Statistics for On This Day In History - Formula 1 Edition

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
October 28,1951 - This man wins his first of 5 world championships	Juan Manuel Fangio	97%
August 3, 1952 - Alberto Ascari becomes to date the only person from this country to win the F1 World Driver's Championship with a record winning percentage of 75%	Italy	94%
October 21, 1990 - Ayrton Senna exacts his revenge on Alain Prost, winning his third world title in the same way Prost won the title the year before. What constructor was Senna driving for?	Mclaren	91%
August 16, 1992 - Nigel Mansell finally wins the world championship. How many years did it take him to do so?	11	88%
November 13, 1994 - Michael Schumacher wins his first world championship in controversial fashion after a collision with this driver forces both out of the race	Damon Hill	88%
November 29, 1975 - This 2-time world champion dies in a plane crash	Graham Hill	88%
May 1, 1994 - Ayrton Senna is killed in a crash at this ill-fated track	Imola	88%
September 26, 1993 - Alain Prost announces his retirement from Formula 1 after winning his fourth world title with this team	Williams	88%
November 20, 2022 - Max Verstappen wins his second-straight world championship in a record-breaking season, scoring 454 points. How many races did he win?	15	84%
November 27, 2016 - Nico Rosberg beats teammate Lewis Hamilton for the world title in the same machinery(I'm sorry, I had to say it), becoming the second second-generation champion in Formula 1. What year did Nico's father, Keke, win the world championship?	1982	84%
October 30, 1988 - This Brazilian driver wins his first of three world titles	Ayrton Senna	84%
September 25, 2005 - This Spanish racing legend wins his first of two world titles, the only Spaniard to date to do so	Fernando Alonso	84%
October 5, 2014 - Jules Bianchi suffers severe head and neck injuries after colliding with a recovery vehicle at the Japanese Grand Prix and dies 10 months later. As a result, this safety device was introduced. Thankfully, there have been no fatalities since the induction of this device	Halo	84%
November 15, 2020 - This driver clinches a record-tying seventh world championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	84%
November 14, 2010 - This young German driver wins his first of four straight world titles, becoming the youngest champion in history at 23 years old	Sebastian Vettel	84%
October 6, 1985 - This legendary driver clinches his first of four titles	Alain Prost	81%
May 8, 1982 - This popular Canadian Ferrari driver is killed in a crash at the Belgian Grand Prix	Gilles Villeneuve	81%
October 7, 1973 - This Scotsman retires from F1 after winning his third world title	Jackie Stewart	81%
October 25, 1970 - This Austrian driver becomes the only world champion to be crowned posthumously after Jacky Ickx refuses the title	Jochen Rindt	81%
September 9, 1979 - This driver becomes the only World Champion born in Africa	Jody Scheckter	81%
October 4, 2012 - This racing legend announces his retirement from Formula 1	Michael Schumacher	81%
August 1, 1976 - This defending world champion survives a violent crash at the Nurburgring, suffering severe burns to his head and hands	Niki Lauda	81%
Jenson Button wins his only world championship, also winning the constructor's title for this team in it's only season in F1	Brawn GP	78%
April 7, 1968 - This legendary British driver dies in a Formula 2 crash at the Hockenheimring	Jim Clark	75%
May 13, 1950 - The first-ever Formula 1 race is held here, won by Giuseppe Farina	Silverstone	75%
October 13, 2002 - Michael Schumacher wins his fifth world title, becoming the only driver in history to have a podium finish in every race. How many podiums did he score?	17	69%
December 12, 2022 - Max Verstappen wins his first world championship in controversial fashion after this Williams driver crashes on lap 50	Nicholas Latifi	66%
October 22, 1989 - Alain Prost wins his third world titles from teammate Ayrton Senna in controversial fashion at this famous track	Suzuka	66%
November 11, 2008 - Felipe Massa wins his home Grand Prix at Brazil, but loses the World Championship to Lewis Hamilton after mechanical issues by this driver causes Hamilton to finish fourth	Timo Glock	63%
February 23, 1958 - Juan Manuel Fangio is supposedly kidnapped by rebels from Cuba, led by this infamous world leader	Fidel Castro	59%
September 11, 1978 - This popular driver, nicknamed "SuperSwede" dies in a fiery crash at the Italian Grand Prix	Ronnie Peterson	59%
June 11, 1972 - Graham Hill wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans, becoming the only driver in history to do this	Achieve the Triple Crown of Motorsport(Win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Indianapolis 500, and the F1 World Championship)	50%
October 8, 1961 - Innes Ireland scores the first Grand Prix victory for this legendary team	Lotus	50%
March 24, 2013 - The infamous "Multi-21" incident, in which Sebastian Vettel refused to obey team orders to move aside to Mark Webber win. This move Webber so much that he left Red Bull at the end of the season and never raced again. What track did this occur at?	Sepang(Malaysia)	50%
January 19, 1981 - The FOCA, led by this man, is granted the right to televise F1 races	Bernie Ecclestone	44%
August 7, 1982 - This Frenchman becomes the second casualty of Ferrari's "death machines", suffering a career-ending crash at practice for the German Grand Prix(He would later die in a powerboating accident in 1987)	Didier Pironi	38%
August 1, 1965 - Jim Clark scores his record eight of these	Grand Slam(Pole, win, led every lap, and fastest lap)	38%
October 26, 1997 - Jacques Villenueve wins the world championship after Michael Schumacher crashes out attempting to take Villeneuve out of the race. Schumacher was later disqualified from the championship for this move. Who finished second as a result?	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	34%
September 10, 1961 - This driver's Ferrari crashes into the stands causing the deaths of himself and 13 spectators	Wolfgang Von Trips	28%
October 13, 1996 - Damon Hill wins the world championship, becoming one of only two drivers to do this	Be a second-generation champion	9%