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Toto Wolff declares Mercedes "dangerous" for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell

over 3 years ago

from: GPfans.com

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Toto Wolff has conceded that Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are driving a Mercedes which is "dangerous" as the team desperately tries to get to grips with issues... read more »

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Mercedes to remove second floor stay amid F1 protest threat

over 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 753 views )

In the wake of a technical directive from the FIA on the eve of the Montreal weekend to help reduce porpoising, F1 teams were advised they could add a second stay to help... read more »

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Wolff: F1 teams have to be "protected from ourselves" over porpoising

over 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 967 views )

On Thursday the FIA issued a technical directive specifying that it intends to impose an "acceptable level of vertical oscillations" on safety grounds.The change is... read more »

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Horner: Black flag dangerously porpoising cars

over 3 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 535 views )

If porpoising cars are dangerous than the FIA should black flag them, says Christian Horner. read more »

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How the FIA's F1 porpoising clampdown will really work

over 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 896 views )

In the wake of an especially brutal Baku race for a number of drivers - with Lewis Hamilton's back pain highlighting the battering some are facing right now - intervention... read more »

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Mercedes question "problematic" FIA porpoising fix

over 3 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 941 views )

Mercedes chief technical officer James Allison has described the FIA's intervention on porpoising as "welcome" but "problematic". read more »

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Leclerc questions why Ferrari's efforts in taming F1 porpoising should be wasted

over 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1120 views )

A number of drivers, in particular Mercedes' George Russell, last weekend urged motor racing's governing body to work to get rid of the bouncing phenomenon from the... read more »

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Hamilton labels opening sessions a "disaster"

over 3 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 1014 views )

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 3 years ago

from: Crash.Net

( 1047 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 3 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 916 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 3 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 914 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 3 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 520 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 3 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 543 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 3 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 746 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 3 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 696 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 3 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 1169 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 3 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 607 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 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 723 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 3 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1212 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 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1264 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 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 898 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 3 years ago

from: Crash.Net

( 824 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 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 942 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 3 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 984 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 3 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 815 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 »