Lewis Hamilton has revealed Mercedes had to remove “90 points of downforce” from its 2022 Formula 1 car to control the bouncing with the current ground effect machines.... read more »

The Mercedes 2022 challenger was plagued by porpoising and bouncing while its W14 successor drew complaints from drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell over rear-end... read more »

Mercedes racer Russell wiped out from seventh place two laps from the chequered flag in Melbourne while chasing after the Aston Martin driver. He lost the rear axle through... read more »

F1 tech expert sheds light on Mercedes' ongoing performance woes amid tricky start to 2024. read more »

The car has been plagued by bouncing, especially with low fuel in qualifying, while its weakness in high-speed corners relative to rivals was very apparent in Saudi... read more »

Lando Norris believes Formula 1’s bouncing phenomenon is not only still a present issue following the emergence of porpoising in 2022 and needs improving ‘”long-term.” When F1... read more »

Mercedes will be working hard to "iron out" their bouncing problem following a difficult Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. read more »

Alonso secured sixth on the grid for last week's Bahrain Grand Prix, but slipped back to a distant ninth place in the race.He has again qualified well in Jeddah, earning... read more »

Hamilton wasn't happy on Thursday and switched to a bigger wing for Friday that gave the car more stability, but cost time on the straights.He progressed through the first... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says "intense bouncing" on his Mercedes F1 car hampered his qualifying in Saudi Arabia. read more »

A largely unrepresentative session sees Max Verstappen edge out Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez as Lewis Hamilton and Esteban Ocon complain of bouncing. read more »

George Russell has delivered a worrying assessment of the Mercedes W15 - bouncing is back. read more »

Mercedes has been consistent in saying its W15 is a step forward compared to the recalcitrant W13 and W14 cars with which it opened F1's latest ground-effect era in 2022... read more »

The radical overhaul of the technical rules for 2022 shifted the aerodynamic bias, with the underside of the car taking the priority over top surfaces to produce 60% of total... read more »

The Mexican endured a rollercoaster campaign this season, starting the season strongly but fading away before bouncing back in the final races.Red Bull is committed to Perez... read more »

Max Verstappen’s best win? His most satisfying qualifying? The race he felt most pressure in? Ahead of the US Grand Prix in Austin this weekend, Tom Clarkson and Damon Hill... read more »

Verstappen looked to have the measure of the field throughout qualifying, bouncing back from a Q2 elimination in Singapore to take pole by around six-tenths from McLaren's... read more »

Last year, F1 switched to ground-effect-based cars which are set up extremely stiff to generate the most downforce. That set-up had the unintended side-effect of porpoising on... read more »

Drivers have been left divided over the stiff nature of the current generation of Formula 1 cars, with some raising concerns over the long-term health implications since the... read more »

Mercedes sacrificed performance by being "too cautious" trying to avoid a repeat of the bouncing which plagued their 2022 F1 season over the winter.  read more »

The German manufacturer has endured a challenging time since the switch to ground-effect cars at the start of the 2022 campaign.Last year's W13 was blighted by porpoising,... read more »

Mercedes chief technical officer Mike Elliott has claimed that bouncing at the Belgian GP was not due to the team's new upgrades. read more »

Mercedes believe the return of bouncing to their car at the Belgian Grand Prix was a result of track characteristics and setup rather than the upgrades they brought to the W14. read more »

Mercedes suffered with bouncing with its W14 during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend, with it causing them to miss out on a podium finish last Sunday, according to Toto Wolff. read more »

Mercedes chief technical officer Mike Elliott has revealed that the team will need to 'take a really good look' at their latest set of upgrades to check that they... read more »