Formula 1 teams have urged the FIA to not delay finalising any potential floor changes for next year, amid concerns about"painful" extra work on the 2023 cars.As part of the FIA’s intervention to rid F1 of porpoising, it intends to change the technical regulations for next season to help raise the cars off the floor.
While some squads are not too bothered by the scope of the revisions, there is a consensus that a final decision needs to be made imminently to prevent teams having to scrap work they are already committed to on their 2023 cars. “After the shutdown, I suppose most of the teams will be flat out on the 2023 car developments and such an intrinsic change would upset a lot of development plans.”
McLaren technical director James Key added: “I think this is about as late as you'd want to get on long lead items, gearboxes, for example, and that sort of thing, which begin to mature quite heavily at this time of year. “The issue as a technical director it is that you will have to spend resources you potentially didn't plan to put on this, because even it's not a departure, it's a blank sheet of paper,” he said.
They need to sort it soon. The gap to Mercedes is one thing,but the gap from Red Bull/Ferrari to the rest of the field is concerning for the future. These rules are supposed to level the field,but these floors are killing the prospects of a close field.