The FIA is confident that there was no cheating involving flexi floor in F1 this year. But it does admit the rules left the door open for some 'trickery'
The middle phase of the 2022 campaign was dominated by the controversy over porpoising, and the impact of a technical directive from the FIA to try to help address the matter.
However, he says moves to tighten up the floor rules, and change the measurements of the skid blocks, were more aimed at closing up potential loopholes that could be exploited. “There’s two areas of the regulations where we can act unilaterally without F1 Commission approval. The one is to do with stiffness, Article 3.15, and the other one is to do with safety. That gave us the necessary ability to act on that front.”The porpoising issue became incredibly political as those teams not suffering from the phenomenon argued that it was unnecessary of the FIA to get involved and change all the cars.
“It’s normally a predicament, because in Formula 1, almost everything is presumed to be benefitting somebody more than somebody else, because ultimately somebody has to win and somebody will not win,” he said.
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