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F1 team's latest dilemna: To porpoise or not to porpoise?
Teams will start the final 2022 Formula 1 pre-season test in Bahrain on Thursday seeking to fix their 'porpoising' cars before the racing starts at Sakhir on March 20. The new cars have been designed to the biggest rules' overhaul in decades, aimed at making racing closer and more entertaining, but they hit problems when they ran in Barcelona last month. In an unexpected effect of the changes, the cars were seen to bounce excessively — like the movement of a porpoise through water — at speed on the straights as they generated and then lost downforce. Some teams have struggled with it more than others. 'It doesn't feel great especially when you think that we're doing 300kph and...
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