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Leclerc had physical discomfort during pre-season test: 'Made me sick'

An unexpected problem that all Formula 1 teams ran into during the first winter test in Barcelona was porpoising. The violent bouncing of the cars is not exactly comfortable for the drivers, according to Charles Leclerc. The 24-year-old Monegasque, at whose Ferrari the problem was quite prominent, experienced physical discomfort from it. He compares it to sustained turbulence in a plane and says it even made him nauseous. Read more 'Hamilton will want nothing more than to destroy Verstappen this season' Leclerc got nauseous from porpoising A video showed Leclerc's Ferrari F1-75 bouncing violently up and down, shaking the driver's head considerably. "I can't say it's pleasant, because...
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