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It’s the weekend of formula 1 and in the morning session this Friday, May 20ththe first free practice sessions corresponding to the Barcelona Grand Prix. This commitment will not only serve to clarify whether the innovations introduced by Mercedes in the W13 will allow Lewis Hamilton and George Russell fight for the top positions, but Max Verstappen will have a golden opportunity to close the gap with Charles Leclerc in the exciting dual fight that the two have maintained since the first race of the year.
However, precisely in Ferrari there has been another novelty, but in charge of Carlos Sainz. The driver from Madrid and current fifth classified in the table, has revealed in the run-up to the Barcelona GP the great concern that he has for the future of the season, which does not only affect the team from Maranello, but all the teams that make up the grid: the problem of the porpoise.
The new current technical regulations introduced for the development of this World Cup have forced all the teams to take advantage of the ground effect that allows the single-seaters to roll a few tenths faster. That yes, although apparently the porpoises increase the fun since the pilots have to be much more concentrated not to make mistakes that might be fatal and to carry security measures that are as reliable as they are uncomfortablethis novelty also entails secondary consequences, the wobble of the car.
Mercedes is the team that is suffering the most problems this year as a result of this, but it is Carlos Sainz who has gone further. The Spanish driver, without mincing words, wanted to highlight the future consequences that this might entail, problems that have to do with health: “I think the regulations are great, they are doing exactly what we need for racing, but do we need to race as stiff on the neck and back as we have to race lately with this mass of cars? For me, it is more of a philosophical question that I raised for F1 and for everyone to reconsider how much a price the driver needs to pay in his career with his health to combat it. I’m thinking longer term“.
So, if Ferrari will already have many eyes on it this Sunday, Sainz’s words will derive much more prominence from Leclerc, who will have to see their faces with a Verstappen who arrives in Montmeló with morale through the roof.
