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Bumps at COTA 'quite a lot worse' than in 2019

Article To news overview © Ferrari Despite circuit organiser's best efforts, the bumps at the Circuit of the Americas are even worse than expected for some of the teams. That's according to Ferrari's Sporting Director Laurent Mekies, who said that the pre-event grinding of the track surface don't appear to have made any significant difference. Since 2012, as the track surface at the newly-constructed COTA settled into the ground, the circuit has become progressively bumpier. This process has been hastened by some extreme weather events that have hit the region over the years, with the bumps causing issues for the cars in 2019. While circuit organisers did grind the surface before this...
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