Do people who enter new leagues at the beginning of the season, get better design points?
For 2 seasons, the first race in our league (elite division) has been won by a new person joining in the league. I'm not sure if it was like this in the past, but even in our Pro division, a level 13 has dominated the first 2 races against some lvl 19s and some lvl 18s, and he recently got promoted. I think it's because the hit in design doesn't quite apply to someone who joins at the beginning of the season or gets promoted. It might just be that they're good, though.