Andi76 wrote:deadhead wrote: ↑15 Apr 2022, 20:57
Andi76 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2022, 09:32
Sorry to correct you - there is no team that has "solved" porpoising. In F1 TV Palmer did an analysis about this recently. Porpoising is something that probably will always be there with these kind of cars. Gerhard Berger also just explained that it was constantly there in the early 80's ground effect cars. So having people like Byrne or Newey, who have experience with this phenomenon, gives the advantage of getting porpoising "under control" without loosing performance. And Ferrari obviously has done a great job here.
The Red Bull is dealing with it far better than anyone else, it almost seems like it doesn't exist there.
Seems like its a combination of aero and the rear suspension, which will probably take another 8-10 races for Ferrari to figure out. At least that's the rumor I guess
Sorry, but thats not true. F1TV did an analysis about the amplitude of each team and the Red Bull has the fourth highest amplitude. So - if you talk about porpoising itself, they are not dealing better with it than anyone else. But anyway- and like i said before -porpoising will be always there as it was in the late 70s and early 80s. What matters and who is dealing best with it, is who gets it under control without loosing performance. And from that point of view its Ferrari and RB who are indeed dealing better with it than anyone else. But Ferrari also has advantages in other areas.
I don’t think that article was specifically talking about the porpoising in isolation but instead vertical acceleration of the car, which can happen for a variety of reasons (e.g. kerbs). And RedBull, while showing up in 4th place after Ferrari, Merc and Haas, was pretty much in line with every other team and not a significant outlier. It could be that acceleration is due to them riding kerbs well for example, or just simply bumps on the road which have higher effects thanks to their higher top speed.