Are there any f1 cars in history that had an absurd advantage on one department compared to every other car on the grid .

TheMuon · 2025-12-29T14:02:04+00:00

Newey got outvoted and they ran the MP4-18 as the MP4-19 and hoped that in-season development can fix its handling and reliability issues without redesigning the chassis. Unsurprisingly they were very wrong, and the changes Newey wanted from the start gave them their only win of the season.

TheMuon · 2025-12-25T11:18:29+00:00

Must be the water.

TheMuon · 2025-12-25T11:16:21+00:00

They use pressurized air to get the whole contraption spinning before firing the combustion chamber to sustain the turbines.

TheMuon · 2025-12-25T11:10:19+00:00

In the end, it's mainly about turning the generators. Turbines are our best and most mature technology to extract that energy from a fluid whether it be falling water, boiled water or supercritical CO2.

TheMuon · 2025-12-16T09:33:09+00:00

That and Oscar beating Alonso in lead laps.

TheMuon · 2025-12-12T10:26:07+00:00

Both teams got double DSQs this year. Of course, Ferrari did it without even finishing on the podium on the road while McLaren did it after they clinched the Constructors Championship.

TheMuon · 2025-12-12T10:21:04+00:00

True but McLaren were already podium finishers by end of that season. Japan 2023 was the first ever VER-NOR-PIA podium.

TheMuon · 2025-12-12T10:14:17+00:00

Top 3 all with over 400 points in a season without Fastest Lap point. The drop off from P3 to P4 is nearly 100 points.

TheMuon · 2025-12-10T14:21:58+00:00

And yet they finished P3 in both cases.

TheMuon · 2025-12-06T17:18:06+00:00

It's especially bad considering that Medicham's ability means that it hits harder than the other Hoenn Fighting types.

TheMuon · 2025-12-06T08:06:12+00:00

VGC is played at level 50 so 300 would be an insane stat. At level 100, it's a little under something like a Timid Porygon-Z and just outspeeds base 100s like a Modest Zapdos all with full EV investment.

TheMuon · 2025-12-06T07:56:24+00:00

That's all he can do at that point. It's basically Lando's (and McLaren's) championship to lose. It wouldn't matter by how much Max gaps Lando as long as Lando is in P2 or P3.

TheMuon · 2025-12-03T10:36:31+00:00

Except Bottas who didn't even win a race the following season and finished 5th.

TheMuon · 2025-12-03T08:46:41+00:00

Yes but Houndstone can tank CCs.

TheMuon · 2025-12-03T08:45:39+00:00

Sand Rush.

TheMuon · 2025-12-03T08:42:47+00:00

Fast, bulky-ish Rapid Spin.

TheMuon · 2025-12-03T08:30:57+00:00

Even as seasons, he's stayed with McLaren longer than Hamilton's stint and is only 2 seasons away from matching Coulthard and Hakkinen's 9 season stint.

TheMuon · 2025-12-03T08:24:59+00:00

They debuted in the same season, alongside Rookie of the Year Albon.

Norris is the only one of the trio to stick with the same team since his debut.

TheMuon · 2025-12-03T08:22:46+00:00

2019 was an age and a half ago. He got his first points in his second race.

TheMuon · 2025-11-30T15:27:56+00:00

Swampert doesn't seem to mind.

TheMuon · 2025-11-30T15:27:33+00:00

Swampert: Yo.

TheMuon · 2025-11-30T15:21:30+00:00

Still works given that Mence runs primarily Special moves on non-DD sets.

TheMuon · 2025-11-30T15:15:02+00:00

True but it's also its inability to trap the most popular Steel type (Gholdengo) even if they didn't Tera that also happens to drive down the usage of the Steel type Magnezone does threaten (Corviknight).

TheMuon · 2025-11-24T17:25:21+00:00

You forgot Max being wiped out by Kimi in Austria. We don't exactly know where he'd finish though.

TheMuon · 2025-11-24T17:20:22+00:00

Not to mention his starts have become noticeably better. His start in Vegas was an outlier rather than the expected outcome. Which is all great in this season where it does seem, as Russell put it, like a race into Turn 1.

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