PowerPin Grand Prix #1

Question 1

Nigel Mansell finished second to Ayrton Senna in 1992 and finally became world champion at his 13th attempt. Where?

Accepted Answer

Hungaroring, Budapest. Mansell clinched the title with five races to spare in the dominant Williams FW14B. He had lost the championship at the last race in 1986 and 1987.

Question 2

Oscar Piastri won from pole in 2025 at a floodlit desert circuit, the first of the season's four night races in the Gulf. Where?

Accepted Answer

Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir. George Russell was second for Mercedes and Lando Norris third. It was Piastri's second win of a season that went to the final race.

Question 3

Valentino Rossi won the Italian motorcycle Grand Prix seven years in a row, from 2002 to 2008, at which circuit in the Tuscan hills?

Accepted Answer

Mugello, Italy. Rossi's yellow-clad fans turn the hillsides into a party every year. The circuit's main straight is one of the fastest in motorcycle racing.

Question 4

Michael Schumacher returned from a broken leg in 1999 at a brand-new circuit near Kuala Lumpur, took pole and twice let Eddie Irvine past to help his title bid. Where?

Accepted Answer

Sepang, Malaysia. Both Ferraris were disqualified for a bodywork infringement and then reinstated on appeal, keeping Irvine's championship hopes alive to the final race.

Question 5

Juan Manuel Fangio clinched his second world title in 1954 at a tree-lined road circuit outside Bern, the last Swiss Grand Prix ever held in Switzerland. Where?

Accepted Answer

Bremgarten, Bern. Switzerland banned circuit racing in 1955 and the ban lasted for decades. The road through the forest still exists.

PowerPin Grand Prix #1 answers

Nigel Mansell finished second to Ayrton Senna in 1992 and finally became world champion at his 13th attempt. Where?

Oscar Piastri won from pole in 2025 at a floodlit desert circuit, the first of the season's four night races in the Gulf. Where?

Valentino Rossi won the Italian motorcycle Grand Prix seven years in a row, from 2002 to 2008, at which circuit in the Tuscan hills?

Michael Schumacher returned from a broken leg in 1999 at a brand-new circuit near Kuala Lumpur, took pole and twice let Eddie Irvine past to help his title bid. Where?

Juan Manuel Fangio clinched his second world title in 1954 at a tree-lined road circuit outside Bern, the last Swiss Grand Prix ever held in Switzerland. Where?