By Phillip Horton on Thursday, December 29, 2011

How well do you remember 2011? In our 50 question quiz, test your knowledge of the season.

1. How many nationalities took part in a race weekend in 2011? (note, England & Scotland counts as Britain)





2. At which race did Ferrari change their official team name?





3. Which car manufacturer became a sponsor of Red Bull?





4. How many F1 drivers started the Turkish Grand Prix?





5. Who completed the most laps in races in 2011?





6. Who received the most drive through penalties?





7. In 2011, there were two drivers who made it through to Q2 but never to Q3. Who are they?





8. Before Jan Charouz, who was the last Czech driver to take part in an F1 weekend?





9. Which team holds the record for most consecutive race starts without ever scoring an F1 point?





10. Conversely, which team is on a 38 race streak of consecutive points finishes?





11. What was the hottest track temperature (in Celsius) that Pirelli say their tyres ran in this year?





12. Where?





13. And the coldest (in Celsius)?





14. Where?





15. Speaking of Pirelli, what nationality is the youngest driver to have tested a Pirelli P Zero tyre?





16. Sebastian Vettel took a Grand Chelem (Pole position, fastest lap, victory and leading every lap) in India. When, and who, was the last driver to do so?





17. Compared to Mark Webber, how many laps did the Safety Car lead?





18. Which driver spent at least one lap racing in every position, except for first place?





19. Similarly, which driver raced in every position in 2011, except for 23rd place?





20. What was the difference, to the nearest minute, between the winning time for the shortest grand prix of 2011 and the longest grand prix of 2011?





21. Which race had the most pit stops of 2011?





22. How many were there?





23. And how many were there in 2011 overall?





24. How many drivers had no mechanically induced retirements in 2011?





25. Before 2011, when was the last time Williams had a season in which they failed to score one of the following: win, pole, fastest lap, podium





26. HRT failed to qualify in Australia. Who was the last driver to fall victim of the 107% rule before them?





27. When did this occur?





28. How many times did a driver fail to achieve a time under 107% in qualifying in 2011?





29. Out of the drivers who failed to set a time within 107%, which one finished highest in the championship?





30. Before 2011, when was the last year in which a Ferrari driver completed in every race for the team but failed to score a podium?





31. Out of the ‘new for 2010’ teams, which driver completed the most racing laps?





32. How many drivers failed to finish a single race on the lead lap?





33. Which driver made up the most positions on the opening lap over the course of the season?





34. How many drivers made it to Q3 every race?





35. Which team mates were most closely matched across qualifying in 2011?





36. When was the last time two consecutive seasons featured an unchanged calendar?





37. How many times did Mark Webber stand on the bottom step of the podium in 2011?





38. Which team sat 7th in the championship after the opening race of 2011?





39. How many pole positions have Ferrari taken since the start of 2009?





40. Which driver spent more laps in 2nd place than his rivals?





41. Three engine manufacturers took podiums in 2011, but what number of podiums did Renault take compared to Ferrari & Mercedes combined?





42. The four engine manufacturers each supplied three teams. But which engine supplier completed most racing laps in 2011?





43. On which circuit was the shortest pole position lap set?





44. On the final day of pre-season testing, who set the fastest time?





45. Who has more career podiums; Jenson Button or Lewis Hamilton?




46. Which Grand Prix is lengthwise, the longest of the season?





47. A single seater series raced alongside F1 in India. But who won both races?





48. Sebastian Vettel has never started from which grid position?





49. Nick Heidfeld retired from 3 of his last 2011 races. Before the Canadian Grand Prix, Nick Heidfeld’s most recent three retirements all came after the US Grand Prix of 2007. How many races did he start since then until Canada 2011.





50. AND FINALLY! When was the only time where Felipe Massa featured in a top 3 press conference?







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