F1 Weight Rules Unfair Says Rosberg
#1
01-30-2009, 08:49 PM
F1 Weight Rules Unfair Says Rosberg
I think this is great. Someone finally stepping up and calling out F1 for their discrimination against us full figured men! Hell, I couldn't even fit into the damn cockpit!
I love the way the article refers to Massa and Heidfeld as diminutive drivers!! Hilarious.
But don't disturb Nico - he's listening to his music.
I love the way the article refers to Massa and Heidfeld as diminutive drivers!! Hilarious.
But don't disturb Nico - he's listening to his music.
F1Live.com - Nico Rosberg has hit out at F1's current minimum weight rule.
The Williams racer suggests that, combined with the addition of heavy KERS systems in 2009, the tendency is to unfairly penalise the heavier or taller drivers.
The minimum weight in F1 is 605kg including car and driver.
But with KERS systems weighing between 25 and 40kg, heavy drivers now have even less scope to distribute ballast around the car, to achieve an ideal weight distribution.
So far, it has emerged that, in preparation for 2009, Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso have deliberately lost weight.
"I have lost weight and even at Christmas was counting calories," Nico Rosberg now reveals.
"I think the weight rule is unfair because bigger drivers are disadvantaged even before they start," the 23-year-old German told Speedweek magazine.
"I think it should be urgently talked about in the (drivers' association) GPDA," he said.
Rosberg argues that a variable weight limit, based on the weight of individual drivers, should be installed so that the heavier drivers are not disadvantaged.
BMW's Robert Kubica, standing at about 6 feet or 185cm, shed several kilograms before last season and now weighs sub-70kg, but vows to lose no more for fear of losing strength or fitness, the Cologne newspaper Express said.
Rosberg is 178cm and weighs about 70kg. The diminutive Nick Heidfeld and Felipe Massa are both believed to weigh less than 60kg.
The Williams racer suggests that, combined with the addition of heavy KERS systems in 2009, the tendency is to unfairly penalise the heavier or taller drivers.
The minimum weight in F1 is 605kg including car and driver.
But with KERS systems weighing between 25 and 40kg, heavy drivers now have even less scope to distribute ballast around the car, to achieve an ideal weight distribution.
So far, it has emerged that, in preparation for 2009, Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso have deliberately lost weight.
"I have lost weight and even at Christmas was counting calories," Nico Rosberg now reveals.
"I think the weight rule is unfair because bigger drivers are disadvantaged even before they start," the 23-year-old German told Speedweek magazine.
"I think it should be urgently talked about in the (drivers' association) GPDA," he said.
Rosberg argues that a variable weight limit, based on the weight of individual drivers, should be installed so that the heavier drivers are not disadvantaged.
BMW's Robert Kubica, standing at about 6 feet or 185cm, shed several kilograms before last season and now weighs sub-70kg, but vows to lose no more for fear of losing strength or fitness, the Cologne newspaper Express said.
Rosberg is 178cm and weighs about 70kg. The diminutive Nick Heidfeld and Felipe Massa are both believed to weigh less than 60kg.
Last edited by Barrister; 01-30-2009 at 08:51 PM.
#2
01-30-2009, 08:51 PM
There's hope for us yet, Dana! 
It really is ridiculous. Poor Ol' Nige was the last "real man" behind the wheel.
It really is ridiculous. Poor Ol' Nige was the last "real man" behind the wheel.
#5
01-31-2009, 01:04 AM
Maybe they should just up the minimum weight requirement so regular sized people could fit in the cars! Massa would need to sit on some phone book or something just to see out of the cockpit then!
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