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Question 1:
Niki Lauda is the only Austrian to have won his home Grand Prix, but how many of his fellow countrymen have also scored a podium on home soil?
Question 2:
In terms of distance Spielberg is the shortest track on the calendar – true or false?
Question 3:
Which Italian driver walked away from this enormous accident in the 1985 race in Austria?
Question 4:
Which record that had been held exclusively by Jackie Stewart since 1970 did Lewis Hamilton equal at last year’s Austrian Grand Prix?
Question 5:
Which driver joined Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello on the podium following the infamous 2002 Austrian Grand Prix?
Question 6:
Which team holds the record for most wins in Austria?
Question 7:
Which British driver fulfilled a bet to shave off his trademark beard after winning the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix?
Question 8:
At the 2014 Austrian Grand Prix, what did Valtteri Bottas become the seventh Finnish driver in history to do?
Question 9:
In the video below, which two future F1 race winners are seen fighting over second place in the 1997 Austrian Grand Prix?
Question 10:
What links these five drivers: Lorenzo Bandini, Vittorio Brambilla, John Watson, Alan Jones and Elio de Angelis?
Question 11:
“Not bad for an old man!” Which driver said this moments after crossing the line in last year’s race at Spielberg?
Question 12:
The 1976 and 1977 Austrian Grands Prix were won by two different teams, neither of which would go on to win in F1 again. Name those teams.
Question 13:
Which driver was lucky to escape unscathed when his McLaren hit a deer during practice for the Austrian Grand Prix in 1987?
Question 14:
Zeltweg Airfield, venue for the inaugural Austrian Grand Prix in 1964, is the only circuit beginning with the letter ‘Z’ to have held a world championship race – true or false?
Question 15:
Which driver scored a record three Austrian wins in four years between 1983 and 1986?
Answers
1. Zero – Lauda is the only Austrian to score a home podium; 2. False – Monaco, Mexico and Brazil are shorter; 3. Ligier's Andrea de Cesaris; 4. The record for consecutive races led, which was 17; 5. Juan Pablo Montoya; 6. McLaren with six; 7. John Watson; 8. Finish a race on the podium; 9. Jordan’s Giancarlo Fisichella and Prost’s Jarno Trulli; 10. They all scored their maiden Grand Prix wins in Austria; 11. Williams’ Felipe Massa, who had just finished third; 12. Penske and Shadow; 13. Stefan Johansson; 14. False – Zandvoort in the Netherlands and Zolder in Belgium have also hosted rounds; 15. Alain Prost.
How did you get on?
0-5: Back of the grid
6-10: Solid midfield runner
11-15: Top of the podium