The Mersu camp made a loud noise from the bouncing cars. When the FIA takes action, it can be costly for the stable.
Mercedes has not been in a hit like previous years this season. EPA / AOP
The desire of the F1 series to control bouncing cars is not unanimously approved by the formula bankruptcy.
Drivers greet the anxiety of the umbrella organization with joy, but some stables are in their snakes.
The team bosses think the biggest fuss is made by those who have failed to develop their cars this season. They will not give up their advantage.
Even Mercedes, which suffers from the most bouncing cars, has to be careful. The FIA’s new interpretation of the rules may hit it hard.
Drivers hard
F1 cars changed this season. When the ground effect tunes to its full power, the renewed suspension can no longer guarantee a smooth ride.
The problem is not common. For example, Red Bull Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez yes, they get stuck in their cars, but they don’t feel nearly as uncomfortable as they do Lewis Hamilton and George Russell In Mersu.
The Baku street track, which served as the stage for the Azerbaijani GP last week, offered the most rugged ride this season. The FIA took action when Hamilton left his car after the race in pain and Russell, the driver of the drivers’ association, said driving was already dangerous.
AlphaTaur also sang the same song Pierre Gasly and Haasin Mick Schumacher. Both stated that Baku was physically something previously inexperienced.
– Now I have to use completely new types of muscles straight. The seat belts really left their mark on my body, Schumacher commented to the media after the race.
Although the driver happened, Haas team manager Günther Steiner does not want the FIA to intervene in the cars of its stable.
– That wouldn’t be fair. Some would be hit harder by the changes than others. Even under current rules, cars behave differently.
Is Mersu suffering?
According to Auto Motor und Sport, there is no quick fix to the bounce problem. According to AMuS, the FIA will examine the data of each stable in the opening exercises of the Canadian GP to find out how bad the problem is.
Data is collected on a car-by-car basis, so data from Red Bull, for example, can differ a lot from Mersu.
The F1 engineers interviewed by the German newspaper do not believe that the FIA will be able to draw any quick conclusions from the data collected. It is possible that the rules will not eliminate the problem until next season.
An exception to this can be seen if the measurement results speak of a clear safety risk. The FIA is extremely critical of driver safety.
In this case, this could cause problems for Mersu. If data shows only Silver Arrow cars are dangerous to drive, the FIA may order Mersua to make changes to its car in the name of Hamilton and Russell’s safety.
An easy solution is to raise the ground clearance of the car. For Mersu, it is a change in the wrong direction. According to the rule of thumb in the formulas, the smaller the ground clearance of a car, the better.
The higher the bottom of the car, the less effective the ground effect. Raising the ground clearance would dilute the Silver Arrow’s dreams of fighting for this season’s World Cup titles at the latest.