Author Topic: GTO 39 special - Guess the circuit: All solved. (Read 1980 times)

250gto · « **on:** July 09, 2009, 06:11:48 PM »

How about a nice multi puzzle? No points at all for telling me the name of the car in each picture, instead tell me the name of the circuit (just the name its generally known by is fine). Since the answers vary (hopefully) from very easy to very hard I'll try to award points as each correct answer is given. But bear with me as that may get quite hard if all the answers come at once. Here are numbers 1 to 5.

250gto · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2009, 06:14:38 PM »

Numbers 6 to 10...

250gto · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2009, 06:17:22 PM »

And finally numbers 11 to 15, good luck

250gto · « **Reply #3 on:** July 14, 2009, 12:29:47 PM »

Nothing from the rookies.
I'm sure the experts can solve some of these...

DynaMike · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2009, 01:09:12 PM »

I'll try some guesses:

#3 Targa Florio
#7 Avus
#11 Zandvoort
#12 Nürburgring
#14 Monaco

250gto · « **Reply #5 on:** July 14, 2009, 01:14:45 PM »

You get the first point but just the one I'm afraid. Number 11 is Zandvoort but the others aren't correct. I'll fill in the correct answers below so people can easily see what is yet to be solved.
GTC 1 Monte Carlo (Metalshapes) Louis Chiron's Bugatti T35C in the pits in the 1930 Monaco GP.
GTC 2 Pau (DynaMike) Claude Storez leads Paul Armagnac in the DB Monomills in the 1955 Pau GP.
GTC 3 Nurburgring (Metalshapes) Tazio Nuvolari on his way to a famous victory in the 1935 German GP in his Alfa Romeo B P3.
GTC 4 Silverstone (Metalshapes) Riccardo Patrese's Shadow DN8 leads a Mclaren and a Brabham in the 1977 British GP.
GTC 5 Sebring (D-Type) Fritz d'Orey in the Tec-Mec F415 in the 1959 US GP. The only world championship apperence for both car and circuit.
GTC 6 Donington Park (Metalshapes) Manfred von Brauchitsch's Mercedes-Benz W125 gets airbourne at the Melbourne rise in the 1937 Donington GP.
GTC 7 Nepliget Park (DynaMike) Rudolf Caracciola (Mercedes W25K) leads Bernd Rosemeyer (Auto Union C) in the 1936 Hungarian GP.
GTC 8 Miramas (Metalshapes) Jules Goux, in a Bugatti T39A, on his way to winning the farcical 3 car French (l'ACF) GP of 1926.
GTC 9 Birmingham (DynaMike) Olivier Grouillard's F3000 Lola in the 1988 Superprix.
GTC 10 Syracuse (D-Type) Luigi Musso on the way to victory in the 1958 Syracuse GP in a Ferrari Dino 246.
GTC 11 Zandvoort (DynaMike) Luigi Villoresi leads Alberto Ascari in their Ferrari 500s in the 1952 Dutch GP.
GTC 12 Monza (Pieter) Emerson Fittipaldi in a Mclaren M23 heads towards the Variante Ascari with the old circuit in the background, Italian GP 1975.
GTC 13 Rouen (Metalshapes) Reine Wisell's GRD 273 leads Wilson Fittipaldi's Brabham BT40 and Patrick Depailler's Alpine A367 through the remains of the temporary chicane in the Formula 2 Rouen GP of 1973.
GTC 14
GTC 15 Watkins Glen (Metalshapes) Jim Clark takes the only victory for the Lotus 43 and its BRM H16 engine, US GP 1966.

DynaMike · « **Reply #6 on:** July 14, 2009, 01:29:04 PM »

Well, it was worth a try...

#2 Caen?

250gto · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2009, 01:40:01 PM »

Sorry not Caen but keep guessing because I'm not expecting most of these to be solved first time.

DynaMike · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2009, 01:58:31 PM »

I think I've got it:

#2 Pau (DB Monomill at the 1955 Grand Prix de Pau).

And maybe

#3 AVUS (behind the Alfa is a typical German one-way sign, and the pavement looks like the German Autobahn... Was it called something like Autobahnnormbetonplattenbau?)

250gto · « **Reply #9 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:01:08 PM »

A second point to you #2 is Pau (with DB's being the best clue)

metalshapes · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:10:29 PM »

#6
Donnington.

metalshapes · « **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:11:16 PM »

#7
Tripoli

250gto · « **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:14:09 PM »

#6 is Donington, one point 2U but #7 is not Tripoli.

DynaMike · « **Reply #13 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:16:07 PM »

I think

#7 Budapest (Rudolf Caracciola in Mercedes-Benz Silberpfeil and Bernd Rosemeyer in Auto Union, 21st of June at the GP of Hungary).

And #3 AVUS?

metalshapes · « **Reply #14 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:20:05 PM »

#3
nurburgring

250gto · « **Reply #15 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:21:31 PM »

Oh Dynamike I really want to give you the point for number 7 (which I think is one of the hardest to get). The circuits not called Budapest tho (But it is in Budapest)
I'm sure you can tell me its name so I'll leave number 7 as exclusive for you for 24 hours...
Metalshapes you are right on number 3 - it is the nurburgring.

metalshapes · « **Reply #16 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:25:02 PM »

#1 LeMans

250gto · « **Reply #17 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:28:02 PM »

Sorry #1 is not Le Mans.

DynaMike · « **Reply #18 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:30:37 PM »

The Budapest circuit is called Hungaroring, nowadays. But I'm not sure wether that name was used in 1936 as well... Maybe Nepliget?

250gto · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:37:42 PM »

Yeah thats right, one well deserved point 2U.
I'm pretty sure that the Hungaroring is completly seperate from Nepliget Park. I think Nepliget Park is (or was) within Budapest itself where as the Hungaroring is near Budapest but not in it (or possibly in the outskirts)...
I don't think they're in the same place anyway.
Well done on getting the #7, I thought would be one of the last few left.

metalshapes · « **Reply #20 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:47:12 PM »

#1
1930 Grand Prix of Monaco.

250gto · « **Reply #21 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:52:24 PM »

Yep number 1 is Monte Carlo/Monaco
...And a quick check has confirmed it is from the 1930 GP

metalshapes · « **Reply #22 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:57:57 PM »

#15 Watkins Glen

250gto · « **Reply #23 on:** July 14, 2009, 03:02:26 PM »

Right again, 15 is Watkins Glen.

metalshapes · « **Reply #24 on:** July 14, 2009, 03:06:46 PM »

#8

Grand prix de l' A.C.F 1926

Which was held at Miramas, I believe.

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