"We should stop having a cane at the age of 30"

The famous’pouring‘, the repeated bounce of new Formula 1 cars occurring at high speeds in the 2022 single-seater due to the sudden loss of ground effect and its subsequent activation is bothering some drivers and causing intense debate. First was Lewis Hamilton, who in Baku complained in the middle of a career of illness that caused him constant ups and downs at over 300 km / h. “It kills my back”said the Briton, who therefore had difficulty getting out of his car. The Mercedes boss clarified that it could not continue like this. But his case is different from other cars on the grid, which managed to overcome this constant jump. When that bounce seems to be just a matter of Mercedes and a few, on standard reappeared on the long straight road and in their ravines. The ferrari ng sainz it bounced hard and they were able to reduce that ‘porpoising’ to an acceptable point for the pilot. And F1 television production cameras were also focused on Hamilton’s massive rebound and the complaints of Pierre Gasleyliterally jumping with him Alpha Taurus.

“I’ve never experienced this feeling” said the Frenchman in training for a Baku GP where he graduated fifth, but was extremely annoyed with that rebound and its impact on his body, something for which he did not hesitate to request technical changes policy to prevent this from happening.

“It’s not healthy, for sure. I had a physical therapy session before and after each session because my (vertebral) discs hurt. You literally have no suspension. These are just blows going through your spine “Said Gasley. His words are in the same vein as Toto Wolff, who said that “it’s no longer a muscular thing. It can reach the spine and have consequences. I think it’s not just Lewis’ problem. In general, it affects it is the same with many others. ”

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however, Horner responded to Hamilton and Wolff’s words and said that if his car bounced as much as a Mercedes, exactly what he would do would ask his drivers to complain.. He said these regrets are simply “part of the game.” It therefore clarified that Mercedes ’complaints were part of the pressure that the star team wanted to implement to have the FIA ​​change the technical regulations because they could not completely end the‘ porpoising ’. Horner deemed it would be “unfair” for the FIA ​​to surrender.

They are asking the FIA ​​to act

In that sense, both Horner and Norris taught that there was a way to reduce that bounce: increasing the car’s height, something that would nevertheless slow down its performance. But Gasly, when asked about it, was blunt and said the FIA ​​could not leave the decision to the driver and the team to compete with a more or less safer car to be faster or faster.

“That’s the tricky part, and it’s obviously not sustainable. So that’s what we talked about at the drivers briefing and alerted them to this issue, and we try to ask them to find solutions to prevent us from having a cane in our 30s, ”Pierre said.

“The team asked me: ‘Okay, can we compromise the set-up?’ And I compromise my health for performance.This is something I always do because I am a driver and I always want the fastest car.The FIA ​​should put us in a bind where you have to communicate balance between health and performance. “

sense of danger

“Sometimes the car moves just because the steering wheel is shaking,” said the AlphaTauri driver, after Lewis said he felt a “weird feeling” in the race, because on many occasions he thought he could hit a wall more than 300 km. /h because of the bounces.

“At that speed it’s not easy. I don’t think they’ll be fixed until the end of the year. But hopefully it will be fixed for next year,” Pierre concluded.