Mercedes sacrificed performance by being “too cautious” trying to avoid a repeat of the bouncing which plagued their 2022 F1 season over the winter.
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Tweaks were made to the 2023 regulations in order to reduce bouncing, including raising the floor edges and diffuser throat. Largely, the problem has been eradicated this year. Mercedes technical director James Allison has admitted the team were overly cautious in their bid to correct the severe bouncing they suffered in 2022 when developing the W14.
"Although we made great strides last year, 2023 presented all the teams with a rule change that offered some protection against bouncing,” Allison explained in a Mercedes“Over the winter we faced a choice. Go aggressive and trade the bouncing protection in the rule change for performance, or take a more cautions route and steer clear of the sort of porpoising that wrecked our season last year.
“We chose the cautious path, knowing that it would be less painful to correct if we were wrong. The story of our year so far has been mostly about finding out that we had been too cautious and making the changes to correct that.”
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