FIA to push on with porpoising clampdown as 2023 rule changes are revealed

The FIA is clear it will forge on with its clampdown to eradicate porpoising from the Belgian Grand Prix, as it outlines the 2023 rule changes to help combat the issue.

Formula 1’s governing body has stepped in to try and cure the problem after recent driver complaints over safety concerns implicated by the severity of the bouncing.

It has led to a series of measures being introduced from next month’s race at Spa Francorchamps – the first event after the summer break – that are aimed to reduce the effect.

Part of the plans will be to introduce a limit on the oscillation metrics an F1 car can achieve under the current regulations, which teams will be forbidden from exceeding.

The matter has received criticism from some teams who don’t feel action needs to be taken as strenuously as the FIA is planning to do, especially when porpoising wasn’t a major factor in recent races.

It was discussed at length during a meeting of F1’s Technical Advisory Committee on Thursday, where the FIA stressed proposing was a “significant safety matter” that needed to be addressed.

A statement issued by the FIA read: “It is the responsibility and the prerogative of the FIA to intervene for safety matters, and the reason the regulations allow such measures to be taken is precisely to allow decisions to be taken without being influenced by the competitive position each team may find themselves in.”

Aside from porpoising, the FIA will also put measures in place to outlaw flexi floors that teams are believed to have used to extract more performance.

It has also revealed tweaks to next year’s technical regulations to further cure the proposing phenomenon.

Changes will include a raise of the floor edges by 25mm, raising of the underfloor diffuser