Q 01/05

Who remains the only person to have won world championships on both two wheels and four?

A) John Surtees

B) Mike Hailwood

C) Geoff Duke

D) Phil Read

Answer · why

A) John Surtees

John Surtees won seven motorcycle world titles, switched to cars in 1960 and took the Formula One crown with Ferrari just four years later, in 1964.

Q 02/05

What distinction did the top two in the 2025 riders' standings share, a first for the premier class?

A) They were brothers

B) They were teammates

C) Both were rookies

D) Both were Italian

Answer · why

A) They were brothers

They were brothers, and the pair had set the tone early by finishing first and second in each of the season's first ten sprint races.

Q 03/05

Which American group bought the championship's Madrid-based promoter, Dorna Sports, in 2025?

A) Endeavor

B) RedBird Capital

C) Paramount

D) Liberty Media

Answer · why

D) Liberty Media

Liberty Media already owned Formula One, so the deal closed only once the European Commission had cleared it in June 2025; Dorna has since been rename...

Q 04/05

Which number was retired at the 2022 Italian Grand Prix to honour the rider who had used it for his entire career?

A) 46

B) 58

C) 69

D) 93

Answer · why

A) 46

46 was Valentino Rossi's number because his father Graziano had raced with it, and he kept it even as world champion rather than switch to the number ...

Q 05/05

Which rookie won the 2013 premier-class title aged 20, the youngest champion in the class's history?

A) Casey Stoner

B) Marc Márquez

C) Álvaro Bautista

D) Maverick Viñales

Answer · why

B) Marc Márquez

Marc Márquez could go straight into a factory team only because the rule keeping rookies out of them was relaxed for 2013, and no debutant had won the...