FIA sets bouncing rules from France

After the Baku race, where Lewis Hamilton, among others, pulled out of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W13 with back pain, there was discussion about jumping. Do touching down cars harm the health of drivers? While some teams took it for politics, drivers in particular pointed to the dangers.

FIA analysis completed

The World Federation reacted quickly and published Technical Directive TD039 for GP Canada. By examining vertical oscillations and the forces acting on the drivers, the aim was to define a limit value that should not be exceeded and, if necessary, force teams to make setup changes.

The FIA ​​has now issued a draft update of the technical instruction to the teams for the British Grand Prix. The motor sport governing body said it has completed analysis of vertical vibration data and defined a metric by which it can be monitored.

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Updates have been sent to the teams to allow them to conduct their analysis over the next two races to understand what changes, if any, will require them to comply with the technical instruction rules. This should eventually be implemented at the French Grand Prix.

The content of the technical instruction has also been refreshed. So the parameters of the wear of the underbody and the stiffness of the skid block are updated. “These changes are necessary to create a level playing field for teams when the metric is introduced,” the FIA ​​said.

This means that the introduction has been postponed again. Many have described the first draft as early work, as the technical directive interferes too much with the current set of rules and could turn the World Championships upside down. While the topic was intense in Baku, in Canada the bouncing cars worried engineers much less because the tarmac isn’t that bumpy.