One of the F1 driver’s was reportedly totally-knocked-out (not technically, we mean he really actually keeled-over) in Malaysia due to extreme dieting this season in order to get the combined weight of their car below the regulated 692kg limit.
The blisteringly hot and humid weather in Sepang did not help either as drivers are constantly dehydrating causing one unnamed F1 driver to pass-out at a PR event last week, directly as a result of his enforced diet.
In fact, it appears that Jenson Button has been toying with dehydration ‘strategies’ in Malaysia. “Morning run for Jenson,” his trainer, Mikey Collier, said on Twitter. “With pre- and post-weight measurements to guide hydration strategies, taking driver weight loss to the extreme,” he added.
“That is what I was going to do,” admitted Jenson Button. “Go in a sauna, steam room, not drink or eat until after qualifying.”
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton also heard that some drivers’ dieting had become “hardcore”. “I heard someone was doing that, exhausting themselves,” said the Briton who took the top-step of the podium at the 2014 Grand Prix at Sepang.
Among the very heaviest drivers on the grid is the tall Adrian Sutil, who reportedly weighs a whopping 12kg more than his teammate Esteban Gutierrez.
Next year the weight limit will be increased, but in light of such alarming stories, perhaps there should be a serious case study to change the ruling this season, after all, they are not runway models…they’re all too, err, ‘vertically challenged’. Ahem.
Source: Worldcarfans
