Toto Wolff says an FIA medical report that warns about the risks of brain damage due to excessive porpoising shows changes are needed. 'A frequency of 1-2Hz, sustained over a few minutes, can lead to brain damage. We have 6-7Hz over several hours.' F1
A push by the FIA to change the 2023 technical regulations and lift floor edges by 25mm to help eliminate car bouncing has not gone down well with a majority of teams, who fear it forces an unnecessary and expensive redesign of their new car plans.
“There's all this talk of lobbying in either direction, but I think fundamentally, what are we talking about?” he said. Racing director Laurent Mekies said: “I think we need to be very careful when we speak about safety grounds. While porpoising has not been an issue in recent races, Wolff thinks it would be wrong to think the problem has been eradicated completely.
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