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Ferrari boss sceptical of Mercedes after FIA set new limits with message for Toto Wolff
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has questioned how Mercedes were able to add a second floor stay so quickly after the FIA's ruling ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix. On Thursday last week, the FIA announced that new limits would be set for an "acceptable level of vertical oscillations" drivers are subject to during the race.
Ferrari team principle Mattia Binotto labels FIA technical directive as a ‘mistake’ following Canadian Grand Prix
Ferrari team principle Mattia Binotto has revealed how he believes the technical directive the FIA introduced last week in Canada was a ‘mistake.’ The technical directive that was announced by the FIA was an attempt to reduce the impact of the ‘porpoising’ of the cars which is causing severe pain for the drivers in the race. Ad/> This initiative from the FIA was believed to try and ‘formulate a metric to measure the vertical acceleration loads of the cars and force teams who are affected the most to dial out the bouncing.’ Formula 1Hamilton hopes Mercedes will be 'cautious on experiments' after Canada podiumA DAY AGO Ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, the FIA gave teams an option to add a second stay to strengthen the floor, a solution that was found on the Mercedes cars during Friday practice in Montreal.
Mercedes car concept to blame for porpoising, not 2022 rules, says Horner
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes Mercedes has only itself to blame for the porpoising issues it has faced, rather than pointing fingers at this year’s Formula 1 rules.
‘Improving Sainz will soon take his first victory’
Mattia Binotto is convinced it is only a matter of time before Carlos Sainz is a Formula 1 race winner, saying it will happen “soon”.
Binotto ‘surprised’ by Merc’s second stay, questions porpoising TD
Ferrari believe the FIA’s new technical directive issued on the eve of the Canadian Grand Prix is “not applicable”, simply because TDs are to clarify the rules, not to change them.
'Pitiful' - Mercedes Team Principal Wolff slams rivals in car bouncing row ahead of Canadian Grand Prix
Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has labelled rivals 'pitiful' in row over bouncing cars. In a meeting with other team principals on Saturday at the Canadian Grand Prix, Wolff clashed with Red Bull's Christian Horner and Ferrari's Mattia Binotto. Ad/> The trio are at odds over a controversial FIA intervention following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Horner believes it is wrong to penalise teams that have managed to control both porpoising and bouncing.