- Lap-by-lap coverage from the second race of the 2022 season
- Qualifying: Hamilton suffers shock exit while Pérez claims pole
- Giles Richards: F1 buries its head in bloodstained sand
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“Question,” writes Kurt Perleberg. “What is porpoising?” Well indeed. I can report that it’s an aerodynamic phenomenon, a bouncing induced by a break in downforce on straights. It has affected all teams going into the new season, with the all-new regulations, but Mercedes seem to have struggled by far the most (though Carlos Sainz has also been heard complaining about it on the radio). The smoother surface on this track should make it less of an issue than last week … but time will tell.
A bit of detail on Tsunoda’s exit, from AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost: “It looks like something in the drivetrain and he cannot race. With Pierre we hope everything works well and he can score some points.”