Formula 1 Trivia

Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton share the record for most F1 World Drivers' Championships. How many titles do they each hold?

Answer: 7

Both Schumacher and Hamilton have won seven World Drivers' Championships, more than any other driver.

Which driver holds the record for the most career pole positions in Formula 1?

Answer: Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton holds the record with over 100 pole positions, far ahead of Schumacher's 68.

How many races did Max Verstappen win during his record-breaking 2023 season?

Answer: 19

Verstappen won 19 of 22 races in 2023, the most ever in a single F1 season.

Who won the 2021 World Championship after a dramatic final-lap pass at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix?

Answer: Max Verstappen

Verstappen passed Hamilton on the last lap at Yas Marina to claim his first title in 2021.

Juan Manuel Fangio won his five titles with a record how many different constructors?

Answer: Four

Fangio won championships with Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes and Ferrari - four different teams.

Which driver holds the record for the most Monaco Grand Prix wins, earning the nickname 'King of Monaco'?

Answer: Ayrton Senna

Senna won at Monaco six times, including five in a row from 1989 to 1993.

In 2010, which driver became the youngest F1 World Champion at age 23?

Answer: Sebastian Vettel

Vettel won the first of four straight Red Bull titles in 2010 at 23, the youngest champion ever.

Which team holds the record for the most Constructors' Championships in F1 history?

Answer: Ferrari

Ferrari has won 16 Constructors' Championships, more than any other team.

In F1, what does the abbreviation 'DRS' stand for?

Answer: Drag Reduction System

DRS, the Drag Reduction System, is a driver-operated adjustable rear wing introduced in 2011 to aid overtaking.

In which year did F1 switch to 1.6-litre V6 turbo-hybrid power units?

Answer: 2014

The current turbo-hybrid era began in 2014, replacing the previous 2.4-litre V8 engines.

Who won his first F1 World Drivers' Championship in the 2025 season?

Answer: Lando Norris

Norris clinched his maiden title with McLaren in 2025, edging Verstappen by two points.

Who became Formula 1's first World Drivers' Champion in 1950?

Answer: Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina

Italy's Nino Farina won the inaugural 1950 championship driving for Alfa Romeo.

Which historic Italian circuit is nicknamed the 'Temple of Speed'?

Answer: Monza

Monza earns the name for its long straights and very high average speeds.

In which year did F1 reintroduce 'ground effect' aerodynamics with a major rules overhaul?

Answer: 2022

The 2022 regulations brought back ground-effect floors after roughly a 40-year ban to improve close racing.

Before Hamilton surpassed it, Michael Schumacher held the record for career race wins. How many did he have?

Answer: 91

Schumacher's 91 wins stood as the record until Hamilton passed it in 2020.

Mercedes won a record run of consecutive Constructors' Championships from 2014 to 2021. How many in a row?

Answer: 8

Mercedes claimed eight straight Constructors' titles from 2014 through 2021.

How many World Championships did Ayrton Senna win before his death in 1994?

Answer: 3

Senna won titles in 1988, 1990 and 1991, all with McLaren.

Which four-time champion is nicknamed 'The Professor' and scored 51 Grand Prix wins?

Answer: Alain Prost

Alain Prost won four titles and 51 races, a win record that stood until Schumacher broke it.

The famous uphill 'Eau Rouge' corner is found at which Grand Prix circuit?

Answer: Spa-Francorchamps

Eau Rouge-Raidillon is the signature high-speed corner at Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps.

How many points does a driver currently earn for winning a Grand Prix?

Answer: 25

Under F1's current system the race winner scores 25 points.

Who is the youngest driver ever to win an F1 Grand Prix, triumphing at the 2016 Spanish GP?

Answer: Max Verstappen

Verstappen won on his Red Bull debut at Barcelona in 2016, aged 18.

By the end of 2024, how many consecutive World Championships had Max Verstappen won?

Answer: 4

Verstappen won four titles in a row from 2021 to 2024.

Which British circuit hosted the very first World Championship race in 1950 and still holds the British GP?

Answer: Silverstone

Silverstone staged the inaugural championship race on 13 May 1950.

How many Constructors' Championships has Williams won, placing it third all-time?

Answer: 9

Williams has nine Constructors' titles, behind Ferrari (16) and McLaren (10).

Modern F1 power units recover energy with the MGU-K and which other unit linked to the turbocharger?

Answer: MGU-H

The MGU-H recovers heat energy from the turbo, while the MGU-K recovers kinetic braking energy.

Michael Schumacher won five straight titles with Ferrari during which span?

Answer: 2000-2004

Schumacher dominated with Ferrari, winning every drivers' title from 2000 to 2004.

Max Verstappen was the first driver of which nationality to become F1 World Champion?

Answer: Dutch

Verstappen became the first Dutch F1 World Champion in 2021.

Which race is the slowest, tightest street circuit on the calendar and has run since 1929?

Answer: Monaco Grand Prix

The Monaco GP through Monte Carlo's streets is the calendar's slowest and most iconic circuit.

What is the name of the titanium cockpit-protection device made mandatory in F1 from 2018?

Answer: Halo

The Halo, a titanium structure above the cockpit, became mandatory in 2018 and has saved several lives.

In 2013 Sebastian Vettel set a record with how many consecutive race wins in a single season?

Answer: 9

Vettel won the last nine races of 2013, a record run of consecutive victories.

Red Bull Racing, champions of the early 2020s, is based in which country?

Answer: United Kingdom

Despite its Austrian ownership, Red Bull Racing is based in Milton Keynes, England.

Which driver holds the all-time record for most Grand Prix victories?

Answer: Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton passed Schumacher's 91 wins and holds the record with over 100 career victories.

The controversial 2021 title decider was held at which circuit?

Answer: Yas Marina (Abu Dhabi)

The 2021 finale took place at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

Which team won the 2025 Constructors' Championship, its second in a row?

Answer: McLaren

McLaren secured back-to-back Constructors' titles in 2024 and 2025, its tenth overall.

How many cylinders does a current F1 turbo-hybrid power unit's combustion engine have?

Answer: 6 (V6)

Current F1 engines are 1.6-litre V6 turbo-hybrid units, in use since 2014.

Which is the only team to have competed in every Formula 1 season since the championship began in 1950?

Answer: Ferrari

Ferrari is the sport's oldest and most successful team, having entered every World Championship season since 1950.

Lewis Hamilton left Mercedes after 12 seasons to join which team for 2025?

Answer: Ferrari

Hamilton's blockbuster switch to Ferrari was announced in February 2024 and he made his race debut in red at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.

Which company has been Formula 1's sole tyre supplier since 2011?

Answer: Pirelli

Pirelli took over from Bridgestone as F1's exclusive tyre supplier in 2011 and remains so through the 2025 season.

Which Grand Prix became Formula 1's first-ever night race in 2008?

Answer: Singapore Grand Prix

The inaugural 2008 Singapore Grand Prix was run under floodlights on the Marina Bay street circuit and was won by Fernando Alonso.

As of the 2025 season, how many teams competed in Formula 1?

Answer: 10

The 2025 grid featured 10 teams fielding 20 full-time drivers, with Cadillac set to join as an 11th team in 2026.

Who won the dramatic 1976 World Championship by a single point over Niki Lauda?

Answer: James Hunt

McLaren's James Hunt edged Lauda 69 points to 68 after the Ferrari driver withdrew from the rain-soaked Japanese GP finale, months after his fiery Nurburgring crash.

In which year did Nigel Mansell finally win his only World Championship?

Answer: 1992

Mansell dominated 1992 in the active-suspension Williams FW14B, winning nine races and clinching the title by August in Hungary.

Which Brazilian won World Championships in 1972 and 1974 and later founded his own F1 team?

Answer: Emerson Fittipaldi

Emerson Fittipaldi won titles with Lotus and McLaren before leaving to drive for his family's Copersucar-Fittipaldi team from 1976.

Which circuit is the only one on the F1 calendar with a figure-eight layout that crosses over itself?

Answer: Suzuka

Japan's Suzuka Circuit, home of the Japanese Grand Prix, is the only crossover figure-eight track in F1, with the back straight passing over the front section via a bridge.

Which driver did Lewis Hamilton pass at the final corner of the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix to clinch his first title?

Answer: Timo Glock

Hamilton overtook Timo Glock's dry-tyred Toyota in the last corners at Interlagos to take fifth place and beat Felipe Massa to the championship by one point.

Jim Clark won both of his World Championships, in 1963 and 1965, driving for which team?

Answer: Lotus

Clark took all 25 of his Grand Prix wins and both titles in Colin Chapman's Lotus cars, also winning the 1965 Indianapolis 500 for the marque.

By how many points did Kimi Raikkonen win the 2007 World Championship for Ferrari?

Answer: One

Raikkonen finished 2007 on 110 points, one ahead of McLaren pair Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, who tied on 109.

Which driver holds the all-time record for the most Grand Prix entries, as of 2025?

Answer: Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso became the first driver in history to surpass 400 Grand Prix entries, extending his record across the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Who is the most recent American driver to win the F1 World Championship, taking the 1978 title?

Answer: Mario Andretti

Mario Andretti clinched the 1978 championship at Monza in the ground-effect Lotus 79, joining Phil Hill (1961) as the only American world champions.

Who scored the first World Championship win for a rear-engined car, at the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix?

Answer: Stirling Moss

Stirling Moss won in Rob Walker's privately entered Cooper T43, running the whole race non-stop, and within five years front-engined F1 cars were obsolete.

Who became Britain's first Formula 1 World Champion in 1958?

Answer: Mike Hawthorn

Ferrari's Mike Hawthorn beat Stirling Moss to the 1958 title by one point despite winning only a single race, then retired immediately afterwards.

Who is the only driver to win the World Championship in a car bearing his own name?

Answer: Jack Brabham

Jack Brabham won his third title in 1966 driving the Repco-powered Brabham BT19 built by his own team, a feat never repeated.

Which driver won the 1982 World Championship despite taking victory in only one race that season?

Answer: Keke Rosberg

Williams driver Keke Rosberg's sole 1982 win came in the Swiss Grand Prix at Dijon, but his consistency prevailed in a chaotic year in which 11 different drivers won races.

The 1966 'Return to Power' rules doubled F1's engine capacity to what size?

Answer: 3.0 litres

For 1966 the FIA raised the engine limit from 1.5 to 3.0 litres for naturally aspirated engines, an era that produced the legendary Cosworth DFV.

Which driver gave the Jordan team its first-ever victory at the chaotic, rain-hit 1998 Belgian Grand Prix?

Answer: Damon Hill

Damon Hill led home teammate Ralf Schumacher for a Jordan one-two at Spa in a race that featured a 13-car pileup at the start.

Who scored Red Bull Racing's first-ever Grand Prix victory, in the wet 2009 Chinese Grand Prix?

Answer: Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel won from pole at a soaked Shanghai, leading teammate Mark Webber home for a one-two in the team's first win and Vettel's second career victory.

The dominant 1988 McLaren MP4/4 of Senna and Prost won how many of the season's 16 races?

Answer: 15

The Honda-powered MP4/4 won 15 of 16 Grands Prix in 1988, missing only Monza, and took pole position at 15 rounds.