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Originally Posted by M3WC
Leads one to believe there is more time to be gained by the teams still working on porpoising. Ferrari's still have visible bouncing.
George did say they are still suffering from some porpoising in high speed corners, on straights it is all but gone.
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There will always be gains when you eliminate design abnormalities from a car, and porpoising is an abnormality. However, the amount of time to be gained will depend on if porpoising was affecting cornering ability - so for redbull there will be little to no gains as they never had issues with porpoising to start, with ferrari they will likely gain straight line speed but probably nothing for cornering. With merc it appeared they gained both (probably a bit more left once the cornering porpoising is eliminated), but need to really lose some weight and add more overall performance before they can really compete.
BTW
Killed by Death there are speculations on f1technical from some skilled cfd guys that the w13 is actually alot draggier than the f1-75. I think this largely has to do with the rear tires not being shielded by side pods resulting in a lot of drag, so don't judge a car by its curviness.
