A reminder that the DSC Christmas Quiz entry deadline is 00:01 on December 30th 2023 (UK Time). So if you wish to take part and haven’t got your answers in yet, don’t forget to submit them to stephen.kilbey@dailysportscar.com
Competition is already hot though, with the News Editor’s email inbox already packed with submissions! So make sure you’ve brought your ‘A-Game’!
Answers will be revealed tomorrow.
As a reminder, here is the entire set of 50 questions all in one place:
1. Which ex-LMP1 driver won in 2023 in an LMP2 car, against LMP1 opposition?
2. On how many occasions did an LMDh spec car finish on the podium in the FIA WEC?
3. How many consecutive WEC races did Christian Ried finish his career on?
4. Which was the only car in the 2023 British GT Championship to set an overall pole position without a factory driver behind the wheel?
5. How many cars with Nicky Catsburg win in, (in contemporary competition) this year?
6. Where did the new Ginetta G56 GT4 EVO make its global race debut?
7. How many Hypercars led the Le Mans 24 Hours?
8. Where will the Eagle F1 SuperSport race in 2024?
9. At which circuit did Porsche claim its first-ever DTM race win?
10. Who (Team), What (Car), Where (Circuit), When (Month)?
11. How many GTP cars took at least one IMSA WeatherTech race win in 2023?
12. Which two GTP cars took a podium finish without taking a win?
13. Where did Valentino Rossi take his first race win in a GT3 car?
14. Prior to Frikadelli Racing’s famous Nürburgring 24 Hours overall win with Ferrari, when was the last time a non-German car won the race?
15. Which 2024 FIA WEC team principal took a GT3 class race win in 2023?
16. Which 1989 SCCA Runoffs winner tested for a 2024 FIA WEC seat?
17. Which two 2023 FIA WEC drivers received late reclassifications from Gold to Silver?
18. Which Bronze-ranked driver made his GTE debut in the very final GTE race?
19. Which double 24-hour race winner at Le Mans, made his GT3 debut in 2023?
20. James Allen took the LMP2 win at the Rolex 24 Hours, beating which driver over the line by 16 thousandths of a second?
21. Why was the 2023 European Le Mans Series at Imola cancelled?
22. Which ELMS class championship-winning team changed hands immediately after the 2023 season?
23. Two cars which were built in 2017 were still racing in the ELMS in 2023, which teams ran them?
24. Which team became the first to earn an automatic entry for the 24 Hours of Le Mans through success in GT World Challenge Europe?
25. Which other sport did the Iron Dames launch an effort into in 2023?
26. Which circuit in 2023 became only the third to host an endurance and sprint round of GT World Challenge Europe/Blancpain GT?
27. Why is the 2024 season opener at Qatar 1812 kilometres long?
28. When was the last year that neither Team WRT nor ASP won a class title in GT World Challenge Europe?
29. How many times in 2024 will the whole FIA WEC field be transported via air freight?
30. How long did the Sepang 12 Hours run in 2023?
31. Andy Priaulx has been named as a 2024 Ford factory driver. Where and in what car did he last race in contemporary competition?
32. Who was selected to became the 30th Porsche Junior driver after this year’s Portimao shootout?
33. Which current GT factory driver won a championship title in 2023, his first since 2009?
34. Which city will host the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games?
35. Which major sportscar race is celebrating its centenary in 2024?
36. Which former Blancpain Endurance Cup champion won a NASCAR Cup Series race in 2023?
37. Who was the driver coach for the NASCAR Garage 56 team?
38. How many endurance racing championships has Francois Perrodo won?
39. What was the winning margin by which Matthieu Vaxiviere held off a charging Malthe Jakobsen to secure Perrodo’s latest title?
40. By what name was the Cadillac V-Series.R previously known?
41. What are the highest and lowest overall finishing positions at Le Mans for the Glickenhaus 007 LMH in its three years of competition?
42. Which nation will have an entry carry its flag in the FIA WEC for the first time in 2024?
43. Why is the second HERTZ Team JOTA Porsche 963 going to carry #12 next season in the FIA WEC?
44. What reason did John Edwards cite for his retirement for professional racing?
45. Red Bull Junior in 2023 and McLaren Development Driver in 2023. Whose sons are these?
46. Which team is collaborating with United Autosports for its first full-season IMSA LMP2 effort in 2024?
47. Why will Christian Ried not sell the Bahrain race-winning Iron Dames Porsche 911 RSR?
48. At which circuit did the Lotus Emira GT4 make its global race debut?
49. What links Keith, Maria and Michael in the FIA WEC?
50. How many different privateer Porsche 963 chassis raced in the FIA WEC in 2023?
Don’t forget to submit your answers to both parts of the Quiz to stephen.kilbey@dailysportscar.com with the subject line ‘DSC CHRISTMAS QUIZ ANSWERS’ for your chance to win a goodie bag from the DSC editor!
Good luck!
