Bouncing Russell suffering from chest and back pain

Bouncing his way to fourth place at Imola, George Russell says he has been suffering “back and chest pains from the severity of” Mercedes’ porpoising.

While all the teams have been struggling with porpoising to some degree, Mercedes seems to have it the worst mainly because, unlike the likes of Ferrari, the W13 begins bouncing at a slower speed.

It is costing the team pace and performance as they are having to raise the ride-height in order to minimise the porpoising.

But even that, Russell says, isn’t helping with the bouncing that was so intense at Imola that he was left with back and chest pain.

I couldn’t help but mention the porpoising Mercedes team, the car looks naive, Lewis and Russell were out of Q3 today.

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“When the car is in the right window and the tyres are in the right window, except for the bouncing, it feels really good to drive,” Russell said as per The Race.

“But the bouncing really takes your breath away, it’s the most extreme I’ve ever felt it.

“I really hope we find a solution, and I hope every team who is struggling with the bouncing finds a solution because it’s not sustainable for the drivers to continue with this level.

“This is the first weekend where I’ve truly been struggling with my back, and almost like chest pains from the severity of the bouncing, but it’s what we have to do to get the fastest lap times out of the car.”

Despite his troubles, Russell