A Formula 1 team chief has told drivers they should "stay at home" if they cannot cope with discomfort from porpoising cars, in a thinly-veiled swipe at Lewis Hamilton.
The Mercedes ace has been one of the racers most affected by the bouncing phenomenon which has been the talk of the paddock this season. It was the seven-time world champion who clambered out of his car in agony after a tough Azerbaijan Grand Prix earlier this month.
It was after those scenes that the FIA decided to step in with a technical directive as the sport's governing body vowed to "reduce or eliminate" porpoising. It plans to create a metric to determine an "acceptable level of vertical oscillations", which will then be enforced so teams have to set up their car with driver comfort in mind.
