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Charles Leclerc says Ferrari had worked hard to address the F1-75’s porpoising habit, with all of that now undone by the FIA.

On the eve of the Canadian Grand Prix, the FIA released a new technical directive in response to the bouncing which had caused numerous drivers discomfort in Baku, prompting many of them to ask for FIA intervention and Mercedes’ George Russell kicking that off by warning a “major” incident was coming if no action was taken.

The FIA will now monitor the bouncing more closely in a bid to ensure teams are running their challengers in a safe set-up, which could include the need to raise the car by 10mm if the FIA are not satisfied.

Ferrari have suffered their fair share of porpoising although it has not impacted their performance, the Scuderia P2 in the Constructors’ Championship with two race wins so far this season.

According to Leclerc, that is due to good work by Ferrari to nullify that issue, and so with this directive now published he sees that work as being all for nothing.

“On the one hand, I obviously understand George’s point because when you see him and Lewis get out of their car after Baku, it’s very bad,” Leclerc told Autosport.

“You can feel probably the pain Lewis is going through at the moment and this is not acceptable.

“But on the other hand also, you cannot underestimate the amount of work that’s been done in the last few months by teams to actually get on top of those issues. This has been our main priority since the first time we tried these cars.

“We’ve been working to get on top of those issues. I think the improvement has been massive and