Christian Horner on FIA's porpoising ruling: 'It seems very unfair' to benefit one team

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is unhappy with the FIA's rules directive to combat porpoising.

Mercedes have been complaining about the issues they face with porpoising since the season began.

While other teams, including Red Bull and Ferrari, have apparently made large strides to correct the issue, Mercedes look to be no better and, in fact, looked as bad as possible in Azerbaijan.

After that race, Lewis Hamilton could be seen gingerly getting out of his car while he and teammate George Russell complained it was the most uncomfortable they had ever felt in a race car.

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The FIA has been toying with a rule change but had been reluctant because the porpoising is caused mainly by ground-effect downforce, one of the main new rules implementations for this season.

However, after the race in Baku, the governing body pulled the trigger and released a rules directive to combat the phenomenon, but Horner thinks it is unfair to change the rules for everyone just to benefit one team.

"It seems very unfair at this point of the year when there's only really one team that's missed the target," said Horner. "Is it right to change everything for that one team, or should the one team change to get itself more in line? Personally, I would put the emphasis on the team to get itself together."