Welcome, speed enthusiasts and fans of the spectacular sport of Formula 1 racing! Have you ever wondered who was the youngest to start a race, the oldest to win one, or the first to reach a staggering 100 pole positions? If so, you’re in the right place!
In the high-octane world of F1, with its thrilling twists and turns, both on and off the track, there is so much history, innovation, and fascinating trivia to uncover. From its inception in 1950 to the high-tech contests of today, the sport has created legends, broken records, and pushed the boundaries of what’s possible on four wheels.
So, whether you’re a dedicated fan who’s seen every Grand Prix, a casual observer who enjoys the excitement of race day, or a trivia buff with a need for speed, you’re sure to find something to pique your interest in this collection of 100 F1 trivia questions and answers. Buckle up, and let’s dive into the exhilarating world of F1 racing!
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1. Who was the first Formula 1 world champion? Reveal Answer Giuseppe Farina, in 1950.
2. What team did Michael Schumacher make his debut with in 1991? Reveal Answer Jordan-Ford.
3. Who holds the record for the most F1 championships won? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher, with 7 championships each.
4. Which Formula 1 driver is famously known as ‘The Professor’? Reveal Answer Alain Prost.
5. Which team won the first ever F1 constructors’ championship in 1958? Reveal Answer Vanwall.
6. What is the shortest circuit on the current F1 calendar? Reveal Answer The Circuit de Monaco.
7. What is the longest circuit on the current F1 calendar? Reveal Answer Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
8. Who is the youngest F1 driver to start a race? Reveal Answer Max Verstappen, at the age of 17 years, 166 days.
9. Who is the oldest winner of an F1 race? Reveal Answer Luigi Fagioli, at the age of 53.
10. Who won the F1 championship in 2008? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton.
11. How many drivers’ championships has Ferrari won as of my knowledge cutoff in September 2021? Reveal Answer 15.
12. Who was the first driver to win an F1 race for Mercedes in the modern era (since 2010)? Reveal Answer Nico Rosberg.
13. Who is the only posthumous World Champion in F1 history? Reveal Answer Jochen Rindt.
14. Which driver holds the record for the most consecutive F1 championships won? Reveal Answer Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, both with 5 consecutive wins.
15. Which Grand Prix is often called the ‘jewel in the crown’ of the F1 calendar? Reveal Answer The Monaco Grand Prix.
16. Who is the only F1 driver to have won a championship with both Ferrari and McLaren? Reveal Answer Niki Lauda.
17. Who is the most successful British driver in F1 history? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton.
18. Who holds the record for the most podium finishes in F1? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton.
19. Who was the first driver to achieve a ‘Grand Slam’ (Pole, Fastest Lap, Led Every Lap, and Win)? Reveal Answer Jim Clark.
20. What year did F1 introduce hybrid engines? Reveal Answer 2014.
21. Which team has the most constructors’ championships in F1? Reveal Answer Scuderia Ferrari.
22. Who was the last driver to win a championship for Ferrari? Reveal Answer Kimi Räikkönen, in 2007.
23. Who won the 1976 F1 championship, beating Niki Lauda by 1 point? Reveal Answer James Hunt.
24. Who was the first Brazilian F1 champion? Reveal Answer Emerson Fittipaldi.
25. What year did the FIA introduce the halo device for F1 cars? Reveal Answer 2018.
26. Who won the 1998 and 1999 F1 championships with McLaren? Reveal Answer Mika Häkkinen.
27. What country is 2007 F1 champion Kimi Räikkönen from? Reveal Answer Finland.
28. Who holds the record for the most pole positions in F1 history? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton.
29. Who was the first female driver to score points in an F1 race? Reveal Answer Lella Lombardi.
30. What year did F1 introduce the Drag Reduction System (DRS)? Reveal Answer 2011.
31. Who won the 2020 F1 championship? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton.
32. Who holds the record for the most fastest laps in a season? Reveal Answer Kimi Räikkönen, with 10 in 2008.
33. Which driver holds the record for the most races started without ever leading a lap? Reveal Answer Martin Brundle.
34. What year was the first U.S. Grand Prix held? Reveal Answer 1959.
35. Who was the last driver to win an F1 race in a car of his own construction? Reveal Answer Jack Brabham.
36. What is the home Grand Prix of Ferrari? Reveal Answer The Italian Grand Prix, held at Monza.
37. What type of engine did the McLaren MP4/4 use in the 1988 season? Reveal Answer A Honda 1.5-litre V6 turbo.
38. Who was the first F1 champion to win the title posthumously? Reveal Answer Jochen Rindt.
39. Who is the most successful German driver in F1 history? Reveal Answer Michael Schumacher.
40. Who won the F1 drivers’ championship in 1984 by just half a point? Reveal Answer Niki Lauda.
41. Who was the first driver to win an F1 race for Red Bull? Reveal Answer David Coulthard.
42. Who was Ayrton Senna’s teammate in the infamous 1988 season at McLaren? Reveal Answer Alain Prost.
43. Who was the first Australian to win an F1 drivers’ championship? Reveal Answer Jack Brabham.
44. What is the only African country to have hosted a Formula 1 Grand Prix? Reveal Answer South Africa.
45. What was unique about the 1959 and 1960 F1 seasons? Reveal Answer They had the first and only races on the continent of Asia, in Morocco.
46. What brand of tyres did Michelin replace in F1 in 2001? Reveal Answer Bridgestone.
47. What is the highest altitude at which an F1 race has been held? Reveal Answer The Autódromo Hermanos RodrÃguez in Mexico City, at over 2200 meters above sea level.
48. Who holds the record for the most wins in a rookie season? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton and Jacques Villeneuve, with 4 each.
49. Who was the first driver to win an F1 race under artificial lights? Reveal Answer Fernando Alonso, at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
50. What circuit is known as the ‘Cathedral of Speed’? Reveal Answer Monza.
51. Who is the only driver to have won a championship without winning a race in the season? Reveal Answer Mike Hawthorn, in 1958.
52. What year did Formula 1 introduce the Virtual Safety Car (VSC)? Reveal Answer 2015.
53. Who was the first driver to win a world championship with Williams? Reveal Answer Alan Jones, in 1980.
54. Who won the F1 drivers’ championship in 1997? Reveal Answer Jacques Villeneuve.
55. Who was Sebastian Vettel’s teammate when he won his first F1 drivers’ championship in 2010? Reveal Answer Mark Webber.
56. What country is 4-time F1 champion Alain Prost from? Reveal Answer France.
57. Which driver has the most second-place finishes in F1 history? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton.
58. What team did Fernando Alonso drive for when he won his two world championships? Reveal Answer Renault.
59. Who is the most successful driver at the Monaco Grand Prix? Reveal Answer Ayrton Senna, with 6 wins.
60. Who is the only driver to win the Indy 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the F1 World Championship? Reveal Answer Graham Hill.
61. Who was the last driver to win a championship for Williams? Reveal Answer Jacques Villeneuve, in 1997.
62. What was the first Grand Prix to be held in the Middle East? Reveal Answer The Bahrain Grand Prix, in 2004.
63. Who holds the record for the most consecutive races finished in the points? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton.
64. Who was the first F1 driver from Russia? Reveal Answer Vitaly Petrov.
65. What year did Formula 1 first introduce the use of a Safety Car? Reveal Answer 1973.
66. Who is the only son of a World Champion to also win the World Championship? Reveal Answer Damon Hill.
67. Who won the F1 drivers’ championship in 2016? Reveal Answer Nico Rosberg.
68. What team did Ayrton Senna make his F1 debut with? Reveal Answer Toleman.
69. What team did Alain Prost make his F1 debut with? Reveal Answer McLaren.
70. Who was the first driver to score points for Haas F1 Team? Reveal Answer Romain Grosjean.
71. Who holds the record for the most F1 starts without a championship win? Reveal Answer Rubens Barrichello.
72. What was the first F1 team to introduce a semi-automatic gearbox? Reveal Answer Ferrari, in 1989.
73. Who was the first non-European F1 world champion? Reveal Answer Juan Manuel Fangio from Argentina.
74. Who was the first woman to start an F1 race? Reveal Answer Maria Teresa de Filippis.
75. Who is the only driver in F1 history to finish in the top three in every race of a season? Reveal Answer Michael Schumacher, in 2002.
76. Who was the first driver to reach 100 pole positions? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton.
77. Who was the first driver to win 5 F1 world championships? Reveal Answer Juan Manuel Fangio.
78. Who was the first driver to score points in an F1 race for Mercedes in the modern era (since 2010)? Reveal Answer Michael Schumacher.
79. Who is the only woman to have stood on the podium in an F1 race? Reveal Answer Lella Lombardi.
80. Who was the last driver to win a championship for Renault? Reveal Answer Fernando Alonso, in 2006.
81. Who holds the record for the most laps led in F1 history? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton.
82. What is the smallest margin of victory in an F1 race? Reveal Answer 0.01 seconds, at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix.
83. Who was the last driver to win a championship for McLaren? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton, in 2008.
84. Who holds the record for the most consecutive F1 starts? Reveal Answer Lewis Hamilton.
85. Who holds the record for the most pole positions in a single season? Reveal Answer Sebastian Vettel, with 15 in 2011.
86. Who won the first F1 race held in Asia? Reveal Answer Mario Andretti, at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix.
87. Who holds the record for the most wins in a single F1 season? Reveal Answer Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, both with 13.
88. Who was the first F1 champion from Finland? Reveal Answer Keke Rosberg.
89. What year did F1 introduce a points system for the drivers’ championship? Reveal Answer 1950, the first year of the World Championship.
90. What was the first F1 team to use carbon fibre in their car’s construction? Reveal Answer McLaren, in 1981.
91. Who was the first American to win an F1 world championship? Reveal Answer Phil Hill.
92. Who won the first F1 race held in the Middle East? Reveal Answer Michael Schumacher, at the 2004 Bahrain Grand Prix.
93. Who is the only driver to have won a championship with BRM (British Racing Motors)? Reveal Answer Graham Hill.
94. What team did Jackie Stewart drive for when he won his first F1 championship? Reveal Answer Matra.
95. Who won the last F1 race held at the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife layout? Reveal Answer James Hunt.
96. What is the longest F1 race in history in terms of time? Reveal Answer The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix, which lasted over 4 hours due to heavy rain.
97. What was the last team to enter F1 before Haas in 2016? Reveal Answer Caterham, in 2010.
98. Who was the first Japanese driver to win an F1 race? Reveal Answer Takuma Sato.
99. Who was the last F1 champion of the 20th century? Reveal Answer Mika Häkkinen.
100. Who was the first F1 champion of the 21st century? Reveal Answer Michael Schumacher.
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