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How Ferrari planned for porpoising before pre-season testing

Article To news overview © RN365/Michael Potts Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto has explained how his team were able to foresee issues with 'porpoising' - i.e. the car bouncing at high speeds - during the design process of the F1-75. A move to a ground effect aerodynamic philosophy under the new rules for 2022, away from over-body downforce generation, has resulted in a curious phenomenon arising in pre-season testing. All of the cars could be seen bouncing their way down the straights at high speed, an uncomfortable consequence caused by the stalling of airflow underneath the floors of the cars. Many of the teams managed to largely negate the side effect over the course of the six days...
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