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Ocon insists Alpine on top of A522 porpoising issues.
Esteban Ocon says he isn't fearful of suffering a bouncing ride next weekend in Bahrain onboard Alpine's new A522, insisting the Enstone squad is on top of its car's porpoising issues. The brutal ground effects-induced vertical movement on the straights of F1's new generation cars has hit all teams in pre-season testing, with each outfit applying its own fix to the phenomenon with varying success. However, along with McLaren, Alpine appears to have mitigated the problem without impacting its car's overall level of performance, which bodes well for the French outfit's opening race next weekend at Sakhir. "Everybody is struggling, in the end, because it is their new cars and there is a...
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