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Wolff shares damning statistic on Mercedes' porpoising problems
Article To news overview © XPB Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff says his cars were porpoising so much during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were subjected to vertical loads of up to 6G. Mercedes have struggled badly with porpoising all year long, and the long straights on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix circuit saw the W13 bouncing heavily throughout the weekend. After the race, Hamilton appeared to be in such pain that he was struggling to get out of his car, and Wolff suggested that a majority of F1 drivers were in agreement that something needed to be done to reduce the stresses the porpoising was placing on their bodies. "It's up to 6G that...
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