Who's the F1 heavyweight?

Picking up on the story yesterday about Fernando Alonso losing 5.5 kilos in bodyweight during the Bahrain GP, I mentioned that Nico Rosberg was telling us yesterday that he feels the rapid weight loss the drivers have undergone over the winter is contributing to them not having the reserves of energy and strength at the end of races.

I spoke to one of the leading driver trainers and he agrees with Rosberg's point. Apparently, though, the important thing is how you lose the weight. If it's too sudden then you lose the reserves and your energy patterns go all over the place. If it's controlled and planned then it's no problem.

Out of interest here are the weights of some of the leading drivers in F1, as compiled by one of my Italian colleagues,

Webber 75kg - he gained 2kg over the winter while nursing his broken leg

Kubica 70kg - he has lost 8 kilos since the 2007 season

Raikkonen - 69kg

Alonso - 66kg

Rosberg 66 kg - he has lost around 5 kilos over the winter, I'm told

Trulli - 64kg

Vettel 62kg

Heidfeld/ Massa 59kg

One of my readers posted a question the other day, could I imagine Juan Pablo Montoya coming back to F1?

Looking at the above table and what is required from drivers today in terms of weight control, I think we all know the answer to that..

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