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Nikolas Tombazis reveals a ‘few cases where teams’ failed the porpoising ruleIntroducing TD39 at the Belgian Grand Prix, FIA technical director Nikolas Tombazis says there were a “few cases” where teams exceeded the vertical oscillation limit and had to take action.With this year’s all-new ground effect aerodynamic cars bouncing from one race track to another, Mercedes suffering worse than the others, drivers complained of back and neck pain.
“We were concerned that the cars would drive very low and the edges of the ground would be damaged too often. It was more a matter of saving costs. The teams rejected it because our suggestion came at too short notice,” recalled Symonds. According to Tombazis, the cars will lose as much as five to seven percent of their downforce by the floor edges being raised. That, it is being said, equates to half a second on the track.Porpoising was the buzz word of 2022
Mercedes had it the worst although they weren’t the only team affected with Lance Stroll revealing it cost Aston Martin a floor or two in testing.
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