All teams had recovered 2023 floor aero losses by race one

In response to the bouncing sensation experienced by many teams last season upon the return of ground-effect regulations, the FIA changed the technical rulebook for 2023.

A key alteration was the mandated 15mm raising of the floor edges, which was conceived to stop teams from running cars so close to the ground to create the porpoising problem.

The governing body’s single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis reckoned the aerodynamics losses that resulted would…