F1 introduced a brand new car with the aim of improving racing for the 2022 season but the 🌄return to ground-effect technology has led to a recurrꦏence of the high-speed bouncing phenomenon known as porpoising that had not been seen since the 1980s. 

Mercedes’ W13 challenger has been plagued by bouncing but most of the teams have been hit by porpoising at some stage this season, and the issue was more noticeable than usual during 168澳洲ꦏ5最新开奖结果:both practice sessions on Friday 🐽in Baku. 

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz had already called for F1 to open a debate on the long-term health impact of the sport’s new generation of cars, while Russell previously warned the bouncing would be unsustainable after suffering with back an🦩d chest pains at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in April. 

“There was a little bit of it [the bouncing] but it’s just that the cars are running so c🎐lose to the ground,” Russell said after 🏅FP2. 

“It’s crazy out there through those high-speed corners, the car’s fully bottoming ouඣt. I think it’s the same for everybody and it’s really not comfortable to drive. 

“I don’t know what the future holds for this era of cars, but I don’t think it’s right 𓄧to run like this for the next four years, or whatever we’ve got. 

“For all of us, conversations are going to be needed as everybodඣy is in the same boat, really.” 

Asked♌ what was the hardest thing about his day, Lewis Hamilton replied: “The bouncing.”

The seven-time world champion revealed that he was left “a bit sore” but said he would “get by”💙. 

Struggles continue for Lewis Hamilton in Baku 

Ru𝓡ssell ended the 🐻day as the fastest Mercedes in seventh place, while Hamilton finished down in 12th, with both drivers over a second 𒈔off the p🍨ace set by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. 

Russell conceded that꧃ Red Bull and Ferrari are currently “too far ahead”🍸 for Mercedes to even think about mounting a challenge this weekend. 

“It was 𒁃a tricky day, we weren’t as competitive as we would have liked,” he said. “Again, a tricky track to get the tyres in the right window.&nbs♛p;

“You see with a number of drivers, their fastest laps were coming right at the end of the run, whereas Ferrari and Red Bull, they seemed to be able to turn it on.🎐 

“At the moment, they just have an inherently faster car thanꦆ us an🦹d we’ve done everything we can to try and catch up. If we’re totally on top of the tyres we’re not going to fully close that gap - or we’re definitely not going to close that gap, they’re just too far ahead. 

“So t𝕴hat’s probably 50% of our issues - the rest is just the lack of performance we have at the moment.” 

Hamilton had been quicker than Russell in opening practice and put his FP2 struggles down to an experimental set-up change that did not ꦯwork.

“We tried something experimental on my car and it didn’t feel that greᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚat, to be honest,” he explained. 

“But at least we tried it and go🐼t data on it, and now we’🀅ll go through it and hopefully for tomorrow we’ll probably revert back to what we changed.”

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Hamilton reacts to FIA president's comments

Mohammed Ben Sulayem, the FIA president, used social media to clarify that he “always believed in sport as a catalyst of progress in society” after comments were attributed to him that questioned Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel sharing their views on soci🎉etal issues.

Hamilton reacted: “That doesn’t stop us doing wꦅhat we are doing."