Video: Craig Scarborough and Scott Mansell discuss what FIA should do about porpoising. What the FIA Should do about Porpoising - with Craig Scarborough.

Baku’s combination of a very long straight, and a pretty bumpy surface lead to some horric porpoising from the majority of the cars on the gird in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit.

And people are rightly concerned about the safety of the drivers. Lewis Hamilton got out the car looking absolutely broken, and even nearly lost it coming through the fast corners onto the back straight (all because of the porpoising).

But – some of the suggested solutions seem “ill-advised”, as Freelance Journalist\Illustrator Craig Scarborough and British racing driver and YouTube personality Scott Mansell discuss what FIA should do about porpoising

But firstly, it must be said that some teams – like Red Bull and Alpine seemed not to have any porpoising – and were great on the straights as a result of it. So porpoising can be removed within the rules. But some seem to be dealing with it whilst keeping performance high. For example the Ferrari F1-75 cars seem to bounce a fair bit, but at a lower frequency than something like the Mercedes. And it doesn’t seem to cost them performance.

— see video above —