I’m reading about their slender and low muscle mass body frame consistent with every driver to maximize performance. Will they not benefit from bigger size to sustain the g force?
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In F1, every smidge of weight matters *a lot*. They’re not gonna spend millions to shave off 1 kg of weight from the car while the driver is 10 kg overweight because he likes eating cookies. The driver also needs to be strong though, so what little weight he does have needs to be effective muscle, not dead weight. Simply holding your head straight at the G’s they pull is serious work, and they need to keep their entire body in control constantly because they can’t just flop about in their seat what with the precision they need in order to control the vehicle. Additionally, it’s *hot*. Simply enduring that requires fitness.
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