Car racing questions

2016 was the last year Volkswagen put its car into the World Rally Championship.

Mario Andretti has taken part in many different racing categories, including dragster races. In 1969 he won Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and 12 hours of Sebring. The 1978 season belonged to Mario Andretti where he became F1 World Champion.

In motorsports, a pit stop is where a racing vehicle stops in the pits during a race for refuelling, new tyres, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, as a penalty, or any combination of the above. Not all of these are allowed in all forms of racing. In Formula One, mid-race refuelling has been banned since 2010, and cars make pit stops with the primary purpose of changing tyres.

Michael Schumacher is a retired German racing driver who raced in Formula One. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers ever and regarded by some as the greatest of all time. Schumacher is the only driver in history to win seven Formula One World Championships, five of which he won consecutively.

On 5 October 2014, during the Japanese Grand Prix, Julies Bianchi lost control of his Marussia in very wet conditions and collided with a recovery vehicle, suffering a diffuse axonal injury and remained comatose until his death on 17 July 2015. Bianchi is the first Formula One driver killed as a result of an accident during a race event since Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

Nico Erik Rosberg in 2016, he finally became Formula One World Champion after an intense duel with teammate Hamilton, which was undecided until the final race, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He announced his retirement from the sport five days later, on 2 December 2016. Before the 2017 Formula One season, Rosberg announced that he would continue his partnership with Mercedes, as an ambassador.

An automotive wing is a device whose intended design is to generate downforce as air passes around it. As such, automotive wings actually increase air drag.

Lauda Air Luftfahrt GmbH, branded as Lauda Air, was an Austrian charter airline based in Vienna, which was founded by Niki Lauda. In 1999 he sold his shares and the company merged with Austrian Airlines. At the end of 2003 he launched a second, competitive airline Niki.

The Borg-Warner Trophy is presented to the winner of the Indianapolis 500. It is over 5 feet (162.5 cm) tall and weighs 153 pounds (45 kg). In the cup, there is a face of every winner since the beginning of the race in 1911. The trophy stays at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, while the winner receives an 18-inch replica named the "Baby Borg,".

There is no dashboard in Formula One cars, all the available controls are integrated into the steering wheel. It can be used to change gears, adjust fuel/air mix, change brake pressure, and call the radio. Data such as engine rpm, lap times, speed, and gear is displayed on an LCD screen. The wheel alone can cost about $50,000.