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Horner suspects teams pushing drivers to complain about porpoising
Christian Horner is convinced a few of Red Bull's rivals are pushing their drivers to complain about the effects of porpoising in a bid to achieve a regulation change. F1's new generation ground effect cars are required to run close to the ground to maximise their aerodynamic benefit, but some set-ups have led to high frequency bouncing, or porpoising of the chassis at high speed. All team have suffered from the phenomenon to various degrees, but Mercedes has had a particularly difficult time mitigating the issue. But in Baku, George Russell led a plea in the drivers' briefing urging the FIA to look into the long-term physical effects of the rough ride on drivers' backs and necks. After...
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