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Horner: FIA dictating set-ups is 'dangerous avenue to go down'

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says the FIA would be heading down "a dangerous avenue" if it starts dictating car set-ups as it tackles F1's porpoising issues. In a bid to eradicate the bouncing phenomenon that is impacting most teams to varying degrees this year, the governing body has determined an Aerodynamic Oscillation Metric (AOM) that will be enforced from the French Grand Prix to limit the frequency and amplitude of a car's vertical movement. To conform with the rules, teams may need to adjust the ride height of their car, a change that could negatively impact a car's performance as F1's ground effects call for cars to be run as close as possible to the ground. But...
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