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 »
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After a difficult start to last season, as Mercedes battled excessive porpoising with its W13, the German car manufacturer made good gains over the second half of the... read more »
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F1 chief technical officer Pat Symonds believes the changes made to combat porpoising midway through last year were an overreaction. read more »
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Formula 1's chief technical officer Pat Symonds says that the FIA overreacted to the porpoising concerns that were vocalised early on in 2022. Amid the introduction of new... read more »
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The FIA over-reacted when they implemented new rules to combat porpoising during the 2022 Formula 1 season, according to the sport’s chief technical officer, Pat Symonds.... read more »
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Mercedes went into the 2022 season not expecting the effects of porpoising to affect them as much as it did, according to Andrew Shovlin. read more »
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Mercedes High Performance Powertrains managing director Hywel Thomas has revealed his surprise at the "pounding" taken by the power units through porpoising. read more »
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The switch to 18-inch tyres was a major part of this year's revised technical package, although they were often overlooked during the season as attention switched to... read more »
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Mercedes engine boss reveals that it wasn't only drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell that took a pounding when porpoising was at its worst. read more »
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Mercedes has opened up on the impact its bouncing 2022 Formula 1 car had on the Power Unit, claiming that it caused damage to the engines. In the early stages of the 2022... read more »
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But the German car manufacturer certainly would never have predicted the kind of difficulties it faced with its W13.Having suffered the most extreme porpoising on the grid,... read more »
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Mercedes topped the times at the Spanish Grand Prix venue with what was an early development phase package, an achievement that required significant ride height changes and... read more »
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The middle phase of the 2022 campaign was dominated by the controversy over porpoising, and the impact of a technical directive from the FIA to try to help address the... read more »
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After struggling to overcome early-season porpoising problems, Mercedes faced a number of false dawns with its W13 when it appeared that updates had resolved the majority of... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton has hailed the progress Mercedes made throughout the 2022 Formula 1 season, despite there being "so much failure" during the year. Mercedes entered the... read more »
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Mercedes saw its streak of eight consecutive constructors' championship victories come to an end this year as it struggled to get to grips with the new technical... read more »
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Mercedes found itself as one of the worst-hit teams by the porpoising issue that impacted most of the grid when the new-design cars for 2022 debuted in February.The problem... read more »
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After a run of eight successive constructors' championship titles since 2014, Mercedes found itself on the back foot with the W13, which struggled with porpoising and a... read more »
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After winning eight constructors' titles in a row, Mercedes endured a tricky campaign through 2022 as it struggled to match Red Bull and Ferrari under the new... read more »
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After winning eight consecutive constructors' championships, Mercedes endured a difficult first year under the revised technical regulations in 2022, initially struggling... read more »
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Did F1's 2022 regulation changes work? Or is it much of the same as the Hybrid Era? With new rules put in place to improve racing, spectacle and make the grid more... read more »
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Following the overhaul of the technical regulations for this year and the return of ground effect, a number of teams encountered severe porpoising through pre-season... read more »