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Hamilton labels opening sessions a "disaster"

over 2 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

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Despite Mercedes best efforts to overcome its porpoising issues, Lewis Hamilton insists the problem is getting worse as he appears to write-off the season. read more »

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Horner: FIA's porpoising F1 directive 'dangerous', unfair to change rules

over 2 years ago

from: Crash.Net

( 844 views )

Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner is unhappy with the FIA's technical directive for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, describing it as potentially... read more »

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Carlos Sainz undergoes precautionary scans for porpoising pain

over 2 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 547 views )

Carlos Sainz has revealed to undergoing scans to check for signs of an injury due to the intense porpoising of this year's F1 cars. read more »

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Horner warns against 'unfair' changes to combat bouncing

over 2 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 698 views )

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says it would be "unfair" to introduce sizeable changes to the technical regulations to solve the ongoing bouncing issue Formula 1... read more »

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Porpoising directive likely to be introduced at Silverstone

over 2 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 372 views )

The FIA has confirmed that the directive relating to porpoising will not be introduced this weekend but (more likely) at Silverstone. read more »

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Horner criticises move to change the rules for ‘one team’

over 2 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 375 views )

Christian Horner feels the FIA's porpoising-related technical directive arrived to suit one team only. read more »

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Max Verstappen warns F1 rivals of over-dramatising porpoising concerns

over 2 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 571 views )

Max Verstappen believes there is no need to "over-dramatise" the porpoising issues affecting the majority of the F1 grid. read more »

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Lewis Hamilton fails to rule out retirement if bouncing continues

over 2 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 490 views )

Lewis Hamilton stopped short of ruling out quitting F1 if the sport's porpoising problems were not eradicated by the end of his current deal. read more »

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FIA urged to black flag "dangerous" cars in latest porpoising safety twist

over 2 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 962 views )

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has suggested the FIA consider black flagging "dangerous" cars if it has concerns over driver safety. read more »

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Wolff says FIA had to protect teams from themselves with TD

over 2 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 448 views )

Toto Wolff says teams had to be protected from themselves when it came to the porpoising issue. read more »

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Verstappen: Wrong for FIA to change F1 rules mid-season over porpoising

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 516 views )

Ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, the FIA issued a technical directive stating that it would look to curb the porpoising phenomenon that has hit a number of... read more »

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Hamilton: Mercedes can't raise F1 car any higher to stop bouncing

over 2 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 994 views )

Lewis Hamilton says that Mercedes is unable to raise its car any higher to decrease bouncing due to rear suspension limitations. Last time out at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix,... read more »

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Horner and Wolff agree FIA porpoising clampdown hard to police

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1032 views )

On Thursday the FIA issued a technical directive indicating that there will be a clampdown on porpoising and bouncing on safety grounds.After gathering data in Montreal this... read more »

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Mercedes capitalises on new FIA freedoms with latest updates

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 657 views )

As part of a raft of measures that motor racing's governing body has introduced for the Montreal weekend to reduce cars bouncing, the FIA has relaxed some rules relating... read more »

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F1 rivals Hamilton and Verstappen disagree over FIA's porpoising intervention

over 2 years ago

from: Crash.Net

( 559 views )

F1 rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have offered contrasting views regarding the FIA's new technical directive for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix to... read more »

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Hamilton has "a lot more headaches" due to F1 bouncing

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 661 views )

As per the original ground-effect F1 era in the early 1980s, porpoising has returned whereby airflow stalls over the floors and therefore detaches and reattaches itself to the... read more »

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Hamilton, Verstappen disagree on porpoising directive

over 2 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 827 views )

Last season's World Championship rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen disagree on the FIA's move to try and eradicate car bouncing. read more »

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Russell: FIA porpoising intervention "more of a sticking plaster" than real solution

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 588 views )

The governing body announced ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix that it will measure the severity of porpoising on each car to gather data on what can be done to... read more »

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Rule change "disappointing", says Verstappen

over 2 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 574 views )

World champion, Max Verstappen has admitted to being disappointed at the FIA's decision to change the rules mid-season in a bid to alleviate the porpoising phenomenon. read more »

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F1 pecking order changes will be "minimal" in porpoising clampdown

over 2 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 650 views )

AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly believes any change to F1's pecking order as a result of the FIA's actions against aggressive bouncing will be "minimal". read more »

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Verstappen on rule change: ‘If you can’t design the car properly, it’s your fault’

over 2 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 707 views )

Max Verstappen has called the FIA’s decision to implement a mid-season rule change in an effort to combat porpoising “disappointing”. The reigning Formula 1 world champion was... read more »

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Max on TD: Can’t design the car properly, that’s your fault

over 2 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 387 views )

Max Verstappen says individual teams are responsible for their own porpoising, not the regulations. read more »

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Mick Schumacher reveals porpoising seatbelt concern

over 2 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 809 views )

Haas driver Mick Schumacher has revealed the bouncing experienced at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was so vicious that he was left with bruising from his seatbelts. read more »

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’10mm ride height’ increase for teams who can’t curb porpoising

over 2 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 627 views )

Teams who cannot curb porpoising face a mandatory "10mm" increase in ride height, reports AMuS. read more »

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Alonso: 'Difficult for teams to agree' on porpoising changes

over 2 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 569 views )

The FIA has now overriden the teams on porpoising changes, and Fernando Alonso admitted an agreement would have been tricky to strike. read more »