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Alpine sporting director Alan Permane has claimed the team can switch the porpoising effect “on and off” on the A522, depending on what makes it faster.

‘Porpoising’ has been one of the key buzzwords to come out of pre-season testing, with the teams having struggled to get to grips with the bouncing that is caused by ground effect aerodynamics sucking the floor of the car to the ground. The downforce generated causes the car to bottom out and lurch forward and bounce up, thus creating the porpoising seen across the grid.

But despite the protestations of drivers such as Charles Leclerc, who claimed the porpoising on the Ferrari initially made him feel sick, Alpine driver Esteban Ocon said that the team seem to have got on top of the issue.

The team’s sporting director backs up the Frenchman’s claim, but said the team may still opt to run in modes whereby porpoising is present on the car, if there is a significant advantage to be gained in doing so.

“The porpoising and bouncing we talk about, we can switch that on and off,” Permane said, as quoted by The Race. “We know what makes that happen, what stops it.

“I’m not sure we fully know whether we want it, whether it’s quicker in some settings or not quick and