Formula 1 has never had more fans, but do you know the sport beyond the last few seasons? This quiz goes back to where it all started.
10 questions on F1 world champions, legendary circuits, the rules of the sport and the moments that shaped the history of the grid.
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Formula 1 did not suddenly become exciting when Drive to Survive arrived. It always was, and the history runs deeper than many newer fans realise. The normal quiz covers the landmarks: the seven titles of Schumacher and of Hamilton, Verstappen's run of four, Senna, Ferrari, Monaco and the rules that decide a race.
Hard mode goes back further. It asks about the first championship race, the decades when drivers raced with far less protection, the title fights that are still argued over and a team that won everything in its only season. Five out of ten there puts you in the points.
Britain has been central to Formula 1 since the very first championship season. More than half of the teams on the grid are based in England, and British drivers have won more titles than any other nation's. Hard mode gives that history its share of questions.
F1 rewrites its rulebook more often than most sports. The bonus point for fastest lap disappeared in 2025, and DRS gave way to active aerodynamics under the 2026 regulations. Where a rule has changed, the question says which period it means, and records that still move every season are left out.
All ten easy level questions, with the answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: It gets new tyres
It gets new tyres, usually in less than three seconds.
Correct answer: The United Kingdom
The UK, in Northamptonshire, on an old wartime airfield.
Correct answer: Drive to Survive
Drive to Survive, which looks behind the scenes of each season.
Correct answer: Lando Norris
Lando Norris, who edged out Verstappen in the final race at Abu Dhabi.
Correct answer: Danger on the track
Danger ahead. Drivers must slow down and cannot overtake.
Correct answer: German
German, born in Hürth, near Cologne, in 1969.
Correct answer: The Silver Arrows
The Silver Arrows, a name going back to the 1930s.
Correct answer: A street circuit
A street circuit, winding round the harbour between hotels and barriers.
Correct answer: Formula
Formula: the set of rules every car must follow.
Correct answer: Spain
Spain, from Oviedo, in Asturias.
Want to warm up before playing or double-check something? Open any question to reveal the correct answer and a short explanation.
Correct answer: 7
Michael Schumacher won 7 F1 World Championships: 2 with Benetton (1994 and 1995) and 5 consecutive titles with Ferrari (2000-2004). Lewis Hamilton matched this record in 2020.
Correct answer: Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton won his seventh title in 2020 with Mercedes, equalling Michael Schumacher. He also holds the all-time records for race wins and pole positions, and moved to Ferrari in 2025.
Correct answer: Monaco
The Monaco Grand Prix is held in the Principality of Monaco on the Circuit de Monaco, which runs through the city streets. It is one of the most technically demanding circuits in the world due to its tight corners and narrow roads.
Correct answer: Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari, founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, is the oldest and most titled constructor in F1 with 16 Constructors' Championships. Ferrari is the only team to have competed in every season since the inaugural championship in 1950.
Correct answer: Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen, with Red Bull. He took his first title at 24 after a fiercely disputed final race against Hamilton in Abu Dhabi in 2021, then dominated 2023 with 19 wins from 22 races.
Correct answer: Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna died on 1 May 1994 during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. A three-time World Champion (1988, 1990, 1991), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time.
Correct answer: 25
The winner of a Formula 1 Grand Prix has received 25 points since 2010. The points go 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 for the top ten. From 2019 to 2024 there was also a bonus point for the fastest lap.
Correct answer: Reducing drag to help overtaking
DRS, the Drag Reduction System, let a driver open a flap in the rear wing for extra top speed, in set zones and only within one second of the car ahead. Introduced in 2011, it was replaced by active aerodynamics under the 2026 regulations.
Correct answer: Monza
Monza, near Milan, where cars spend most of the lap flat out. The Italian Grand Prix has been held there almost every year since 1950, in front of the Ferrari tifosi.
Correct answer: 24
Twenty-four, a record. Seasons in the 1980s had around sixteen races, and the calendar has grown steadily since the 2000s with new events in the Middle East, Asia and the United States.
Stuck on one, or just curious how nasty it gets? Every hard mode question is here with its answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: Silverstone
Silverstone, on 13 May 1950, a former RAF airfield. Giuseppe Farina won it for Alfa Romeo and went on to become the first World Champion. King George VI was in attendance.
Correct answer: Jochen Rindt
Jochen Rindt, killed in practice at Monza in 1970 while leading the championship with Lotus. No one overtook his points total in the remaining races, and the title went to him posthumously.
Correct answer: Damon Hill
Damon Hill, with Williams. His father Graham won in 1962 and 1968, making them the first father and son to both become World Champion. Keke and Nico Rosberg followed them in 2016.
Correct answer: Brawn GP
Brawn GP, rescued from Honda's withdrawal for a token sum by Ross Brawn. Thanks to its famous double diffuser, the team won both titles in its only year and was sold to Mercedes, which built its dynasty on those foundations.
Correct answer: James Hunt
James Hunt, with McLaren. Lauda had come back only six weeks after his near-fatal crash at the Nürburgring, then withdrew from the rain-soaked final race in Japan, judging it too dangerous. The story became the 2013 film Rush.
Correct answer: Blue
Blue. Yellow warns of danger ahead and forbids overtaking, white signals a slow vehicle on track, and the black-and-white diagonal flag is a warning for unsporting behaviour.
Correct answer: Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna, with six wins, five of them in a row from 1989 to 1993. Graham Hill, known as Mr Monaco, and Michael Schumacher both won there five times.
Correct answer: Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso, the reigning double World Champion, at McLaren. The rookie matched him all year, the two tied on points and both lost the title by a single point to Kimi Räikkönen. Alonso left the team at the end of the season.
Correct answer: Spa-Francorchamps
Spa-Francorchamps, in the Belgian Ardennes. The left-right-left climb at the end of the first descent is one of the most famous sequences in motorsport, strictly Eau Rouge followed by Raidillon.
Correct answer: Pole, win, fastest lap and leading every lap
Pole position, the win, fastest lap and leading every single lap of the race. Jim Clark managed it eight times, a record that has stood since the 1960s.