31
Dec
2023
FIA doesn’t see need to intervene over bump-induced F1 crashes
Accidents suffered by Lando Norris in the Las Vegas Grand Prix and Carlos Sainz in Abu Dhabi GP practice were both triggered by the cars hitting bumps on the track.
The current generation of ground effect F1 cars are especially sensitive to bumps because they perform better when running very close to the ground, and are typically set-up with very stiff suspension.
But despite the Norris and Sainz incidents, and teams clearly pushing things to…