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FIA delays porpoising rule change, agrees to budget cap compromise

A meeting of the Formula 1 Commission resulted in the FIA’s introduction of a technical directive to prevent excessive porpoising being pushed back to the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, while the budget cap has been increased due to inflation. The two topics have been major talking points in recent weeks, with the FIA having announced in Canada it would bring a technical directive into force that would define an acceptable amount of porpoising — or “vertical oscillations” — in future. This weekend’s Austrian GP was set to be the final race before the new directive was introduced in France, but the FIA has now agreed to delay it until after the summer break. “Following...
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