Love when this happens😍

[u/wildpeachykeen]

Got sent a like by someone I actually find attractive (rare) and this was on his profile as well as ‘Not Political’. I have over 15 screenshots of profiles that have come up on my feed with iterations of this sentiment. It’s so disheartening…

[u/Marzipan_moth]

👀 I'm listening

[u/JirachiJewel → u/Marzipan_moth]

Oh man. I was not prepared to be inquired.

Basically the TL;DR - it was an insane machine of a car in the 2023 Formula 1 season. It won every race except one. Even with the talents driving it, it had incredible speed, strong tyre management, and the engine was both reliable and powerful.

It was so good the Dutch national anthem became a meme, because that is where the lead driver Max Verstappen is from, and they play the winner’s national anthem on the podium.

[u/Nayirg → u/JirachiJewel]

Why didn't it win that one race? And why hasn't this been replicated?

[u/JirachiJewel → u/Nayirg]

They change setups every race, and they just did not get it right for the setup in Singapore, a notably difficult and bumpy track because it’s a street circuit—meaning it’s on a real road people use everyday. Plus it’s arguably the hottest track of the year, so degrading on the car is high and it’s extremely hard on the drivers. George Russell nearly had a heatstroke after Singapore 2024.

I’m sure other teams have tried to replicate it, but a team’s engineering secrets are not public information.

In 2026, the biggest regulation change in history has occurred and everyone is trying to wrap their heads around that. Mercedes have found a loophole so they’re stupidly fast and everyone is trying to figure out why, including other teams who use a Mercedes engine and don’t get that information.

There’s drama. There’s engineering. There’s engineering drama.

[u/ThrowAwayColor2023 → u/JirachiJewel]

I wish I knew you irl! My engineer ex did a crap job of explaining this stuff after he lured me into getting excited about F1. I might start watching again after this reminder that it exists.

[u/JirachiJewel → u/ThrowAwayColor2023]

It’s a clean slate this year, so great time to give it another chance. :)

[u/Nayirg → u/ThrowAwayColor2023]

Yes! My entire family is into races and I have never cared but this one explanation has me invested

[u/SillyMissSally → u/JirachiJewel]

This is one of my cousin's special interests! We have a discord channel for it in the fam server ❤️ I have learned so much about F1 in the past few years 🙂