Weekly World Quiz

[Gunner]

From The Daily Chatter:

Formula One motor racing has been one of the fastest-growing sports in the world and it’s truly global, with races spanning five continents. What country has won the most Formula One Grand Prix races?

• The United States
• Italy
• Brazil
• The United Kingdom

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I got it wrong. I thought Ferrari and Italy. Not even close.

The answer is D - The United Kingdom

The UK has 308 total wins, far surpassing any other country in the world. Germany is second with 179; Brazil is third with 101 wins; France is fourth with 81; Italy is seventh with 43; and the US is well behind in 12th place with only 33 F1 victories.

 

[DoubleD]

Oddly a lot of the constructors are based in the UK. I live very close to Maclaren and Brooklands, which was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing circuit. Parts of it are still around today and you can walk around them. There's also a museum, it's where a lot of the 'original' constructors started

 

[Rico]

Is that based on teams or drivers?

 

[steve]

Both the Alpine F1 team HQ at Enstone, and the UK Haas HQ in Banbury are close to me, and both the Caterham F1 and Arrows Yamaha F1 teams occupied a site just outside the village where I live.
Also not too far from Maclaren at Milton Keynes and the Mercedes team HQ in Brackley are also not too far away.

I was at Silverstone in 1991 for the F1 grand prix when Ayrton Senna ran out of petrol and was given a lift back to the pits by Nigel Mansell.



I've driven around part of the Monaco circuit whilst on holiday ( 3 times in a suitable vehicle......2002 Kia Sedona sporting a rebadged Mercedes 2.9 turbo diesel, ably supported by my pit crew.....wife and 3 boys).

Steve