Mr Russell said the problem worsened as the car gained speed on the straights and aerodynamically brought it closer to the ground.
“All the drivers have been talking to F1 because it's a bit unsustainable to keep running the cars like this,” the Mercedes driver said.
“You get maximum performance by running the car as close to the ground as possible and as hard as possible, so it feels like your teeth are chattering down the straights.
“The length of an AA battery is the distance from the ground at the beginning (of the straight) and the size of a chickpea at the end.
“So every small collision affects the entire body. We hope that the next generation of cars will find a better solution.”
The idea behind the new rules was to bring the field closer together and make overtaking easier.
Rule makers plan to achieve this by controlling a so-called aerodynamic wake behind the vehicle, which would have less impact on vehicles following and allow drivers to follow each other more closely. Ta.
However, Mercedes technical director James Allison said the idea of controlling slipstream as a means of enhancing overtaking was flawed and that it was possible to make the car higher without affecting performance. .
Allison said: “There are things in the regulations that are not beneficial to anyone for us. I don't think it's wise to have cars that hug the ground the way these cars hug the ground. And the idea that you get, I think.'' You can have a good race by ignoring the tires and controlling the wake (which is flawed).
“The whole idea of controlling the wake is like a tilt-a-windmill type of challenge. That side of things has been tested to the point of pretty clearly breaking it.
“I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with the ground effect floor, but the particular layout of the floor that reacts to the rear ride height is not particularly good for the car, and that's not what we should be doing.” .
“For some teams, that would be a realistically acceptable response.The FIA still has a strong belief in putting wake management at the top of every tree, at the expense of other things. And I think it would be helpful if there was a more balanced approach. ”
The FIA did not respond to requests for comment.