Gasly disagrees with Marko and Verstappen: 'We can't accept this'
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Pierre Gasly is happy with the quick action of the FIA. After the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, several drivers called for porpoising to be investigated and the FIA listened to the drivers. Gasly says he is still suffering from his back since Baku.
In Barcelona, most teams seemed to have porpoising reasonably under control. Then the circus travelled to Monaco, where there are barely any long straights for the car to bounce and the bumps in the asphalt seemed to make it a bit worse. Once it arrived in Azerbaijan, it appeared that the 2022's bouncing problem was far from resolved, leading many of the Formula One drivers to believe that porpoising should be investigated.
FIA intervenes quickly
On Thursday the news came out that the FIA will intervene hard and wants to reduce the porpoising problems. Gasly is very happy with the quick response from the motorsport federation: "I am happy that the FIA took our complaints seriously and responded so quickly. What we experienced in Baku clearly went too far," the AlphaTauri driver says according to Auto, Motor und Sport.
The Frenchman says he went to the physiotherapist twice a day in Baku for treatment, explaining that he still feels his back. "We can't accept that our back is mistreated like this for an hour and a half," Gasly says.
Red Bull not satisfied
While Gasly is pleased with the first steps taken by the FIA, the investigation also has detractors. Red Bull Racing advisor Helmut Marko thinks Mercedes has made the FIA want to change the rules and that is unfair according to the Austrian. Driver Max Verstappen also thinks the investigation is "nonsense" and the Dutchman and Marko are supported by Guenther Steiner.