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Mercedes ‘bouncing' is back for third consecutive season

Mar.9 For the third consecutive season, Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes has still failed to eliminate the 'bouncing' of its Formula 1 cars amid the new ground-effect era. The team began the season with high hopes thanks to a new, more Red Bull-like car concept – despite losing Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025. The seven time world champion qualified P8 in Saudi Arabia, declaring that 'bouncing' – the aerodynamic phenomenon also known as ‘porpoising' – is back. 'It's a huge challenge,' Hamilton told the Spanish broadcaster DAZN. 'We've tried all the tools we have. We can't get rid of it. 'We've changed everything, as we did in 2023,' he explained. 'It's frustrating to...
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