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Horner: FIA well intended but tackling porpoising 'the wrong way'

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner understands the FIA's safety concerns over F1's porpoising problem but believes the governing body is tackling the issue "the wrong way". Ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, the FIA published a technical directive that aims to reduce and eventually eradicate the complex porpoising and bouncing issues facing several teams. The directive states that a metric will be defined and then applied to limit the high-frequency vertical oscillations of cars which several drivers believe have become a potential source of danger to their health. This weekend, the FIA is gathering relevant data and technical information to help it define the precise...
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