Esteban Ocon is the tallest driver on the grid, standing at cm. Last year, he shared the award for tallest driver with Alex Albon. The grid is 38cm shorter than the grid.
Yuki Tsunoda becomes the shortest driver to race in Formula 1 this millennium, standing at cm — 4cm shorter than Anthony Davidson. The next shortest driver is Lando Norris, who is 11cm taller than Tsunoda. For the fourth year in a row, Williams have the tallest driver line-up, with both George Russell and Nicholas Latifi standing at cm. Their combined height is 10cm taller than the next tallest line-up at Alfa Romeo. If anything the weight limit will help the older drivers. Many of them actually use Karting to keep fit in the winter.
Pity any of the young lads who were drawn to motorsport yet also fancied playing Basketball or Rugby. Maybe NBA too should put ballast on the shirt of player under cm. Or somewhere near player center of gravity. Lets skip different weightclasses in boxing too and we shall see who wins the belts without 3 digits in kilo…. Matthijs matthijs 22nd January , I seriously doubt that.
Having a higher CoG can be an advantage in karting. Mind you, Verstappen is quite tall for a karter 1. Dieter Rencken dieterrencken 22nd January , Max was not 1,80m when he was 15 — his peak karting period. Nor was he as filled out as now. Joao johnmilk 22nd January , Update on my diet, I needed so shave off 5kg, fortunately and due to hard work and dedication, only 6kg to go now! Aaditya neutronstar 22nd January , Keith Collantine keithcollantine 22nd January , Only true greats get to the top.
Esploratore esploratore 23rd January , Alianora La Canta alianora-la-canta 24th January , I believe that is the joke ; Basically, despite trying to lose weight, johnmilk apparently managed to gain some. Probably in pure muscle, but still…. IJW ijw1 22nd January , That is as it should be. Driver skill and the car they are driving should be the differentiator, not biology. The Last Pope the-last-pope 22nd January , Ah, true. He probably broke through that barrier late in his IndyCar career, where he looked like he was moonlighting in tyre commercials.
Probably Sutil, because he was on or around 80 kg for most of his career apart from , when he tried to lose a few kilos. I think Hulkenberg was slightly over 80 kg at the start of his F1 career in , but quite quickly reduced it to something approaching the weight you see on the chart today.
Philip philipgb 22nd January , Driving is an unusual competition where unlike soccer or boxing, the extra strength that comes with mass is no use, but unlike say table tennis or archery it still negatively impacts performance.
Separating car and driver weight seems fair, but why only 80kg? What about a super tall driver who would struggle to be that light? George george 22nd January , The regulations themselves require a 6 foot 4 inch 1 metre 90 centimetre driver to be theoretically capable of getting in and out of the car, and have done for years. As long as some racing driver somewhere of that height could embark and disembark, the regulation is deemed to be met :. Maybe I can start a campaign to get Usain Bolt to wear lead boots so I can have a chance at beating him I still think he would win of course!
Jonas Karlsson orchide 22nd January , Despite their height disadvantage, they succeeded in establishing themselves in the top flight and not because they lowered the basket to accomodate…. W-K w-k 22nd January , Possibly because they can jump better than most. Many years ago, when I was pressured into playing, I could out jump several players who were 3 inches 7,5 cm taller. But my main physical sporting activity in the summer was jumping, long and triple. RaggeZ 23rd January , This is due to design changes on the chassis related to increasing safety.
Weight is very important for track grip, that is, for the car to stick to the track, as this way you can go much faster. The heavier a car is, the more grip it has. On the other hand, the more weight, the greater the wear on the fuel, tires, and brakes. For this reason, the power-to-weight ratio is critical since it is the relation that measures how much horsepower per kilogram of weight there is, being that of an F1 car, approximately 1.
Weight is combined with another essential factor, aerodynamics, since it increases the force with which the car is pushed against the asphalt without increasing weight, gaining greater grip. That is why the shapes of cars and wings are very complex and have many small parts of different shapes and sizes. Teams tried to design cars that weighed less than the minimum weight so that with the added weight of the driver, they would not carry extra weight but depending on the regulations.
They found it easier or more difficult to reach that minimum weight. That is why how great the disadvantage of being a heavy driver varied over time. To compensate for this loss of time, taller and heavier drivers had to make certain sacrifices to compete on the same footing as their peers.
They had to follow strict diets to lose weight or give up certain functions, such as drinking during the race to avoid carrying water or the KERS system. For example, in , when the KERS system was introduced, some heavier drivers, such as Robert Kubica, could not afford to install it not to carry more weight, while their lighter teammates could. This was a distinct disadvantage as the KERS system gave you a quite noticeable boost per lap.
Weight gain affects handling, as cars from several years ago were more agile and aggressive than those of now, which have to be driven more smoothly. The first rule of car weight was introduced in with a weight of kg, which was increased to in and in the early s, at which point the weight of cars began to increase considerably. Starting in , with the change from V10 to V8 engines, the concern of heavier drivers who exceeded the minimum weight increased, as they were forced to lose weight to compete equally, which could affect their health.
Below we have a graph in which we can visually see the increase in weight of cars in the last decade:. With the introduction of the V6 turbo-hybrid V6, there was a huge leap in weight from to , as these engines are more complex and weigh more. In , cars were made wider and therefore heavier, and in the halo was introduced, which carried extra weight.
With all these regulations and the new safety measures, will be kg heavier than the beginning of the V6 turbo-hybrid era. Have you ever wondered if there have been fat drivers in F1?
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