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‘Fragile' Aston Martin floor compounds porpoising issues

Lance Stroll says such is the fragility of the Aston Martin AMR22's floor that when their porpoising becomes too much, it 'just breaks'. Porpoising is the buzz word of this year's championship, the up and down bouncing on the straights a consequence of using ground effect aerodynamics to create downforce. But while the spotlight when it comes to porpoising has shone mainly on Mercedes, the Brackley squad is not the only team that has been hit hard by the phenomenon. Aston Martin have too, the big difference there is that they have no option but to raise their ride-height to minimise it or risk breaking their 'fragile' floor. 'The lower you run these cars the better they are downforce, but...
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