Mercedes was pleased to report "no bouncing" during the first of three days of testing at Bahrain as it has sought to eliminate the porpoising phenomenon that dogged... read more »
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Mercedes has been under scrutiny during Bahrain testing as it seeks to recover from a 2022 campaign hurt by porpoising and drag that caused its fall to third in the... read more »
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The fifth season of the highly successful Drive To Survive docu-series has been released on Netflix, with one of the big highlights being a heated exchange between team bosses... read more »
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When F1 made the radical switch to ground effect aerodynamics for last season, an unwanted issue became apparent. read more »
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was involved in a furious row over porpoising with Formula 1's other team principals, the release of season five of Netflix's Drive to... read more »
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It's that word again: porpoising. read more »
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has suggested the new W14 is "balanced in the right way" after avoiding porpoising in its first session of running. read more »
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Mercedes has not had any porpoising problems during the opening hours of pre-season testing from Bahrain, says team boss Toto Wolff. Last year, the Brackley-based squad... read more »
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Twelve months on from its troubled test in Bahrain, where the German car manufacturer was plagued by excessive porpoising, the team seemed in a much happier place with its... read more »
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What have the FIA changed in F1's technical regulations for 2023? From floor changes to fight against porpoising and bouncing, to roll hoop safety changes, to banned wings... read more »
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Following last year's technical regulations overhaul, F1 undergoes minor changes to the new era of ground-effect cars launched last season.The biggest tweak to last year... read more »
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The 2023 F1 technical regulations were published some time ago with the reduction from 798kgs to 796kgs highlighted as part of a general push to eventually have lighter... read more »
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Toto Wolff has pinpointed the reasons Mercedes were unable to solve their porpoising issue quickly during the early stages of the 2022 F1 season. read more »
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Aston Martin deputy technical director Eric Blandin has warned porpoising will not be completely eradicated this year. read more »
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At the start of 2022's new ground effect era, Aston Martin's launch specification car proved unsuited to the new rules.Just like Mercedes, the team had anticipated... read more »
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Russell and Hamilton are set to embark on their second season as Mercedes team-mates in the 2023 campaign, which will follow the difficult 2022 season where Mercedes' W13... read more »
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The W13 came to be most closely associated with the porpoising problem that impacted every F1 team to some extent during the first season of the championship returning to... read more »
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The German car manufacturer is coming off the back of a challenging 2022 campaign, where it struggled initially with high levels of porpoising on its W13.However, an intensive... read more »
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The German manufacturer is aiming to bounce back from a disappointing 2022 F1 campaign when it slipped to third in the world constructors' championship behind Red Bull and... read more »
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George Russell has revealed Mercedes was forced to "bin" its early development of the W13 after problems with porpoising became evident last term. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton has copped the blame for the FIA "overreacting" to change rules surrounding porpoising. read more »
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Mercedes' 2022 challenger has gone down as its worst since it became a regular title-winning force at the start of the V6 hybrid era in 2014, with the first Silver Arrow... read more »
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The new ground-effects cars that were finally introduced for the 2022 season are the heaviest in the championship's history at 798kg. That figure is actually 3kg up on the... read more »
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F1 technical chief Pat Symonds has conceded he "forgot" about the dangers posed to the sport's new era of regulations by porpoising. read more »
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Alpine should not have any issues with porpoising with their 2023 design, according to Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer. read more »