Questions about whether or not the Mercedes power unit has fallen back have, for example, been clouded by its underperforming chassis and the drag levels of its high-downforce... read more »

The Maranello-based team has had a strong start to the 2022 campaign, winning two of the first four races as it knuckles down for an intense fight with Red Bull.But the scale... read more »

The German car manufacturer has been held back so far this season by porpoising, which has forced the team to run its W13 with a much higher ride height than it was originally... read more »

Until it can cure the bouncing phenomenon, it does not want to pursue more traditional updates as it cannot be sure that it will take the W13 in the right direction.That is why... read more »

The German manufacturer has had a difficult start to the 2022 season, with its W13 suffering from porpoising which is compromising its performance.The team has found that to... read more »

Attacking and overtaking is easier, says Kevin Magnussen, but the loss of downforce when very close to a car ahead is now worse than before. read more »

F1's move to ground effect designs this season triggered headaches in early testing with most outfits suffering from their cars bouncing down the straights.Several teams... read more »

The Australian has yet to score a championship point so far this season, with a retirement from last week's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix adding to his troubled start to... read more »

Ex-Formula 1 racer David Coulthard has expressed delight over seeing current drivers "exhausted" after grand prix weekends. This year, the sport is operating under a... read more »

Red Bull introduced its third rear wing specification in Saudi (bottom, below) as it looked to trim downforce and drag further still for the high-speed street circuit.The spoon... read more »

Baffled by Red Bull's superior speed on Sunday, Ferrari boss, Mattia Binotto suggests the Austrian team's low downforce approach "merits some analysis". read more »

Although there was little to separate the two cars in ultimate laptime at Jeddah last weekend, there were notable differences in how they performed at different sections of the... read more »

We have a few decisions to make over downforce level and we have a bit of work to do to understand how best to minimise the porpoising, but otherwise we'll be looking at... read more »

Lando Norris says a lack of downforce is the "one big problem" McLaren is facing with its 2022 Formula 1 car.  read more »

Lando Norris says that McLaren's "one big problem" in 2022 is its lack of downforce compared to rival teams. McLaren endured a difficult season-opening weekend... read more »

As his Woking-based team comes to terms with a disappointing season opener in Bahrain, Norris says it is facing up to a fundamental lack of grip from its new MCL36.With the... read more »

The new technical regulations, which placed an emphasis on downforce generated through the floor, were put in place to make it easier for cars to stay in the wake of the car in... read more »

That feat was helped by a revised rear wing configuration brought to Sakhir, which produced less downforce (and therefore drag) than the team had run before.Pictured below, the... read more »

What at first seemed to be just an uncomfortable consequence of F1's switch to ground effect cars when it materialised in testing has turned into a critical area of... read more »

Charles Leclerc says that the porpoising effect that was spotted at pre-season testing in Barcelona last month made him feel "a little ill". This year, F1 cars have... read more »

Until teams find permanent solutions, they might face a profound qualifying dilemma in 2022's opening races.As explained in depth over the past week, porpoising occurs... read more »

While many opted to show off only early development parts during their official launches, it is clear that teams are pushing hard to keep adding more downforce before the... read more »

F1 teams were caught by surprise at last week's pre-season Barcelona test by the way that their cars suffered some extreme bouncing down the straights, thanks to the aero... read more »

Teams got their first chance to properly run their new cars this week at the opening pre-season test in Barcelona, having been limited to filming days up to now.One phenomenon... read more »

A number of outfits have faced challenges during the opening two days of action at Barcelona in Spain with the consequences of 'porpoising' - where the car bounces up... read more »