Reliability was such a huge wild card! I would say Ferrari, in their post-2000 domination, were the first team to make reliability not a factor, for the most p

Reliability was such a huge wild card! I would say Ferrari, in their post-2000 domination, were the first team to make reliability not a factor, for the most part. M Schumacher still holds the record for most consecutive podium finishes, 19 (!), across the 2001-2002 seasons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_driver_records#Most_consecutive_podium_finishes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_driver_rec... Ironically, one reliability mishap arguably cost them the 2006 season.