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Alonso ‘concerned' about ‘extreme' Baku porpoising

Fernando Alonso fears this year's all-new cars, even the Alpine, could suffer 'extreme' bouncing at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Introducing ground effect aerodynamics as the design philosophy behind this year's cars, many of the Formula 1 teams have suffered with porpoising. The cars bounce, sometimes violently, up and down on their rear suspensions in a motion that has been dubbed porpoising. It seems the faster the car goes, the more porpoising it can experience although having said that Mercedes suffered badly with a bouncing car around the streets of Monaco. This weekend the Formula 1 teams will have to deal with both aspects, speed and a street course. The Azerbaijan Grand Prix takes...
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