Announcing the intervention to resolve the porpoising phenomenon, the FIA said:
In Baku, Mercedes had the loudest cry about porpoising affecting their drivers’ health. Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, and Kevin Magnussen were some of the drivers who complained about severe health effects such as body pain due to porpoising.
Following speculation, however, the drivers’ health angle has been used as a ploy by Mercedes to get the FIA and F1 to increase the ride height of the cars to more than the permitted limit. The subject was also discussed at the GPDA meeting where all the drivers had voiced their opinions on driver safety. After discussions over the weekend, the FIA has decided to interview and investigate the issues and find a solution.
FIA issues technical directive to investigate porpoising phenomenon on 2022 F1 cars
The FIA has issued a technical directive involving the scrutiny of the car floors. The regulatory body of the sport will work with the F1 teams to analyze the oscillations in the cars and work on a solution for the same.
Highlighting two measures in the directive to tackle the issue, the FIA statement said:
F1 drivers have recently voiced their concerns about the porpoising phenomenon at the Azerbaijan GP, owing to corresponding health issues. One of the solutions to the issue can be the introduction of active suspensions. The technology, however, was banned from the sport in the 90s and the sport has been reluctant to reintroduce it in recent times.
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