Question: Ferrari’s famous Prancing Horse was inspired by which flying Italian Count?
Felipe Massa: If I remember correctly, his name was Count Baracca. Enzo Ferrari and his brother Dino I think had some sort of personal relationships to the Baraccas.
Correct - Count Francesco Baracca, an Italian Air Force ace during World War One, used to paint a horse on the side of his planes.
Question: Your first Formula One team mate was Nick Heidfeld at Sauber. How many F1 podiums has Heidfeld scored?
Felipe Massa: Oh la la la la, let me see… it must be 11 or 12.
Correct - 12.
Question: Ferrari have won the most Formula One constructors’ championships - 16 to be exact. Which team is second in the ranking and how many titles have they won?
Felipe Massa: Williams - I don’t know how many titles.
One point - it was indeed Williams, who have nine championships.
Question: You were famously paired with Michael Schumacher at Ferrari. How many points - to the nearest 50 - did the German legend score over the course of his Formula One career?
Felipe Massa: I remember seeing that lately. It must be around 1350. It was something like 100 points more than Pele scored goals.
Correct - 1369
Question: Your first Formula One race ended in retirement on the first lap after a huge collision. Apart from you, how many other drivers failed to make it to the second lap of the 2002 Australian Grand Prix after being embroiled in that accident?
Felipe Massa: Many! How could I ever forget that race! My guess is seven.
Correct - it was indeed seven - Ferrari’s Rubens Barrichello Barrichello, Williams’ Ralf Schumacher, Jordan’s Giancarlo Fisichella, Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld, Renault’s Jenson Button, Honda’s Olivier Panis and Toyota’s Allan McNish.
Question: What is the best Grand Prix result your fellow Brazilian Nelson Piquet clinched, and at what race did he score it?
Felipe Massa: I know, because I was on the podium with him. He was second at the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim last year.
Correct
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