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Drivers tackling 2014 races without a drink to save weight
Drivers tackling 2014 races without a drink to save weight 4 April, 2014 Adrian Sutil will go the entire duration of the Bahrain Grand Prix race on Sunday without a sip of water.
The tall and therefore heavy German lost almost 4 kilograms over the winter and is now complaining that, given the heavier 2014 engines, the 692kg car-plus-driver minimum weight is unfair.
Sutil claims he is barely training in order to further shrink his muscles, and eating and drinking so little that – tapping his head – 'you don't work well up here'.
Not only that, Sauber's car and Ferrari engine are both overweight, so the Swiss team is cutting corners in every area – including taking away...
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