Charles Leclerc says Scuderia Ferrari’s hard work to deal with the F1-75 porpoising will be a watershed by the technical directive issued by the FIA (International Automobile Federation).
On the eve of the Canadian Grand Prix, the FIA announced a new technical directive for boushing that has offended many drivers in Baku. Many drivers sought intervention from the FIA, and Mercedes’ George Russell warned that if nothing was done, a “serious” incident would occur.
The FIA will monitor bouncing more closely to ensure that the team is running the F1 car in a safe setup. This could include forcing the car to rise 10mm if it does not meet the FIA standards.
Scuderia Ferrari, who hasn’t affected performance but suffers from a significant proportion of porpoising, has so far won two wins and is second in the Constructors’ Championship.
According to Charles Leclerc, it was due to Scuderia Ferrari’s excellent work to nullify the problem, and lamented that the currently published technical directives would make all that work meaningless.
“On the other hand, of course, I understand George’s point. It was very terrible to see him and Lewis get out of the car after Baku,” said Charles Leclerc.
“The pain that Lewis is currently experiencing is not unclear and unacceptable.”
“But on the other hand, we don’t underestimate the amount of work the team has done in the last few months to actually overcome these problems. It’s been our number one priority since we first tried these cars. rice field”
“We’ve been working to overcome these issues. I think the improvements have gone a long way, but it’s possible that one team is having a harder time than the others in all the work they’ve done so far. Is it okay to throw it in the trash?
“This is my view. It’s obvious that it’s very bad in Mercedes, but I think it can probably be fixed.”
George Russell explained that it is not yet clear what the impact of this technical directive will be, and emphasized that simply raising the vehicle height does not solve all problems. He also explained that porpoising and bottoming are different phenomena, replacing the two problems.
Popping is caused by a cycle of underfloor downforce loss and recovery, producing bouncing movements. On the other hand, in bottoming, the hard floor that hits the road surface creates a bounce.
“After all, the FIA is a rulemaker and can bring about any regulatory changes they want,” said George Russell.
“No one sitting here (at a press conference) knows if it will improve their performance or adversely affect their performance, so we have to actually take a look. “
“These cars have so many different sides and elements that raising the ride height doesn’t necessarily reduce or eliminate it. It’s somewhere between porpoising and bottoming, here. I’m having two different problems. “
“I hope it’s easy for everyone to drive and doesn’t affect performance for everyone.”
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