Drivers have been responding to Carlos Sainz’s claims that issues such as porpoising could have a long-term impact on their health.
With the added bounce caused by porpoising as a result of the change in regulations for 2022, drivers are being asked to endure a physical challenge that differs greatly from previous years.
Ahead of his home race at the Spanish Grand Prix, Ferrari’s Sainz had been highlighting this fact and began to question whether the 2022 cars would have an impact on a driver’s long-term health.
The 27-year-old is quoted as saying the sport needs to consider “how much of a toll a driver should be paying for his back and his health in a Formula 1 career”.
“With these kinds of cars’ philosophy, we need to open a debate more than anything,” he said, quoted by The Guardian.
“I have done checks on my back and neck tightness and this year it is tighter everywhere, I am already feeling it. I don’t need expert advice to know 10 years like this will be tough.”
“Porpoising also doesn’t disturb me”
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“To run as stiff for our necks and backs as we are having to run lately with this car mass, it’s a question for F1 and everyone to think about,” the Ferrari driver added.
“How much a driver needs to pay a price in his career and his health in order to combat it. I am thinking long term.”
The reaction from his fellow drivers has been mixed though, and his former McLaren team-mate Lando Norris argued a high-speed impact was much more likely to cause long-term health problems.
“I would have thought you’d have much worse effects from crashing a car at 50 or 60G like some of us have done,” he said as per Eurosport.
“There are also many ways for them to stop porpoising. Like lifting your rear ride height…
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