06
Dec
2022
“No doubt” floor changes for 2023 were right thing to do
Following the overhaul of the technical regulations for this year and the return of ground effect, a number of teams encountered severe porpoising through pre-season testing.
Although many teams made changes to their cars to combat the issue, the recurring problems prompted the FIA to intervene on safety grounds mid-season, introducing a new metric to measure how much the cars were bouncing.
This was followed by a bigger change for next year, raising the height…