F1 2022 thread - see post 1 for rules

Can we keep spoilers off this thread please and save the race discussion for the race thread. At least, leave this sort of discussion away from here on the day of the race!

Simple, put a g meter under the seat and if the car is consistently bouncing too much then penalise the team. That'll stop them putting their drivers in danger chasing laptime and be fair to the teams that didn't design bad cars.

All the talk about Lewis and his poor back yesterday... all I could think of was his quote after qualy: "All the performance is when you get the car low… so we said let's take a beating in our necks and backs to get the car as low as possible for the performance. It's bouncing a little bit more than the other cars."

The location of the sensor would be the base of the spine, its a safety issue as Mercedes keep saying after all. One rule fits all, if you are putting dangerous loads through the spine you need to raise your car up until the loads become acceptable.

If a car is bobbing and not putting shocks up through the drivers spine it's fine.

That was actually in reference to the Australian Grand Prix, coming from Magnussen's physio who concluded by saying "it’s way better now as the team has found a way to solve it”, but a lot of F1 websites just took a fraction of the interview out of context to make it sound like it's a problem now.

During the F1 show post race at Baku Lando was asked about it too and he said it's fine and he doesn't see any reason why anything needs changing.

It does feel like there's a narrative that Mercedes in particular are trying to push and the media are running with it a bit, that's not indicative of the reality for the majority of teams.

Horner saying what others are thinking

Nothing simple about it at all.

It may be okay for now but it’s seriously scary if they can’t get on top of their porpoising issues and this kind of injuries get worse every weekend - Singapore will be very very difficult for teams suffering from porpoising.

I respect Lewis (although not his biggest fan) but in this specific situation I think unfair for people to be comparing his performances to Russell (which many are.)

He's 37 years old, Georges Russell is 24 years, people don't seem to understand, after several milleniums that Human body grow older with time ?

Does a 7 world champion still needs to prove anything ? He's having trouble with the car, it's painful to drive and yes, Russell is doing an amazing job but also complaining of pain and difficulties.

What you're saying is that the cars have changed and as it stands he's now too old to compete with his younger teammate. That's not unfair comment.

The new physical demands are unreasonable. But I don't think it's an issue for the FIA, other than to force the teams to sort out the problem by telling the teams that if they can't fix the bouncing then raise the ride height.

As for your "snowflake" comment, I suggest you read a book and stay away from facebook...

He will race the Canadian GP.

The solution to the porposing is simple. Just put springs underneath the car seats that will compensate for the the bouncing. Wolla problem solved. Yes I know I am a genius oh and I agree with the poster who said please do not talk about the race I'm this thread at least untill everyone has had a change to see it ie: after the Channel 4 highlights have been on because not all of us have sky Sports F1 or stream the race live.

There us a thread for each race so talk about it in there untill then. Not hard to do.

South Pole Grand Prix would be fun. Complete the set then.

There's no way Latifi keeps his seat, he seems like a genuine nice fella but just isn't good enough to get Williams point. Williams can't afford to keep finishing tenth in the constructors, need to do something