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FIA's solution does not fix porpoising problems at Mercedes

Some teams seem to have found a solution to porpoising. For this, the FIA has agreed to a new part on the car, but Mercedes is not yet convinced. In Barcelona, the 2022 Formula 1 cars hit the track for the first time, and the first thing that stood out was the bouncing of the cars. But few people had taken into account the porpoising effect the cars now face, where the car bounces on the asphalt. Read more Verstappen only concerned with the RB18: ''I wasn't shocked'' No result for Mercedes To avoid this problem, the FIA has allowed teams to place a tube between the chassis and the floor at the rear of the car. In this way the floor is strengthened and the cars bounce less. We already saw...
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