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Fernando AlonsoHockenheimring212,629 km/h
We are going to take a look at this photo.
Question 1
Question
Who was driving this car in this picture?
We will use something that will be very useful throught the whole month: Google Image Search (Reverse Image Search).
Click on the little camera icon to search with Google Lens, insert/paste the given image, and appreciate the results!
The first image from Wikipedia seems to be the exact one we’re searching. Open it.
We can read:
| Description | Fernando Alonso in Minardi PS01 2001 |
| Date | 4 mars 2001, 00:00:00 |
| Source | Flickr: minardi Ps01 |
| Auteur | PresidenBertho |
Answer
Fernando Alonso
Question 2
Question
That year, on which circuit did Alonso achieve his best result?
With previous table, we can read that the year is 2001.
To see all results of Alonso, we can go on his Wikipedia page.
In fact, there’s a section “Racing Record”, and most importantly “Complete Formula One results”.
On the first line (2001), we can read that is best place is 10 on the 12th race, in Germany (GER).
Clicking on the link will redirect us to the 2001 German Grand Prix, where we can read that it is “held […] at the Hockenheimring”.
Answer
Hockenheimring
Question 3
Question
A few years later, on this same circuit, he took his revenge by winning the race.
What was his average speed (in km/h) during that race?
If we go back to Alonso’s F1 results, we can seek for the first #1 position in Germany (GER).
We found that he reached 1st place on year 2005!
By googling “Fernando Alonso hockenheimring 2005”, we found the 2005 German Grand Prix Wikipedia page.
On the French version of the page, in tab “Classement”, we can read Alonzo’s speed!
Answer
212,629 km/h
Alternative
Just with the English Wikipedia page, and with a bit of maths, we can found the result ourself!
On the information panel, we found this:
| Course length | 4.574 km |
| Distance | 64 laps, 306.458 km |
On “Race” tab, we can found Alonzo fishined in 1:26:28.599