Alonso aims to trim some fat
Fernando Alonso: "The fans should get ready for me being thinner" © Sutton Images
Fernando Alonso has joined Rubens Barrichello in vowing to lose some weight ahead of the 2011 season.
As in 2009, the return of heavy KERS units is once again putting a higher premium on driver weight, despite moves to further increase the overall car-plus-driver minimum weight. The lower the centre of gravity in the car the better, meaning teams ideally run ballast as low as possible to meet the car-and-driver minimum weight limit. As a result the heavier the driver, the less ballast the team can run low down and therefore the higher the centre of gravity.
A report in Spain's El Mundo Deportivo said Ferrari driver Alonso - who currently weighs in at 68 kilograms - wants to lose between 2 and 3 kg before Bahrain in March.
"The fans should get ready for me being thinner," the 29-year-old smiled during Ferrari's Christmas celebrations at Maranello. "With the return of KERS, every kilo a driver can trim can be used as ballast. So I'm going to lose a little weight.
"I will also improve my athletic preparation for the longest championship in history because it will be necessary to be fully fit for ten months."
Williams' Barrichello admitted recently that his engineers had asked him to lose some weight before 2011 for the same reason.
Credit: ESPN F1 (espn.com)
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