Frentzen qualify for the Malaysian Grand Prix? 4th 5th 14th 33. Which two drivers became 5th and 6th when Ferrari was initially disqualified at Malaysia? Alesi and Villeneuve Zanardi and Wurz Alesi and Wurz 34. Which two drivers had exactly the same time at the end of qualifying in Suzuka? Hill and Barrichello Frentzen and R. Schumacher Herbert and Alesi 35. Who set the fastest race lap in the Japanese Grand Prix? Mika Hakkinen Michael Schumacher David Coulthard   36. After how many laps in the Japanese GP did Damon Hill retire from Formula One? 1 53 21 37. How many laps-long was the 1999 Formula One season? 983 1000 1014   38. How many teams scored a Grand Prix victory in 1999? 3 4 5 39. How many pole positions did Mika Hakkinen score in 1999? 7 9 11   40. Who set the fastest lap during the Italian Grand Prix? Ralf Schumacher Giancarlo Fisichella Mika Hakkinen 41. Who finished third in the World Drivers' Championship? David Coulthard Heinz-Harald Frentzen Michael Schumacher   42. How many drivers have scored WC points during the 1999 season? 15 17 18 43. How big was Ferrari's lead in the final Constructors' Championship standings? 1 point 4 points 5 points 44. Which team was the only one not to score any point during the 1999 season? Minardi Arrows BAR 45. In how many races did Mika Hakkinen not finish on the podium? 5 6 8   46. On how many occasions was Eddie Irvine not classified? 1 3 5 47. From how many Grands Prix was Michael Schumacher absent? 4 6 7   48. Where did Damon Hill achieve his best qualifying position of the season? Hungary Great Britain Belgium 49. In which two raced did Jean Alesi score a point? San Marino and Malaysia France and Japan San Marino and Japan   50. In what GP did Mika Hakkinen score a hat-trick (win, pole and fastest lap) this season? Brazil Hungary Spain

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