Former Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone reckons that Sir Lewis Hamilton has been laying his back pain on thick this season amid Mercedes “porpoising” and bouncing issues. Hamilton struggled to get out of his car at the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix amid warnings from several drivers that the aggressive contact between the floor of the car and the track surface would eventually cause some long-term health issues. The FIA subsequently introduced a technical directive designed to force the teams to limit their oscillation and, as such, Red Bull and Ferrari’s advantage over the Silver Arrows could be cancelled out should they too be forced to raise the ride height of their cars....
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