Haas boss Günther Steiner said he is hoping F1 will solve the porpoising soon, but ruled out compromising his team's on-track performance to ease the quirks
In addition to Kevin Magnussen, Haas boss Günther Steiner was also concerned about the probable porpoising in Montreal. The Italian pointed out that the intensity of the clicks usually varies from track to track, so it is difficult to predict how it will be at the Canadian Grand Prix, but he understands that it is a problem that needs a solution as soon as possible.
The car's high-speed standstills, resulting from the return of the ground effect in the 2022 F1 season, were even more intense in the last round, held at the Baku street circuit. And that came two races after the Spanish GP, where the teams - including Mercedes, which suffers most from porpoising - apparently managed to ease the issue.
"In Barcelona, it seemed like everyone had found a solution for that, but then we went to Baku and we didn't have that solution, so I don't know what to expect from Montreal," Steiner pointed out. "I think [porpoising] is part of the package of the car, and I'm sure F1 has enough smart engineers that sooner or later - and I hope it's sooner - we will have control over the kicks," he added.
On the performance of the Haas itself, Steiner believes that the VF-22 does not suffer as much from bumps as other cars. And if it did suffer, it would hardly yield to the immediate solution, which is to raise the height of the car, because it would not risk compromising performance on the track.
"We suffer a little bit, maybe less than some teams, maybe more than others, so we work on each track, giving the drivers the best possible ride with the best performance, because everything depends on performance. If you compromise on performance, you can offer [the driver] a much more comfortable driving, but who wants to do that?
Finally, the Haas boss stressed that Friday will be crucial for the teams to understand how much the car will be affected by porpoising and what can be done to mitigate the problem until the race. "We will see where we are after TL1, but we all know that Canada has quite a lot of undulations, so in that case [the porpoising] should not improve, but we will wait and see."