A lot been discussed about the new flexi-floors directive that comes into effect this weekend.

The new technical directive by the FIA seeks to minimise the porpoising that a lot o drivers complained about earlier in the season. Let’s take a look at what it actually does. First off, there are a few things we need to understand to make sense of it all. So to start things off - what actually is porpoising? What we see and what the driver experiences is a violent bouncing of the while driving at high speeds.

We've had ten different podium combinations in the #F1 season so far.

Only three have been seen more than once, so we're not looking at a dominant trend of two teams. But it's worth looking at in more detail coming out of the summer break ahead of the #BelgianGP. 👇🧵 First of all, Verstappen, Leclerc and Sainz have shared the podium twice - In Saudi Arabia and in Miami. This was Round 2 and Round 5 of the season, out of 13 races so far just to be clear.

When King George VI and his family attended the inaugural FIA World Championship Grand prix at Silverstone in 1950, they stood atop a platform of scaffolding overlooking a track defined by oil drums and hay bales for barriers between the drivers and the spectators. The drivers wore only leather caps over their heads, goggles over their eyes and cloth overalls to protect them from the elements. Nothing that would protect them in the likely event of a collision or a crash.