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‘Suspicions' as F1 issues porpoising clampdown

Jun.17 There are mixed feelings in Canada about the FIA's plan to end the new ‘porpoising' effect in Formula 1 that left Lewis Hamilton in crippling back pain after Baku. The sport's governing body said it consulted with doctors and, 'in the interests of safety of the drivers', issued a technical directive that will involve checking the 'design' and 'observed wear' of the 2022 cars' floors. Another move will be to set a 'quantitative limit' on the amount of allowed bouncing. 'I don't know how the FIA plans to do this,' former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher told Sky Deutschland. 'But the formula can't be the same for every car and every aerodynamic approach because one team has solved it...
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