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Yay the FIA have introduced a limit to porpoising I don't think it's on purpose
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The FIA announces technical directive to reduce porpoising
The FIA has announced it is introducing a technical directive with the intention of reducing porpoising "in the interests of safety".
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Seen as Horner was so unnecessarily blunt about these issues (hey Christian, not every plays the 'game' as much as RB obviously do) I'd love it if they were found to be doing something they shouldn't be to limit their own porpoising.
Soldato
I think it's fair enough, I wonder what the penalty might be, stop and go, black flag.
Caporegime
Has to be black flag.
Soldato
Not sure if this is 100% confirmed but Charles to take a 4th Turbo and therefore a 10 place penalty?
On the other hand, if the RBR car is legit and all the other teams have to increase their ride height to adhere to this new metric, RBR are going to run away with it.The FIA announces technical directive to reduce porpoising
The FIA has announced it is introducing a technical directive with the intention of reducing porpoising "in the interests of safety".
Seen as Horner was so unnecessarily blunt about these issues (hey Christian, not every plays the 'game' as much as RB obviously do) I'd love it if they were found to be doing something they shouldn't be to limit their own porpoising.
I could take Merc being **** a little bit better if it was any other team than Redbull that was dominating.
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Soldato
Just read that they will sort out the appropriate something before fp3 and if you don't comply its a 10mm ride height increase of you fail to comply after that its disqualification.
Which I think the is fair even if rb win everything. At least it will force merc to sort their ****box out (totos description)
Which I think the is fair even if rb win everything. At least it will force merc to sort their ****box out (totos description)
Does the RB actually have a higher ride height though ? Honestly it’s such a complex argument I don’t know.
Soldato
They've certainly been the masters of high rake going back to Vettel's driver championships, something which threw Mercedes at least a bit last year, when the new regs came in.
Soldato
FIA have a duty to respect the drivers health. The teams should be doing the same, not wait for the ruling that has now been implemented.
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Let's hope it's a good one and includes a comfier ride for Lewis and better reliability for the Fezzas.
Soldato
I think it's pretty harsh to be punishing all teams for this. Mercedes are suffering worse, and definitely are "playing the game".
Hope we don't see any specific team run away with it now.
Edit: Would a higher ride height have any effect on how close the cars could run to each other?
Hope we don't see any specific team run away with it now.
Edit: Would a higher ride height have any effect on how close the cars could run to each other?
Soldato
The teams that are not suffering will not be affected by the rule change.
Merc etc may well suffer more as their performance will drop.
Its up to them to sort out the issue as higher ride height will bring lower performance issues.
Soldato
It looks a bit wet there today lol.
I don’t think we should see it as “punishing” anyone. 99% of the drivers have basically said it’s unacceptable as it is. If they’ve not it’s because they’re winning e.g. Ferrari and RB. Go look at the Leclerc helmet cam from Baku. It’s insane.
Soldato
This, RB will benefit, Mercedes attempts to pressure the FIA into making changes will backfire on them...
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They had the advantage of having someone from the last era (with practical experience) of ground effects to design the car.The FIA announces technical directive to reduce porpoising
The FIA has announced it is introducing a technical directive with the intention of reducing porpoising "in the interests of safety".
Seen as Horner was so unnecessarily blunt about these issues (hey Christian, not every plays the 'game' as much as RB obviously do) I'd love it if they were found to be doing something they shouldn't be to limit their own porpoising.
Soldato
Well, it'll reduce the efficiency of the ground effect design and mean that the bodywork and wings are back to providing most of the downforce so I'd say yes.
Don
Shouldn't make much if any difference in terms of how close cars can follow - it shouldn't affect how the bodywork and wings generate downforce (and the cleaned up "wake" they generate), but will obviously impact how much downforce a car can generate (meaning more sliding around, and potentially more tyre wear for those affected)
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