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Rosberg calls for minimum weight for drivers
Feb 14, 2009, 19:42 GMT
Stuttgart - German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg has called for a minimum weight for Grand Prix drivers.
In an report by Der Spiegel news magazine made available ahead of Monday's publication, the Williams driver said that if a pilot did not weigh enough, weights should be placed in the car.
Several drivers are said to have lost a considerable amount of weight since last season to compensate for the heavier weight of their cars which has been brought about by new regulations.
The 23-year-old Rosberg admitted that he too 'looked very carefully at his body over winter.'
He said that there was a huge amount of pressure on the drivers and that some teams even called on their drivers to lose weight. 'It should not be that we start looking like ski-jumpers or jockeys.'
Rosberg said that smaller drivers like Felipe Massa had an advantage over their bigger rivals and that there should be a minimum weight for the drivers with their seats.
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