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Porpoising is back: what does it mean?
The Formula 1 teams are busy with the test days in Barcelona. While they have been putting together the car in detail over the past few months, it appears that they have not taken into account the so-called porpoising. It is causing the teams major problems, but what is it really? It all has to do with the downforce of the cars. The cars of the previous seasons generated the downforce mainly with the front and rear wing, but due to the new regulations the FIA has changed this a lot. The current cars must provide downforce by means of the so-called ground effect. Read more New Formula 1 cars have problem: 'F1 knew that' The Venturi tunnels under the car have to bring the air under the cars...
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