On Friday's first practice session, Qin Miao and Hamilton changed their usual behavior, as the practice session just started, they both went on the track for testing.
The proactive attitude of the Mercedes team left other teams puzzled; what's up with Mercedes today? Did they take the wrong medication?
However, very quickly, Qin Miao and Hamilton had very different feelings on the track.
Indeed, the upgrades introduced by Mercedes greatly reduced the porpoising phenomenon of the car.
At least at high speeds, this car compared to last week's car at the Jeddah Circuit, the amplitude and frequency of porpoising are much smaller, even reaching top speeds in light fuel qualifying rounds without porpoising.
But this just means it's not jumping as severely, the car in heavy fuel conditions will still jump, meaning during the race the car will still have porpoising.
