Search:

Phil Hill and Giancarlo Baghetti, whose ATS cars were not yet ready and the entries withdrawn.

However, the numbers 1 and 2 were seen on the spare cars used by BRM (T1) and Lotus (T2).

No, that would have been Coulthard .....

Bussi indeed.

And it was 1978: would you believe a typo? ;-)

And jclab's answer was not only first, but more correct. Carlo Bussi was the radio operator on the Andrea Doria.

No, not Colombo.

Something off the usual beaten track: what was the name of the Ferrari designer who disappeared in mysterious circumstances in Sardinia in 1974?

1980 Andretti, Scheckter and Fittipaldi

... and Graham Hill.

German GP 1952. 10'05.1". Alberto Ascari.

Autotests, yes. Remember those on TV in the mid-60s? And how Northern Ireland always did so well?

Nowadays it's Ireland who seem to do rather well in the Ken Wharton Trophy:
...

You got the man, but only half the answer. Nothing to do with Smethwick.

It was pretty much a guess, based on the knowledge that:

1 Jonesy calls a spade a bloody shovel.

2 The Lola was more likely to go "woof" than "vroom".

Okay - a teaser. What does "backing...

Alan Jones on the Lola THL2?

Ahem.

The first post-war defeat of the Alfettas was in the Coupe René le Bègue at St Cloud, Paris on June 9th 1946. It was their first race since 1940.

Alfa were over-confident and only entered...

Those were the only two works Porsche victories. Baghetti's car was a private entry.

I think we should open a bottle of wine for that answer ....

So let's see if anyone apart from me, D-Type and GJD knows this one ....

Not quite the same thing. The Iso-Marlboros were built to Frank's order, just as the de Tomasos were in 1970. Between those two he ran Marches - the classic "customer car" of the 70s.

Iso-Marlboro
Jordan
Kurtis
Ligier
McLaren
Onyx
Pacific
Rebaque
Scarab
Tecno

Sorry, Mihai, but no. Schell's very short participation at Monaco in 1950 was in a rear-engined Cooper T12 powered by a 1 litre JAP V2 motorcycle engine.

Klodwig's car, which ran in the 1952...

Correct. 'Arree was also the first to drive a rear-engined car in a WDC GP.

It wasn't a trick question. If it had been, I'd have asked for the first driver from the Americas ....

Just to clarify, I'm looking for the first driver from the United States.

Who was the first American to race in a WDC event? (Excluding the Indy 500)

Wrong year too. You were thinking of Monza in 1956.

Gunston

Erm .... no.

On all counts.

Might I suggest you check?