Canadian GP: Max Verstappen speaks out against FIA's bouncing intervention

Reigning Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has spoken out against the FIA issuing a technical directive over bouncing.

The Canadian Grand Prix is upon us this weekend and it looks as though Verstappen is in great shape with him topping FP1 and FP2, whilst Sergio Perez had a few issues in the second practice session in particular and Charles Leclerc has been slapped with a grid penalty for a change in control electrical components.

Certainly, things seem to be going the Dutchman’s way this weekend and he’ll be hoping he can take another victory but one thing that he is not particularly onboard with is the FIA intervening on bouncing.

Earlier this week, the sport’s governing body stated that cars would now be tested against certain parameters like ‘vertical oscillations’ which they must not exceed – essentially trying to control how the teams set their cars up to avoid causing the big issues we’ve seen the likes of Mercedes having.

It’s something that Max isn’t sure he agrees with, though, even if it could well hand Red Bull an extra advantage as their car seems one of the better equipped to run fast without porpoising and bouncing issues:

“Regardless for me, whether it’s going to help us or working against, these rule changes in the middle of the year I don’t think it’s correct.

“Of course I understand the safety part of it, but I think if you talk to every engineer in the paddock, if you raise your car, you will have less issues anyway.

“Naturally, we have to try and find the limit you can cope with, the body itself, for performance.

“But I don’t think it’s correct that now they have to intervene and start applying these types of rules that if you can’t deal with the porpoising that you have to go up on the ride