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These reports from drivers are rough on the bouncing and pain.
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Awhile back there was a documentary on the relatively high number of suicides and brain injuries among bobsledders and lugers; the cause is thought to be not so much from huge crashes but "micro " impacts from basically their heads bouncing back and forth all the time as they slide down the courses at high speeds ( and those are far lower than F1 cars ). I can't help but wonder about the parallels to the cars this year and the porpoising issues.
As for the race itself Ferrari for once actually had some well thought out pit strategy; they were clearly slower than RBR so diving into the pits during the VSC was worth the gamble. All for naught when LeClercs engine grenaded itself. He is now behind BOTH Red Bull drivers in the championship and to boot, is likely looking at engine penalties down the line as I think he's lost two engines to failure already. This championship which started out looking competitive is in danger of becoming a one team race.
Ferraris only hope is a combo of Red Bull reliability faltering and doing well on slower tracks like Austria or Singapore.
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www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/34075602/geor...ions-recipe-disaster
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Its notable that some teams have found a way to reduce the porpoising, suggesting that if some teams cars are bouncing too much, they need to run them a bit higher off the ground - which will of course make them slower and nobody wants that.
Another solution would be inertial dampeners; these were banned about 15 years ago when Renault introduced them mid season as they were thought to be in violation of the rules about movable aero devices which is kind of hilarious. They seem to be a low tech and low cost remedy, not sure why they don't consider those.
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If Hamilton and Russell are to be believed they may ask to sit out a race soon, because this coming race they're on one week's rest. When Karl from accounting is driving one of the Mercedes cars people will take notice.
Is this as much an issue due to the price cap as the design? I realize it's early but Red Bull is starting to pull away in spite of a few DNFs early in the season. If the other teams "can't figure it out" much longer it's going to be a pretty sleepy season.
I'm just curious if an injection of cash to each of the teams to be spent specifically on this problem in order to protect the long-term health of the drivers would be a prudent way to address the real issue here -- F1 looking bad. It would also help the drivers.
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I can’t imagine it isn’t taking its toll on the cars, too. The podcast I listened to indicated a 6G vertical acceleration on some cars.
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Like I said up thread, I despise Christian Horner but I'm sympathetic to what he's saying here: www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/34082975/chri...aying-bouncing-fears
Mercedes and others can increase ride height but they won't. It feels like Red Bull would be getting fucked for getting things right and not hurting their drivers.
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