Sunday, June 22, 2014

SS Super Sunday #5: Formula 1 Genealogies

Identify A-Y.
A-U are all Formula 1 teams. The arrows indicate a sequence of change in name of the teams through buyouts and acquisitions. Following each sequence are clues to the team names. W-Y are important personalities associated with Formula 1, the hints for which are included in the sentences.

Scoring- 3 points for every correct letter identified. An additional 20 points if all are correct.


A -> B -> C-> D-> E
A is the only team to have competed with the unique car (in pic above) in F1. During the transition from D to E, the buyout was assisted by an Abu Dhabi based company.

F-> G-> H-> I
The current Racing Director of McLaren was the Team Principal of I from 2010 to 2013. W was the owner of D. W was the Technical Director of G when it won its first and only World Constructor’s Championship.

J-> K-> L-> M                                       
The Team Principal of M also owns East Bengal Football Club through one if his companies. Michael Schumacher made his F1 debut with J. He has also raced for E and G.

N-> O-> P
The founder of N was X. His nickname was the “Flying Scot”.

Q-> R
The founder of R was Y. Only Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher have surpassed the number of world championship titles held by Y.

S-> T
T is often regarded as a junior team of P, training and supplying drivers for the senior team.

U-> V
U’s first car in Formula 1 was the first one to be designed entirely with computational fluid dynamics.

5 comments:

  1. A - Tyrrell
    B - BAR (British American Racing)
    C - Honda F1
    D - Brawn GP F1
    E - Mercedes Petronas AMG F1
    F - Toleman Motorsport
    G - Benetton F1
    H - Renault F1
    I - Lotus F1
    J - Jordan F1
    K - Midland F1
    L - Spyker F1
    M - Sahara Force India
    N - Stewart GP
    O - Jaguar Racing F1
    P - Red Bull Racing
    Q - Ligier AM F1
    R - Prost GP
    S - Minardi F1
    T - Scuderia Toro Rosso
    U - Virgin Racing
    V - Marussia Racing
    W - Ross Brawn
    X - Jackie Stewart
    Y - Alain Prost

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  2. A - Tyrrell Racing
    B - British American Racing
    C - Honda Racing F1 Team
    D - Brawn GP Formula One Team
    E - Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team
    F - Toleman Motorsport
    G - Benetton Formula
    H - Lotus Renault GP
    I - Lotus F1
    J - Jordan Grand Prix
    K - Midland F1 Racing
    L - Spyker F1 Team
    M - Force India F1 Team
    N - Stewart Grand Prix
    O - Jaguar_Racing
    P - Red Bull Racing
    Q - Equipe Ligier
    R - Prost Grand Prix
    S - Minardi F1 Team
    T - Scuderia Toro Rosso
    U - Virgin Racing
    V - Marussia F1
    W - Ross Brawn
    X - Jackie Stewart
    Y - Alain Prost

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  3. A - Tyrrell Racing
    B - British American Racing
    C - Honda Racing F1
    D - Brawn GP
    E - Mercedes GP Petronas
    F - Toleman Formula
    G - Benetton Formula
    H - Lotus Renault F1
    I - Lotus F1
    J - Jordan Grand Prix
    K - Midland F1 Racing
    L - Spyker F1
    M - Force India F1
    N - Stewart Grand Prix
    O - Jaguar Racing
    P - Red Bull Racing
    Q - Equipe Ligier
    R - Prost Grand Prix
    S - Minardi F1
    T - Scuderia Toro Rosso
    U - Virgin Racing
    V - Marussia F1
    W - Ross Brawn
    X - Jackie Stewart
    Y - Alain Prost

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  4. A-Tyrrell (car name-Tyrrell p34 )
    B-British American Racing
    C-Honda Racing
    D-Brawn GP
    E- mercedes GP
    F-Toleman Motorsport
    G-Benetton Formula
    H-Renault F1
    I-Lotus F1
    J-Jordan
    K-MF1 racing
    L-Spyker F1
    M-Sahara Force India
    N-Stewart Grand Prix
    O-Jaguar Racing
    P-Red Bull Racing
    Q-Ligier
    R-Prost Grand Prix
    S-minardi
    T-scuderia toro rosso
    U-virgin racing
    V-marrusia virgin racing
    W-Ross Brawn
    x- sIR jOHN sTEWART
    Y-Alain Prost

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  5. The correct answer is-
    A- Tyrrell Racing
    B- BAR (British American Racing)
    C- Honda F1
    D- Brawn GP
    E- Mercedes F1
    F- Toleman Motorsport
    G- Benetton racing
    H- Renault
    I- Lotus F1
    J- Jordan Grand Prix
    K- Midland F1
    L- Spyker F1
    M- Force India
    N- Stewart Grand Prix
    O- Jaguar Racing
    P- Red Bull Racing
    Q- Equipe Ligier
    R- Prost Grand Prix
    S- Minardi F1
    T- Torro Rosso
    U- Virgin Racing
    V- Marussia F1
    W- Ross Brawn
    X- Jackie Stewart
    Y- Alain Prost

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