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Here's why porpoising is such a problem for Mercedes
For the past eight years, Mercedes has been hugely dominant in Formula 1, but this year the team is encountering many problems. According to Peter Wright, the inventor of ground effect in the sport, the porpoising problem is not easy to solve. Due to the new rules in Formula 1, teams have to deal with a tricky problem: porpoising. During the first test days this became immediately clear when many cars bounced violently up and down on the long straights. A number of teams have adapted well to the problem, including Ferrari and Red Bull Racing. The problem just seems to be a lot bigger for Mercedes, partly due to a completely new chassis introduced during the last days of testing, with an...
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