“Step Aside”: Lewis Hamilton & Co. Given Brutal Solution to Recent F1 Complains

Lewis Hamilton will be a hopeful man for the upcoming home Grand Prix. Although, the season has been a painful one for the British world champion so far. The pain is mostly from the porpoising drivers are facing across the grids in their 2022 challengers. Meanwhile, Mercedes’s W13 seems to be the worst of the lot in terms of the bouncing.

And the bouncy W13 is causing pain to the British drivers as we’ve heard from Hamilton so far. The complaints did, however, get attention from the FIA as they issued a technical directive. Although, the complaints, not just from Hamilton but the rest of the field, have earned some criticism from F1 entities.

Former Red Bull driver David Coulthard shared his harsh criticism toward the complaints from the drivers. “If any driver feels uncomfortable, if any driver feels he’s doing himself long-term damage, step aside. There’s a whole bunch of guys and girls that would very happily step into your car if you feel uncomfortable,” said Coulthard.

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“I think we have to keep in perspective that sport doesn’t come with ‘Princess and the Pea’ mattresses.” he added.

Coulthard shared his thoughts with his 15 years of experience in the traveling circus. However, the criticism will not be taken kindly by drivers who are feeling the effects of the bouncing in real-time.

The effects of bouncing were especially bad in Baku on the main straights as the speeds went up to 215mph and bouncing was extreme. Thankfully, the FIA has now issued a directive to help with the bouncing.

Lewis Hamilton is not entirely happy with the solution to porpoising

The complaints made FIA intervene and issue a directive. However, the directive basically stated to increase the height of the cars to reduce the bouncing. And increasing the height of an F1 car is inversely related to the race pace. The more the height, the slower the car. And the Mercedes man is not a fan of this idea as the world champion wants to stay competitive as well.

“So we do lose performance naturally when you do go higher, but this porpoising is caused by the disrupted flow underneath the car,” explained Hamilton.

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The bouncing was under control at the Canadian Grand Prix. But the real question is, can Mercedes keep the pace while staying competitive? Guess we’ll find out at the upcoming British GP.