Amid growing concerns from drivers at the start of the season about potential safety implications of excessive bouncing, the FIA felt it had no option but to intervene in order to prevent the type of severe up and down movements that were commonplace in the opening part of the season.
The FIA’s main focus was on the introduction of an ‘Aerodynamic Oscillation Metric’, in order to limit the amount of porpoising and bouncing that the drivers are having to endure.
