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Hamilton admits health concern over porpoising as Russell calls for solution

Sir Lewis Hamilton can only hope that he does not suffer any concussions as a result of the aggressive bouncing taking place in his Mercedes. The Silver Arrows started the year off struggling with “porpoising,” which is caused by aerodynamic deficiencies as some of the teams still try to figure out how best to deal with the ground effect aerodynamics brought in by the new technical regulations. They appeared to solve it in Spain, but they lowered their ride height too much as a result, and this has led to even worse bouncing in Monaco and Baku. READ: ‘Who wants to go slow?’ Steiner questions fairness of new FIA regulation Hamilton hobbled away from his car after finished fourth...
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