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FIA acts to reduce F1 car porpoising in the interests of safety

The FIA has acted to reduce, if not eliminate the effects of porpoising in the wake of eight races where the aero issue has afflicted some teams, Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes the high-profile cases in the spotlight. Here is the full content from the email sent to F1 media by the Formula 1 governing body today and ahead of practice for the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix on Friday in Montreal: FIA Technical Directive – Porpoising 'Following the eighth round of this year’s FIA Formula 1 World Championship, during which the phenomenon of aerodynamic oscillations (“porpoising”) of the new generation of Formula 1 cars, and the effect of this during and after the race on the physical...
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