Startline Christmas Quiz - THE ANSWERS

Lee Bennett has sent us the results for, and the answers to, the Christmas Quiz.

Results: Top 3 were:
1st Nick Harrison
2nd Tony Cotton
3rd Graham Easter

Well done to all who entered!

British Beef
1. Who was James Hunt’s team mate in 1976 for McLaren? Jochen Mass
2. Name Jonathan Palmer's GP teams. Williams, Zakspeed, Ram and Tyrell
3. Where did Nigel Mansell win his first Cart race? Surfers Paradise Australia
4. With which team did Perry McCarthy attempt to qualify in 1992? The awful Andrea Moda. Perry did attempt to qualify in the dry using wets!
5. What has Tony Brooks and ex Midland F1 boss Colin Kolles got in common? Both trained as Dentists.
6. What was Patrick Heads first GP design? Williams FW06 but he also had a hand in the Trojan with Ron Tauranac.
7. What F1 car was named after a white goods product? LEC driven by Ex Para Dave Purley although Nick chose the Candy Tyrell. So both would be correct.

Toilets (Touring Cars, Saloon Cars etc)
1. What unlikely "sporting" car won the first British Saloon Car Championship?Austin A105 Westminster.
2. What was the reason that Tony Lanfranchi's 1972 winner was so successful? Classes were based on cost. He chose very wisely the Moskvich 412.
3. One ex-hillclimber did become a British Touring Car Champion, but an ex British Hillclimb Champion did no better than fifth in the BTCC. Name them.John Cleland and Andy Priaulx.
4. Which touring car team paired a Vanwall and a Zakspeed driver?Audi. Teaming Moss and Brundle

Quick Toilets (Le Mans Racers)
1. Which marque has had the most consecutive wins? Porsche with 7. Tony noted it would be Audi if the car had not been rebadged as a Bentley
2. Which nation has had the most drivers standing on the top step? UK with 32.
3. Who was the British driver that was disqualified from a class win at Le Mans driving a Jaguar? David Coulthard. If I remember it was over the legality of a catalytic converter?
4. Who won in a car bearing his own name? Jean Rondeau 1980.
5. Name the Lemans Racers suggested by the following images:

Pick & Mix
1. Which Monoposto racer was designed by Gary Anderson? Car not driver!Dave Dudleys Anson SA4
2. What links the Jaguar group C project and Dan Gurney?Tony Southgate designed the Jaguar XJR9 and Eagle F5000.
3. What links Sir Jack Brabham and Sir Ernest Shackleton? Both users of a Coventry Climax engine. One was used on Shackleton's Antarctic tractor.
4. Which two people did Art Arfons in the Green Monster wrestle the land speed record from? Craig Breedlove and Tom Green
5. What car has the longest production run and is still built today? Morgan4/4 started production in 1936!

Final Lap
1. Where did Sir Stirling Moss win his final GP? Nurburgring 1961.
2. Who had the final GP win using the Ford DFV? Rosberg won Monoaco '83 with a DFV. Alboreto won the next race (Detroit), but that was with a DFY.
3. Where was Niki Lauda's final GP win? Zandvoort 1985
4. Where was Nigel Mansell's final GP win and who was his team mate? Adelaide 1994. Damon Hill.
5. Who had the final GP win using the Coventry Climax engine? Jim Clark, German GP, 1965
6. Who took BRM’s final GP win? Jean-Pierre Beltoise Monaco 1972.

Name the cars