George Russell has revealed how Mercedes once vetoed a F1 testing request that he and Lewis Hamilton had devised to showcase the effects of porpoising. The post The ‘dangerous’... read more »

McLaren are confident the porpoising issues that led to their double disqualification in the Las Vegas Grand Prix will not be repeated this weekend in Qatar. read more »

McLaren say the problem that caused the disqualifications of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri from the Las Vegas GP was a concern from the beginning of the race. read more »

Andrew Shovlin has predicted porpoising to be a thing of the past but warns against new aerodynamic '"traps" with 2026 F1 regulations. The post Mercedes warns F1... read more »

Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin does not expect the 2026 cars to suffer from the porpoising and bouncing issues that plagued the current generation... read more »

Fernando Alonso endured a punishing race at Interlagos as he struggled with extreme porpoising. read more »

Mercedes' porpoising issues reached a head in Azerbaijan two years ago, and Lewis Hamilton made a comparison to that weekend at Interlagos. read more »

In this episode of F1TV's Tech Talk, Sam Collins takes a deep dive into Red Bull’s current form, whether their performance has stalled and what they can do to fix their... read more »

An explanation for Ferrari's mini-slump in performance has been put forward following qualifying in Barcelona. read more »

The Mercedes 2022 challenger was plagued by porpoising and bouncing while its W14 successor drew complaints from drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell over rear-end... read more »

Lando Norris believes Formula 1’s bouncing phenomenon is not only still a present issue following the emergence of porpoising in 2022 and needs improving ‘”long-term.” When F1... read more »

The radical overhaul of the technical rules for 2022 shifted the aerodynamic bias, with the underside of the car taking the priority over top surfaces to produce 60% of total... read more »

For the return of ground effect in 2022, Mercedes sought to run the W13 as low to the asphalt as possible to achieve maximum theoretical downforce.But the car was hurt by... read more »

Last year, F1 switched to ground-effect-based cars which are set up extremely stiff to generate the most downforce. That set-up had the unintended side-effect of porpoising on... read more »

Drivers have been left divided over the stiff nature of the current generation of Formula 1 cars, with some raising concerns over the long-term health implications since the... read more »

The German manufacturer has endured a challenging time since the switch to ground-effect cars at the start of the 2022 campaign.Last year's W13 was blighted by porpoising,... read more »

Mercedes chief technical officer Mike Elliott has revealed that the team will need to 'take a really good look' at their latest set of upgrades to check that they... read more »

Mercedes persisted with its troubled 2022 car concept in the belief that dialling out porpoising would unlock its true potential on the new W14.But it turned up at Bahrain... read more »

Formula 1 fans have taken to social media to express their DISBELIEF over the return of porpoising during first practice in Barcelona, with Mercedes, Red Bull and McLaren among... read more »

The porpoising sensation that many thought had been left in the 1980s returned to the series during the early part of 2022 upon the rejig of the regulations that heralded the... read more »

Max Verstappen finished fastest during Free Practice 1 in Barcelona, after George Russell complained of "bouncing" in his Mercedes in a repeat of their porpoising... read more »

In response to the bouncing sensation experienced by many teams last season upon the return of ground-effect regulations, the FIA changed the technical rulebook for 2023.A key... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is attending the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, where he was caught on camera 'porpoising'. read more »

After the disappointing start to life for the limited W14 machine, the successor to the porpoising 2022 car, there was speculation that Allison had resumed a more hands-on role... read more »

Mercedes' crippling 2022 porpoising issues are well documented, the team unable to run the W13 as low as it wanted to extract its ultimate performance.But over the second... read more »