Listen to this article With F1 teams getting their first runs of the new 2022 machinery, many were caught by surprise by the bouncing phenomenon their drivers experienced as their cars hit top speed on the straight. Trying to tame the issue has been a major headache for some teams, with Mercedes needing to use temporary floor stays at Barcelona while Alfa Romeo will not have a proper solution until the next test in Bahrain. But McLaren hardly encountered the problem at all, apart from when it fitted a few test parts that suddenly seemed to change its aero platform and trigger the issue. McLaren technical director James Key said the Woking-based team was not completely immune to porpoising, but he reckoned it was not causing it any particular headaches. “We had a couple of test items which appeared to promote it a bit more,” he said. “But then removing them reduced it, so you can fix it aerodynamically as well. “I think where we are, it hasn’t really been a topic for us so far. It’s not to say it couldn’t come back with further development, of course. We suffer from it a bit, but it’s not a major concern or a major distraction for …