Christmas Quiz answer time, here are the answers to the 50 questions we posed to our readers over the Christmas and New Year period across ACO, IMSA, SRO and other racing in 2025. Christmas Quiz answer time
Several of you got very creditable scores in the mid-high 40s but nobody matched the impressive 49/50 from Johannes Koopmann from Germany who will be getting a once-in-a-lifetime day at the 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps in May as the guest of the DSC Editor in Chief.
Thanks to all who took part in the Christmas Quiz – Moans and groans about the questions and their answers should be sent to itsalloverjustleaveit@dailysportscar.com.
The Answers in full
1 – In WEC, how many FIA World Champions competed during the 2025 season (including Le Mans)?
21 – FIA WEC World Drivers Champions Kevin Estre (Hypercar and GT), Laurens Vanthoor, Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway, Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi, Ryo Hirakawa, Earl Bamber, Loic Duval, Neel Jani, Andre Lotterer and Jose Maria Lopez (also a Champion in World Touring Cars). Plus additional WEC World GT Drivers Champions Michael Christensen, Marco Sorensen, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi.
Also F1 World Champion Jenson Button, post 2019/20 Formula E World Champions (the point at which it became an FIA World Championship) Pascal Wehrlein, Nyck de Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne.
And CIK/ FIA World Karting Champion Franck Perera!
Valentino Rossi’s multiple World Championship wins were not sanctioned by the FIA but rather FIM, 2025 drivers world champions James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi score here because of their prior GT Word Championship wins but Antonio Giovinazzi does not as he became a World Champion after competing in the Championship.
2 – Which brand won the 100th FIA WEC race?
Alpine with the #35 Alpine
3 – Why didn’t Connor Zilisch test with JOTA in Bahrain?
He failed to reach the ACCUS Licence points requirement after a controversial finish to the NASCAR Xfinity season
4 – Which driver topped the times in the FIA WEC Rookie Test?
Antonio Felix Da Costa
5 – Which team is planning to campaign a pair of ex-factory Peugeots in the Asian Le Mans Series in 2026/27?
BBM Sport
6 – Which 2026 WEC manufacturer sporting director raced at Le Mans in the 1980s, retiring in the final hour?
Genesis Magma Racing’s Gabriele Tarquini
7 – Why was the #50 Ferrari disqualified from this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours?
Missing bolts from a wing upright and subsequent excessive rear wing deflection
8 – Why wasn’t Antonio Giovinazzi present at the FIA WEC Awards night in Bahrain?
He was attending the birth of his daughter
9 – Until Silverstone 2025, COOL Racing/CLX Motorsport held a unique record in ACO rules racing. Which team equalled it, and how?
Iron Dames, with its Michelin Le Mans Cup race win, completed a full set of having at least one race or class win in FIA WEC, ELMS, Le Mans Cup and Ligier European Series.
10 – How many race or class wins were scored in 2025 by female drivers in ACO rules racing?
Eight race wins, 11 drivers. 3 in ELMS LMP2 Jamie Chadwick, 1 ELMS LMGT3 for Iron Dames Celia Martin, Sarah Bovy and Michelle Gatting, 2 for ELMS LMGT3 Lilou Wadoux and Lena Buhler in Le Mans Cup LMP3 and Vanina Ickx and Lena Buhler in Le Mans Cup GT
11 – Which driver scored an entire clean sweep with pole, fastest lap and race win at every round in an IMSA-sanctioned series?
Robert Noaker, Mustang Challenge
12 – How many individual cars won more than one race in GTD in 2025?
One, the #57 Winward Racing Mercedes
13 – Which team won races in three different classes in the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship?
AO Racing – LMP2, GTD Pro and a one-off in GTD at Long Beach
14 – Which car and driver set overall pole in the first four races of the 2025 season?
Dries Vanthoor, #24 BMW M Hybrid V8
15 – Since Antonio García became a full-time driver with Corvette Racing in 2012, how many times has he finished outside the top three in the championship standings?
Zero
16 – What controversial moment happened at both the IMSA Rolex 24 at Daytona and FIA WEC 8 Hours of Bahrain?
Corvette drivers giving the middle finger to Augusto Farfus
17 – Which World and IMSA Championship-winning driver scored a DNF in his one-off debut in an IMSA-sanctioned series?
Earl Bamber, Mazda MX-5 Cup at Martinsville
18 – How many different categories has Dane Cameron won an IMSA Championship in?
Five: Prototype, GTD, DPI, GTP and LMP2
19 – How many different drivers won a race overall in the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech Championship?
18 Nasr, Tandy, Laurens Vanthoor, Campbell, Jaminet, Yelloly, Van der Zande, Blomqvist, Braun, Cameron, Hyett, Eng, Dries Vanthoor, Garcia, Sims, Aitken, Bamber, Vesti
20 – Which driver could be the second to match the ‘Tandy Slam’ in 2026?
Earl Bamber needs a Rolex 24 win to equal the record.
21 – Where and when (date) did the Ginetta GT2 make its race debut?
GT2 European Series at Barcelona, October 2025
22 – How many consecutive GT World Challenge titles has Mercedes-AMG now taken?
Seven
23 – HWA has built every Mercedes-AMG GT2, GT3 and GT4 car of the modern era. What is the name of the company that will build the next-generation GT3?
Affalterbach Racing GmbH
24 – Which brands will debut Evo versions of their current GT3 platforms in 2026?
Ferrari, Porsche and Ford
25 – Which teams are currently confirmed to campaign the Lamborghini Temerario in 2026?
Rutronik Racing in GTWC Europe and Pfaff Motorsports in IMSA
26 – When was the last time that newly minted full-season World Challenge Europe colour commentator Joe Osbourne raced in the series?
2022 At Paul Ricard
27 – WRT won the most races in GT World Challenge Europe this year. Which team won the second most?
Garage 59 and Grasser Racing both won three apiece
28 – Which driver won four out of five IGTC races overall?
Kelvin van der Linde
29 – Which team switched brands mid-season in the British GT Championship this year?
Mahiki Racing, Lotus to Ginetta in GT4
30 – Which driver competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours, Nürburgring 24 Hours, Spa 24 Hours and Fun Cup 25 Hours on consecutive weekends in 2025?
Mattia Drudi
31 – What, where, when?
McLaren Hypercar, Le Mans Fan Village, June 2025
32 – What, where, when?
Bridger Motorsport Honda NSX GT3, Silverstone, April 2025
33 – What, where, when?
Porsche 997 GT3 R, Silverstone Festival, August 2025
34 – What, where, when?
Steller Motorsport Corvette, Spa 24 Hours, June 2025
35 – What, where, when?
Heart of Racing by SPS Mercedes, Bathurst 12 Hour, February 2025 (any other car in shot was accepted)
36 – What, where, when?
Walkenhorst Aston Martin, NLS2, April 2025
37 – What, where, when?
Vector Sport ORECA 07, ELMS Silverstone, September 2025
38 – What, Where, When?
Dragon Racing Ferrari, Asian Le Mans Series Yas Marina, February 2025
39 – Who, what, where, when?
Pierre Fillon, Audi R8 LMP900, Le Mans Classic, July 2025
40 – What, where, when?
#88 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3, Le Mans 24 Hours, June 2025
41 – In what car did Max Verstappen make his NLS debut in?
#980 Lionspeed GP Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 CS
42 – How many editions of the Le Mans 24 Hours has the Dunlop Bridge graced?
All of them! 93
43 – How many female drivers have started races with Iron Dames in the FIA WEC, ELMS, IMSA and Michelin Le Mans Cup since the programme’s inception?
12 – Garcia, Ickx, Frey, Gatting, Bovy, Martin, Gaillard, Gostner, Pin, Mayer, Nielsen, Legge – Despite the fact that some raced under Iron Lynx etc all were branded as Iron Dames
44 – At which race events in 2025 did the F1 movie’s Chip Hart Racing livery make an appearance?
Le Mans 24 Hours, Six Hours at The Glen (the car raced at Daytona in 2024)
45 – Where and when was the final race, for now at least, for DKR Engineering’s 2017 vintage ORECA 07 (Chassis #5)?
ELMS 4H Portimao, October 2025
46 – At which overseas event did the Garage 56 Cup Series Camaro complete a demonstration run?
Super Taikyu, Fuji Speedway
47 – Who became the oldest known driver to test an LMP2 car in 2025?
Dom Bastien
48 – Why did Motorsport98 inherit the 2025 Le Mans Cup LMP3 Pro/Am title post-race?
The #34 Inter Europol Ligier failed to meet its drive time requirements for Fernandes Cautela in the season finale at Portimao – the subsequent penalty saw enough of a points gain for the #98 to take the title.
49 – How many new-gen LMP3 races (including class wins) were won by something other than a Ligier JS P325?
Four – three overall wins for the title winning R-Ace GP Duqueine in Le Mans Cup and a single LMP3 Pro-Am class win for the DKR Engineering Ginetta in the second Road to Le Mans race
50 – The Ford Mustang GT3 claimed its first title globally this year, which title was it?
ADAC GT Masters Teams’ and Drivers Championship with HRT
