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Russell insists the FIA aren't trying to help Mercedes

Mercedes’ George Russell is pleased that the FIA took swift action on the “porpoising” and bouncing issues that have been affecting them and other teams on the grid this season. Russell and team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton spent the first five races of the year struggling with the “porpoising” phenomenon, which is caused by aerodynamic deficiencies under the new technical regulations. They appeared to solve this in Barcelona, but they then felt that they could run the cars much lower, leading to even heavier contact with the track surface. READ: Verstappen tells Red Bull to focus on ‘not retiring anymore’ amid Ferrari’s woes A solution to this is to raise the ride height, but...
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