Motor racing-Heavy car means crash diet for Force India's Perez

"I tried so hard to lose weight in the last couple of weeks since Barcelona (testing)," the 27-year-old told reporters on Thursday. Perez's French team mate Esteban Ocon said he had put on five kilos of muscle over the winter, and other drivers reported similar gains. In past seasons, it was generally felt that every five kg of extra weight made the car 0.2 seconds a lap slower - a significant amount in a sport measured in thousandths of a second. The cars have a minimum weight limit, minus fuel but with driver included, which has been increased this season. "Obviously I increased my weight from last year purely by training harder, putting on muscle, but I was on an extreme diet all last week and still now...I am all the time very hungry."

Overweight Force India car forces Sergio Perez into 'extreme diet'

Sergio Perez has revealed Force India's overweight 2017 car has forced him into an "extreme diet" to shed pounds ahead of the new season. Force India's Sergio Perez reveals how he feels about driving in the boldest car on track in the 2017 season. The Mexican driver is not expecting his dramatic diet to be a long-term solution to Force India's problems. "I have tried so hard to lose weight in the last couple of weeks since Barcelona," Perez said, revealing he's already dropped two kilos since testing finished. "We haven't weighed the car actually, because in testing you have a lot of sensors and things on the car.

Force India's overweight car prompts "extreme diet" for Perez

Sergio Perez has admitted that he has been on a crash diet ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in a bid to help Force India cope with its overweight car. "What we have seen in winter testing is that we are not at the level that we would like to be to start the season. "We haven't weighed the car actually, because in testing you have a lot of sensors and things on the car," he said. "I have tried so hard to lose weight in the last couple of weeks since Barcelona," said Perez, who has already lost more than two kilos since testing finished. "I think the weight, sooner or later we will be on it," he said.


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