FIA confirm updated 2023 rules to address porpoising will be submitted this week

Jamie Woodhouse
Red Bull's Sergio Perez in action during the Hungarian Grand Prix. Budapest, July 2022.

After talks with all teams and drivers, porpoising-related updates to the 2023 rules will go before the World Motor Sport Council this week.

FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem took to social media on Monday to confirm the news.

Following Formula 1’s switch to ground-effect aerodynamics for the 2022 season, several teams found their challengers were bouncing, a phenomenon called porpoising which is associated with this type of aerodynamic philosophy.

During the early rounds of the campaign, it was largely looked at as aMercedesproblem, although after an uncomfortable Azerbaijan Grand Prix for many drivers due to the bouncing, the FIA encountered more voices asking for the governing body to intervene.

这就是发生的事情，从比利时大奖赛开始的技术指令将发挥作用，与汽车下面的木板和滑雪板有关，而国际汽联也谈到了从2023年开始进一步的变化来解决问题。

Red Bull, who have been firmly against any changes, had been urging the FIA to make a swift decision so focus could turn to the 2023 cars with knowledge of the set regulations, team bossChristian Horner saying at the Hungarian Grand Prix“it’s 10 past midnight now for next year and Cinderella’s already left”.

And it would seem Red Bull and all other teams are close to being given the certainty they crave, with the updated regulations now set to go before the World Motor Sport Council so they can be ratified.

“Having discussed the porpoising issue with all 20 F1 drivers and 10 team principals, I’m happy to confirm we will be submitting updated 2023 Technical Regulations to the WMSC this week to address this, in addition to the measures already taken for the remainder of this season,” Ben Sulayem posted on Twitter.

Read more: Conclusions from the F1 2022 season so far

Red Bull maintain they will not need to modify their RB18 in any way to satisfy the Spa technical directive although, in Hungary, Mercedes’ George Russell accused Red Bull andFerrari“推动”法规。

“毫无疑问，法拉利和红牛在这方面推动了法规，我们已经尊重法规，因为该法规的意图。”罗素在在匈牙利大奖赛中获得第三名后告诉天空体育F1。

“But there’s no guarantees it would bring them closer to us. We know if it was on our car it would make us slower. There’s no guarantees, every car is different.

“But it’s not going to help them, that’s for sure.”

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