“Carlos knows what I’m talking about, Max doesn’t“. So at the press conference at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton addressed the topic of the moment in F1, that is porpoising, a phenomenon against which the FIA has declared its intention to intervene to ensure that the safety and health of the drivers are no longer endangered by the continuous hopping at high speed in the straight of the cars 2022.
Obviously, the entry into the field of the Federation has displeased Red Bull and Ferrari, which fear to see Mercedes approaching them in terms of performance, given that the W13 is the car most subject to porpoising with all that this entails at the level of performance. Lando Norris in his traditional appointment with the paper printed on the columns of Telegraph expressed this thought about the situation: “The truth is that we as McLaren are not affected by porpoising and there is no doubt that there are two teams that have worked better than the others in view of 2022. (Red Bull and Ferrari, ed) and that changing the cards during the current season would not be ideal. However, there are certainly more competent people than me who are analyzing the situation, inevitably there will be teams more affected than others when the FIA technical directive comes into force “.
The Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto he pointed out that there is even a formal flaw at the basis of the technical directive issued by the FIA. The instrument in question, in fact, serves to clarify the rules already in force, rewriting them would require another location, namely the WMSC (World Motor Sports Council).
However, Lando Norris highlighted an important aspect, that of solidarity between pilots which obviously at the moment is not unanimous given that Max Verstappen has in fact stated on several occasions that he does not suffer excessively from porpoising and that in any case a driver should live with these problems. “If I ever find myself facing or having a potential health problem or excessive risk behind the wheel of an F1 I would like to be able to count on the support of all my colleagues. I would like maximum solidarity to occur “, concluded the McLaren standard bearer.
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