“The majority of us are in the same boat” : George Russell counters Christian Horner’s “bitching” allegations
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s claim that F1 drivers are only “bitching” about the excruciating consequences of porpoising has been refuted by Mercedes driver George Russell. Mercedes driver Russell, a director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, was forthright during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend about the prospective need for a reinvention of this year’s ground-effect cars, which are causing massive cramps.
The Baku City Circuit aggravated the issue for almost all of the drivers, but Red Bull team principal Horner believes some are being advised to whine and moan as much as plausible in effort to compel through modifications. Horner, on the other hand, believes it would be “unfair” to chastise teams that have discovered alternatives to the latest aerodynamic regulatory requirements rather than those, such as Mercedes, who are still seeking information.
Russell dismissively mentioned in an interview how nobody is speaking out on the porpoising health issues to gain any specific advantage. He also brings into light how Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen have also complained about this specific issue.
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George Russell deems Mercedes’ W13’s porpoising as a “different kind of issue”
Russell claims that the extent of porpoising has worsened since the beginning of the season, particularly in terms of its functions. Mercedes showed up to have counteract its troubles to some degree at the Spanish Grand Prix, only to take a significant step in the wrong direction in Baku.
“It does feel worse. At the start of the season we had this porpoising and it was a slower, sort of wavey effect. Since Barcelona, we’ve got a different kind of issue. They’re not straightforward these cars, no doubt. I was pretty pleased to see the race come to a close because I was smashing the ground every single corner, every single lap out there for an hour and a half [and it was] pretty brutal,” said Russell.
“It’s what we’ve got to deal with and live with at the moment, and we as drivers have to expect. There are not going to be any short-term changes but there are conversations ongoing about what the long-term future of these regulations hold. Let’s see. We’ve got a lot of brilliant engineers and intelligent people in the sport and I’m sure they’ll find a solution,” concluded the Briton.
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