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Accused by Christian Horner of playing up their porpoising issues, George Russell insists this is not part of “the game” as the Red Bull team boss put it, rather it is serious concern.

Mercedes struggled badly with bouncing at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, so much so that Toto Wolff questioned whether Lewis Hamilton, suffering with “killing” back pain, would be back in the car at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix.

The Briton was seen clutching at his back after gingerly climbing from his W13 having finished fourth in Baku.

Horner believes Mercedes, and others, are playing up the issue in order to force the FIA into making technical changes.

“Tell them to b*tch as much as they could over the radio and make as big an issue out of it as they possibly could,” he said, quoted by The Race, when asked what he would do if the RB18 experienced extreme porpoising.

“It’s part of the game.”

Asked whether he believed that was what some teams were doing, he replied: “Of course it is.”

Teams wanted weight changes, cap changes and now porpoising changes… #F1https://t.co/ZcmISNYDQo

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Russell has dismissed this, adamant that the bouncing is a serious problem and not just a Mercedes one.

“No one is saying this to try and gain any advantage,” GPFans quotes him as having told Sky Sports.

“You’ve got the