When the new cars for 2022 debuted in February, Mercedes was one of the teams that suffered the most from the porpoising issue that affected the majority of the grid Formula One.
The issue got so bad that the FIA had to step in for safety reasons and change the aerodynamic rules for 2023,.
which some teams, including Red Bull, had opposed.
When Red Bull was found to have broken the cost cap in 2021, a bigger fight broke out in October. Some of Red Bull’s rivals wanted a harsher penalty than the $7 million fine and restrictions on aerodynamic testing.
There were additionally normal discussions over the activities of the FIA’s changed race control, which eventually dumped its turn of race chiefs.
When Motorsport.com asked Mercedes F1 boss Wolff how he felt about the various political fights that would take place in Formula One through 2022, he said that he thought it was normal for teams to fight for their positions.
“I believe it to be fairly normal. I don’t think there were additional games or less games. Almost everyone lives according to their own standards.
There was a world of difference between the ferocity of the rivalry between Mercedes and Red Bull in 2022, when their drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, fought for the world championship.
Mercedes ended up out of the battle at the front of the pack for a large part of the year as it attempted to will grasps with the redesignd specialized guidelines, to a limited extent because of the porpoising issue.
In the wake of the decision, Wolff was of the opinion that the sanction imposed by the FIA was probably “too much” for Red Bull but “too little” for Mercedes. Instead, he focused on the strength of the governance system, which would prevent teams from breaking the rules in the future.
Because you don’t want your partners and your team to be dragged into this space, I believe that no team will make a mistake over the line.
Governance is necessary for everything, including the sport. This is the real accomplishment of the entire process as a sport.
The issue got so bad that the FIA had to step in for safety reasons and change the aerodynamic rules for 2023, which some teams, including Red Bull, had opposed.
When Red Bull was found to have broken the cost cap in 2021, a bigger fight broke out in October. Some of Red Bull’s rivals wanted a harsher penalty than the $7 million fine and restrictions on aerodynamic testing.
The actions of the FIA’s reformed race control, which eventually abandoned its rotation of race directors, were also the subject of frequent
asked Mercedes F1 boss Wolff how he felt about the various political fights that would take place in Formula One through 2022, he said that he thought it was normal for teams to fight for their positions.