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F1 2022 Season

BristolRuss

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Yeah cost caps and active suspensions don't go together.
Which is why I believe the FIA will need to back down or ease the cost caps a bit. Maybe make an exception for the implementation of the suspension package. If they don't they run the risk of drivers staging a protest or potentially even going on strike. After what happened last year the FIA will desperately want to avoid the negative publicity.
 

The Firestarter

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Which is why I believe the FIA will need to back down or ease the cost caps a bit. Maybe make an exception for the implementation of the suspension package. If they don't they run the risk of drivers staging a protest or potentially even going on strike. After what happened last year the FIA will desperately want to avoid the negative publicity.
You mean Merc drivers going on strike? Everyone in the paddock will be very sad for this.
 

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Merc drivers going on strike would be cataclysmic publicity for Mercedes, not for the FIA. The rest of F1 wouldn’t bat an eyelid.
 

pauldyson1uk

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Which is why I believe the FIA will need to back down or ease the cost caps a bit. Maybe make an exception for the implementation of the suspension package. If they don't they run the risk of drivers staging a protest or potentially even going on strike. After what happened last year the FIA will desperately want to avoid the negative publicity.
strike !!!! where on earth have you got that one from, it would not happen.
 

The Firestarter

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Every team bar the Red Bulls have had porpoising this year. It is not just Mercedes who have been vocal about the issue.
Some form of it and it was mostly resolved for the majority. Only Merc have it in such a disturbing way to their performance.
 

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RB will blast Ferrari in the race, those long straights with DRS will kill them
 

BristolRuss

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strike !!!! where on earth have you got that one from, it would not happen.
If the drivers think their health is in danger and the FIA aren't taking it seriously then it is feasible. Remember the 2005 US Grand Prix where only the Bridgestone runners started the race because of the safety issues regarding the Michelin tyres?