This was Lotus’s great innovation of the era and all rivals either sought to emulate, or outlaw it.Among the current crop of drivers, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel account for the most recent 11 championships between them, with Raikkonen the last Ferrari driver to taste title success nine years ago. Pairing enormous side pods, sprawling venturis and sliding skirts, the 79 weaponized the air that passed through and underneath it as it raced, with downforce only increasing as the speed grew.
Those looks are what delivered the 79 its performance, with the car’s bodywork and dimensions dictated by the pursuit of ground effect aerodynamics. Spanish veteran Fernando Alonso was a season’s best second for Aston Martin as he collected a fifth podium in six races. The car of course owes its ‘Black Beauty’ nickname to its distinctive looks and unmistakable black and gold John Player Special racing livery. Formula One champion Max Verstappen’s lights-to-flag victory at the Monaco Grand Prix gave the Red Bull driver his fourth victory of the season and extended his championship lead. All in it racked up an incredible four one-two finishes, its absolutely prodigious performance earning it the title of most dominant F1 car since Mercedes' ‘Silver Arrows’ of the mid-1950s. It also scored five fastest laps, of which two were set by Andretti.
Known better and more affectionately by its nickname ‘Black Beauty’, the car surely was a beauty to drive, with six wins and five podium places at the 11 grands prix it started. It featured the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the International Cup for F1 Constructors, contested concurrently over a sixteen race series which.
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