Q 01/05

Which make of car won four of the first five Monaco Grands Prix?

A) Alfa Romeo

B) Maserati

C) Bugatti

D) Mercedes-Benz

Answer · why

C) Bugatti

Bugatti. Half of the twenty cars invited to the first race, in 1929, were Bugattis, nimble enough on the tight streets to beat a 7-litre German sports...

Q 02/05

Which founder of the Monaco Grand Prix, first run in 1929, gives his name to the circuit's final corner?

A) Louis Chiron

B) Antony Noghès

C) Prince Louis II

D) Prince Albert I

Answer · why

B) Antony Noghès

Antony Noghès. Motorsport's governing body had refused his club recognition because none of its events ran inside Monaco, so he mapped out a race thro...

Q 03/05

The first Monaco Grand Prix in 1929 was won by a driver entered under a one-word pseudonym; who was he?

A) Philippe de Rothschild

B) Robert Benoist

C) William Grover-Williams

D) René Dreyfus

Answer · why

C) William Grover-Williams

William Grover-Williams, entered simply as 'Williams'. In the Second World War he parachuted back into France as a British agent, was arrested in 1943...

Q 04/05

Which Monégasque driver won his home Grand Prix in 1931 and remained Monaco's only winner for 93 years?

A) Olivier Beretta

B) André Testut

C) Charles Leclerc

D) Louis Chiron

Answer · why

D) Louis Chiron

Louis Chiron. He had backed the plan for a street race, yet he missed the very first one in 1929 because he had entered the Indianapolis 500 instead.

Q 05/05

The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was the first Grand Prix to set the grid by what method?

A) A ballot

B) Engine size

C) Practice times

D) Championship order

Answer · why

C) Practice times

Practice times. Until then starting places were drawn by lot; in the race Nuvolari's Alfa caught fire on the last lap and he was disqualified when onl...