The FIA decided how and when to intervene to counter the problem of the pouring, brought to the attention of higher-ups by Mercedes, dopo Baku. Complaints from the star team immediately aroused controversy, given that not all teams have suffered the problem in the same way. Second Red Bull e Ferrari in fact, Mercedes would not have acted only by virtue of the protection of its drivers. The lack of performance also related to the continuous jumping of the W13 would have induced Toto Wolff to do pressure for porpoising to become a general problem.
A problem that the FIA should have solved, even to the detriment of those who did not suffer enough to ask for intervention from above. Arrived between the race in Baku and the one in Canada la new directive made clear the conditions that each team would have to respect to protect the riders. After two weeks of discussions and finishing touches the FIA communicated to teams to date within which the new rules will come into force.
We start from France
The teams will have two weeks to adapt the cars to amendments to the directive, sent to them before the weekend in Canada. The FIA has in fact decided to introduce new features to combat porpoising from the race weekend France, from which the new directive will be operational. Silverstone e Austria they will therefore be fundamental for collecting data and understanding how controllare the phenomenon of fluctuations and stem it for do not risk having to lift the car from the ground.
The text of the directive
“Following the safety concern raised regarding porpoising of the new generation of Formula 1 cars the FIA is now taking the next steps to address this issue, and has sent a draft update to the Technical Directive sent to the teams first at the Canadian Grand Prix. The analysis of the vertical oscillation data has been completed, and we have defined a metric with which to monitor it."
"The update has been sent to the teams to allow them to conduct their own analysis in the next two Grands Prix to understand what changes they may need to implement to comply with the Technical Directive will come into force, or in French Grand Prix.
The new parameters
“In addition, the Technical Directive also establishes some updated parameters concerning to wear and stiffness of the wooden step, intrinsically related to the same problem and go hand in hand with the metric. These changes are necessary to ensure a level playing field between teams when the metric is implemented.”
Statement source: Motorsport.com
