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"Can't remember Verstappen or anyone else saying anything"
- GPblog.com
Ralf Schumacher is also not convinced by the measures taken by the FIA against porpoising. According to the former Formula One driver, the decision may have been rushed. After all, he thinks that the bouncing of F1 cars on other circuits will be a lot less again.
The straight on the street circuit in Azerbaijan is more than two kilometres long. No other circuit on the calendar has such a long straight. Indeed, Baku is a "special case" judges Schumacher, pointing to the many bumps, for example. He, therefore, thinks that we will not see more bounces in such proportions for the rest of the year.
It makes the Germans question whether intervention by the FIA was really necessary. Moreover, it is also not the case that all drivers unanimously agree that safety is at stake. " Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly have complained, but I don't remember Max Verstappen or anyone else saying anything." Incidentally, Daniel Ricciardo, Carlos Sainz and Valtteri Bottas also made their voices heard by rallying behind the Mercedes drivers.
Every F1 car is different
The FIA plans to measure the bounce of the cars with certain equipment. Then a yet-to-be-determined mathematical formula will be applied to it. Schumacher is not a fan yet. "I don't know how the FIA is going to do it. After all, this formula cannot be the same for every car and every aerodynamic approach," he tells Sky.