F1 is currently emᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚbroiled in a row over the bouncing being experienced with the newly-designed 2022 cars and a controversial intervention from governin𓆏g body the FIA to try and combat the problem. 

Mercedes have been the worst-affected team, while Ferrari have also suffered from bouncing. Red Bull’s RB18 car doesn’t appear to be susceptible to the high-speed porpo♎ising phenomenon compared to their rౠivals. 

After qualifying at the Canadian Gra💎nd Prix, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff accused rivals of “pitiful” and “disingenuous” behaviour on the matter following heated discussions with Red Bull and ♒Ferrari team principals Christian Horner and Mattia Binotto. 

Meanwhile, Verstappen said the Mercedes drivers should “just speak for themselves” in the ongoing debate amid concerns oveꦡr potential long-term health impacts.  

Appearing al❀ongside Verstappen in Friday’s press conferences, Hamilton said it was “always interesting seeing people’s perspectives and opinions in different lights”. 

“Obviously in front of you, it’s one t🐈hing, and another in the background, sometimes people say different things,” Hamilton added after Verstappen made it clear he opposed the FIA’s mid-season technical directive. 

Hamilton again referenced the saga after returning to the podium with a third-place finish behind Verstappen and Ferraris’ Carlos Sainz in Sunday’s 🐠gꦯrand prix. 

When asked about Mercedes’ chances for the upcoming British Grand P🌺rix at Silverstone, Hamilton said: “I think we’re better in the medium and high-speed corners than we are in the low-speed corners, but we have bouncing so I don’t know how it’s going to be through Copse and all those places. 

“Max doesn’t know what I’m talking about but I know Carlos knows what I’m saying, so it will be interesting for us there. I’m really excited to getꦏ back to the UK, the weather is incredible right now so I hope it’s 🎉the same.” 

‘Night and day difference’ after failed experiments 

Hamilton labelled his Mercedes as “undriveable” after a difficult Friday in which he ended up only 13th-fastest in second practice. The seven-time world champion described the set-up as a “disaster”▨ and felt his car was getting worse. 

Changes made ove🐼rnight going into qualifying proved to be a huge step forward for Hamilton, who out-qualified teammate George Russell before turning in a strong drive to the podium. 

“The balance I had on Friday was neutral and super positive so no rear-end,” Hamilton explained. “As🅰 soon as you apply o༺ne degree of turning, the rear end is coming round. 

“So I was just fighting that constantly and it was very difficult to keep it out of the wall. That’s why I didn’t finish my long run because it was just undriveable in the set-up window that we tried. It was just an experiment to see if the car would work༒ there and it didn’t.

“So then we made the changes and today was a much better balance. I had a nice amount of understeer 𝄹today, better tra💯ction, not having those snaps. It was a night and day difference. 

“We still have bouncing, s⛎o that’s not going away. It was much better than Baku, this weekend, with the suspensio🦩n that we chose.” 

After almost joining Verstappen and Sainz in the fight for ✃the lead at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix following a late Safety Car, Hamilton believes Mercedes c🌟an take a lot of positives going forward. 

“We tried two diff﷽erent avenues and the avenue I went down was dreadful,” Hamilton added. “We collated all the data we had and we made drastic changes to the set-up and it was much, much, much nicer - more in line with what it anticipated. 

“It was good, when you get a 🥀full race distance, you find🐲 a lot of things out about the car and the relationship you have with the car and data, so there’s a lot to take from today. 

“One really great thing is we’ve got really good reliability, which I think is a real tribute to all t♛he great work all the team are doing at both factories. 

“So we’ve just to keep our heads down, keep working and hopefully… I know where I’m losing to these 🥀guys [Red Bull and Ferrari], so that’s where I’m going to try and focus on attacking to try and improve.”