Driver body weights
ric zito
I'd be interested to see who's the lightest, and who's the heaviest.
I remember in Prost's day, he clocked in the lightest (IIRC) at around
62kg (?) whereas Berger was close to 80kg. Is there anyone as
small/light as Prost these days?
Years ago I worked on the furniture design for the Renault HQ in Swindon
for Norman Foster, and the HQ's showroom area featured one of the RS21
yellow teapot turbos - Prost's old car. I tried to get into it and
couldn't wedge myself all the way down into the monocoque (aluminium
honeycomb IIRC). Alain must have had the narrowest hips possible. I'm
not so huge (1m82, 76kg) but there was NO WAY I was getting all the way
in there!
But even wedged halfway into it was mighty impressive : my feet were
right at the front of the car, ahead of the front suspension, and it
felt like there was about 50 metres of yellow bodywork behind me which
completely obscured the postage stamp sized mirrors. My mates pushed me
around the showroom a bit, while I went vroom vroom. It was cool... :)
Thing had a turning circle of a truck, I remember, and the turbo
engine's innards had been sealed. I remember drooling over the quality
of the TIG welding on the exhausts - fantastically slim and precise,
even in those days.
Sorry, got a bit carried away there in nostalgia land! :)
ric
Mario Pasqualicchio
heaviest
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Brian Lawrence
> Is there a chart comparing driver height and body weight somewhere?
> I'd be interested to see who's the lightest, and who's the heaviest.
Before last season I found info on heights & weights at AtlasF1 - haven't
been looking since then. These were the 2001 figures:
Weights Heights
============================================
kg. lbs st:lb cm ft:ins
--------------------------------------------
79 174 12:06 178 5:10 R Schumacher
77.5 171 12:03 182 5:11½ Coulthard
77 170 12:02 178 5:10 Irvine
77 170 12:02 173 5:08 Panis
76 167 11:13 172 5:07½ Barrichello
74 163 11:09 182 5:11½ Button
73.5 162 11:08 179 5:10½ Häkkinen
73 161 11:07 168 5:06 Montoya
72 159 11:05 170 5:07 Alesi
71 156 11:02 169 5:06½ Villeneuve
70.5 155 11:01 172 5:07½ Fisichella
68.5 151 10:11 178 5:10 Frentzen
68 150 10:10 178 5:10 Bernoldi
68 150 10:10 173 5:08 Mazzacane
68 150 10:10 175 5:09 Burti
68 150 10:10 174 5:08½ M Schumacher
65 143 10:03 173 5:08 Trulli
No data for Alonso, Verstappen, Räikkönen or Heidfeld.
Original data was in kilograms & metres, approximate imperial conversions
are mine.
The drivers' personal websites usually have this data.
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james...@hotmail.com
<mario_pasqua...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>IMO your looking at fissichella being the lightest and mcnish being the
>heaviest
I see that you have a particularly odd opinion! Probably explains why
you top post as well.
FYI McNish weighs 58kg. Does that make him the heaviest or lightest
driver in F1 right now? Fisichella weights 70kg. Obviously a lot
lighter than McNish's 58kgs...not.
McNish is in fact the lightest of the current crop of F1 drivers.
I think Ralf's 79kg makes him the heaviest currently driving in F1.
Jenson and DC are 1.82m tall, but Webber's 1.84m makes him the
tallest.
Sato's 1.63m makes him the shortest.
[snip]
David
Opus One
Those heights are dubious in the least. Villeneuve wouldn't be 5'6.5"
standing on a ladder... And at 5'8" I tower over M Schumacher and
Rubens.
MJF
Raunchy Rabbit
Jim Morrison
than MS altogether...
RS is the heaviest, his glasses must weigh 10kgs...; )
The lightest of all time is by far Jean Aleisi, those eyebrows give him
away, he's very light in his loafers!
Homer J. Wong (formerly Matt Pope)
>
>Those heights are dubious in the least. Villeneuve wouldn't be 5'6.5"
>standing on a ladder... And at 5'8" I tower over M Schumacher and
>Rubens.
Damon used to tower of JV in '96. Schumacher's always been known for being
slight of height (Michael). And I'm not surprised in the least to see him to
be one of the lightest going around. (note i said ONE OF)
Cheers,
Matt Pope.
ps.... Brian, as reliable as ever to produce a stat when necessary.
Brian Lawrence
F1Live has current weights and heights. There are some differences to
those I posted above, and the missing drivers are added.
Ralf Schumacher has lost 6kg and is now 73kg
David Coulthard -2.5kg = 75kg
Eddie Irvine -1kg = 76kg
Olivier Panis -1kg = 76kg
Rubens Barrichello -1kg = 75kg
Jenson Button -6kg = 68kg [height 1.73 not 1.82]
Jacques Villeneuve -4kg = 67kg [height 1.68 not 1.69]
Giancarlo Fisichella +4.5kg = 75kg [height 1.70 not 1.72]
Heinz-Harald Frentzen -0.5kg = 68kg [height 1.70 not 1.78 - typo?]
Michael Schumacher + 7kg = 75kg
Jarno Trulli +11kg = 76kg [height 1.67 not 1.73]
Weight Height
kg. cm
--------------------------
58 165 A McNish
58 165 F Massa
59 164 N Heidfeld
59 162 T Sato
68 178 A Yoong
70 180 K Räikkönen
ric zito
> Giancarlo Fisichella +4.5kg = 75kg [height 1.70 not 1.72]
> Michael Schumacher + 7kg = 75kg
> Jarno Trulli +11kg = 76kg [height 1.67 not 1.73]
The only guys who put on weight...all with an Italian connection...
Too much cream on the tortellini?
;)
ric
Reginald Bosanquet
Fisi - say it "ain't" so - lay off the gelatos. My guess is he ate
more due to depression - moving from a rapidly improving Renault to a
rapidly sinking Jordan. This really gutted him. Freaking Flavio.
Fisi is better than Jarno.
What is with Trulli? Looks like he is eating lots of pizzas. Pretty
amazing that Schui is putting it away. I don't like him but I do
respect him for working so hard on his fitness.
I wonder what the ideal height is? It seems like the average sized
guys do the best. The tall guys have to fight the weight all the
time. Damon Hill was close to 6'1" and had to starve himself. DC is
about the same height.
The smaller guys may be too weak to wrestle an F1 car. Small guys
include Massa, Sato, Nick, McNish and Jacks. Maybe this is a weak
theory because Jacks did well when he was in a good car.
Reginald Bosanquet
I recall looking through the big glass window at the local Ferrari
dealership at Prost's Ferrari F1. I forget which model. Could have
been the one that Alain called a "truck" after leaving the Scuderia.
The cars are really tiny in real life. You have to be pretty small to
fit in them.
I feel really bad for that promising young Brit who was too tall. I
think EJ said he could not hire him because he was too tall. I think
this youngster was 6'2" or taller and he could be still growing.
Anyone know who I am talking about? Not Davidson. He is supposedly
very quick.
I think Wurz suffered due to his tall height. 6'2" Eddie Cheever said
it was almost imposible to drive the cars when you are that tall.
Reginald Bosanquet
Damon was about 6' 1 1/2". The poor guy had to starve himself. I am
suprised that Ralf is almost 3 inches taller than his brother.
Kevin Bitz
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driver in F1 history. Lotus used to engineer a special seating arrangement
for him. The '78 Monza start was a true tragedy.
J Sakari Salonen
I'm surprised you - or anyone else - don't mention Heidfeld in this. By j
ust looking at him stand aside the other drivers, I'd guess he's not taller
than Sato, if not shorter - and also quite skinny.
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David B
> I feel really bad for that promising young Brit who was too tall. I
> think EJ said he could not hire him because he was too tall. I think
> this youngster was 6'2" or taller and he could be still growing.
> Anyone know who I am talking about?
Justin Wilson.
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wrote:
I was addressing the lightest/heaviest/shortest/tallest. Info came
from AtlasF1 website. Brian Lawrence has updated this thread with new
information from F1live and Heidfelt is no giant:
59kg 164cm N Heidfeld (makes him almost the shortest and
almost the lightest).
And Sato is 162cm (according to F1 live) so he has shrunk a couple
of cm - must be the bumpy track at Interlagos...
>--
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David
james...@hotmail.com
Bosanquet) wrote:
>r...@pixelligence.com (ric zito) wrote in message news:<1fa89jo.1vqltqu1oxrqntN%r...@pixelligence.com>...
>> Brian Lawrence <Brian_W_...@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Giancarlo Fisichella +4.5kg = 75kg [height 1.70 not 1.72]
>> > Michael Schumacher + 7kg = 75kg
>> > Jarno Trulli +11kg = 76kg [height 1.67 not 1.73]
>>
>> The only guys who put on weight...all with an Italian connection...
>> Too much cream on the tortellini?
>>
>> ;)
>> ric
>
>Fisi - say it "ain't" so - lay off the gelatos. My guess is he ate
>more due to depression - moving from a rapidly improving Renault to a
>rapidly sinking Jordan. This really gutted him. Freaking Flavio.
>Fisi is better than Jarno.
Fraking Flavio is the guy that negotiated the ever accelerating year
on year paydeal Fissi had. The one that went up in millions of
dollars per year irrespective of performance. This contract
eventually priced him out of the Renault team IMHO.
>What is with Trulli? Looks like he is eating lots of pizzas. Pretty
>amazing that Schui is putting it away. I don't like him but I do
>respect him for working so hard on his fitness.
>
>I wonder what the ideal height is? It seems like the average sized
>guys do the best. The tall guys have to fight the weight all the
>time. Damon Hill was close to 6'1" and had to starve himself. DC is
>about the same height.
>
>The smaller guys may be too weak to wrestle an F1 car. Small guys
>include Massa, Sato, Nick, McNish and Jacks. Maybe this is a weak
>theory because Jacks did well when he was in a good car.
David
WebSlave
> 70 180 K Räikkönen
This must be wrong, he's much shorter than Coulthard. And indeed the
McLaren site says he's 175 cm (and weighs 63 kg).
Strangely, they don't give the same info about DC or Wurz. I guess Wurz
would be one of the tallest drivers were he not only a test driver.
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Reginald Bosanquet
> On 6 Apr 2002 10:08:07 -0800, Reginald...@yahoo.ca (Reginald
> Bosanquet) wrote:
>
> >r...@pixelligence.com (ric zito) wrote in message news:<1fa89jo.1vqltqu1oxrqntN%r...@pixelligence.com>...
> >> Brian Lawrence <Brian_W_...@msn.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Giancarlo Fisichella +4.5kg = 75kg [height 1.70 not 1.72]
> >> > Michael Schumacher + 7kg = 75kg
> >> > Jarno Trulli +11kg = 76kg [height 1.67 not 1.73]
> >>
> >> The only guys who put on weight...all with an Italian connection...
> >> Too much cream on the tortellini?
> >>
> >> ;)
> >> ric
> >
> >Fisi - say it "ain't" so - lay off the gelatos. My guess is he ate
> >more due to depression - moving from a rapidly improving Renault to a
> >rapidly sinking Jordan. This really gutted him. Freaking Flavio.
> >Fisi is better than Jarno.
>
> Fraking Flavio is the guy that negotiated the ever accelerating year
> on year paydeal Fissi had. The one that went up in millions of
> dollars per year irrespective of performance. This contract
> eventually priced him out of the Renault team IMHO.
Well Fisi needs a few bucks after Flav gets his cut. Also those
gelatos can be expensive. ;-)
Is Fisi one of the few that does not live in tax exile? I think
Jenson still lives in the UK too.
>
> David
Fredrik B. Knutsen
I met Ronnie several times, he was not extraordinary tall, about 1.80m
I would think, in other words fairly normal for a Northern European
male,
height and weightwise. Most F1 drivers are really tiny, and have been
for ages. Many moons ago my then sister-in-law was the subject of a
chatting-up attempt by Arturo Merzario. Now this lady is about 168 cm
tall, but she still towered over Art :-) Maybe he had other attributes,
I would not know :-)
Doc
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Cheek Racing Cars
www.cheekracing.com
james...@hotmail.com
Bosanquet) wrote:
>james...@hotmail.com wrote in message news:<3caf46d4...@newshost.us.oracle.com>...
>> On 6 Apr 2002 10:08:07 -0800, Reginald...@yahoo.ca (Reginald
>> Bosanquet) wrote:
>>
[snip]
>> Fraking Flavio is the guy that negotiated the ever accelerating year
>> on year paydeal Fissi had. The one that went up in millions of
>> dollars per year irrespective of performance. This contract
>> eventually priced him out of the Renault team IMHO.
>
>Well Fisi needs a few bucks after Flav gets his cut. Also those
>gelatos can be expensive. ;-)
Of course Flav would have been on a nice earner. Must be difficult to
know when you are ahead in that game - when he was both drivers
manager and team manager. Robbing Paul to pay Peter (and of course
getting a healthy cut himself).
>Is Fisi one of the few that does not live in tax exile? I think
>Jenson still lives in the UK too.
Not sure of their tax residency status. Jenson I would think does not
spend enough time in the UK to pay UK taxes. Probably has Monaco as
his principal residence. But I am sure some of the other posters
would know more about this.
>> David
David
mangoman
<Brian_W_...@msn.com> wrote:
>"Brian Lawrence" <Brian_W_...@msn.com> wrote:
>
>F1Live has current weights and heights. There are some differences to
>those I posted above, and the missing drivers are added.
[............]
>Michael Schumacher + 7kg = 75kg
[.........]
Of course, we've heard already about Schumi's incredible ability to
alter his bodyweight. "Car underweight? no no, driver lost 7kg during
race!"
Pete Fenelon
> tall, but she still towered over Art :-) Maybe he had other attributes,
> I would not know :-)
> Doc
A big hat! :)
pete
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Kevin Bitz
"Fredrik B. Knutsen" wrote in message
> > I believe Ronnie Peterson measured around 6'3", and still is the tallest
> > driver in F1 history. Lotus used to engineer a special seating
arrangement
> > for him. The '78 Monza start was a true tragedy.
>
> I met Ronnie several times, he was not extraordinary tall, about 1.80m
> I would think, in other words fairly normal for a Northern European
> male,
> height and weightwise. Most F1 drivers are really tiny, and have been
> for ages. Many moons ago my then sister-in-law was the subject of a
> chatting-up attempt by Arturo Merzario. Now this lady is about 168 cm
> tall, but she still towered over Art :-) Maybe he had other attributes,
> I would not know :-)
> Doc
>
need for Lotus to re-engineer. Made him an instant hero for me, despite
pulling for Mario to win WDC. I guess I shouldn't believe everything I
read. I was fortunate enough to walk in the pits and garage area that year.
I do remember all the drivers were little guys, but as I've proven before by
sliding into small spaces...where there's a will there a way....please note
no follow-up on the "other attributes" comment.
Brendan Andrews
dont.even.think.about.trying.to.spam.me@invalid says...
<snip>
>
> >Michael Schumacher + 7kg = 75kg
>
> [.........]
>
>
> Of course, we've heard already about Schumi's incredible ability to
> alter his bodyweight. "Car underweight? no no, driver lost 7kg during
> race!"
>
It's one of the many side effects of being able to walk on water...
--
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Forza!
HHF "It's like oil on my soul."
Jacques "For sure"
Michael "-looking good, it's looking good - it's looking bloody good!"
Mika ". . . . . . ..yes . . .. well, maybe."
JPM "drove around the outside (of me) like I was parked there"
Emma
>Fredrik B. Knutsen <chee...@online.no> wrote:
>> tall, but she still towered over Art :-) Maybe he had other attributes,
>> I would not know :-)
Do all short men have big hats?
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Pete Fenelon
> I would not know :-)
> Doc
>
Wasn't Little Art also the man behind Fruit of the Loom undies? :)
Fredrik B. Knutsen
Pete Fenelon wrote:
>
> Fredrik B. Knutsen <chee...@online.no> wrote:
> > tall, but she still towered over Art :-) Maybe he had other attributes,
> > I would not know :-)
> > Doc
> >
>
> Wasn't Little Art also the man behind Fruit of the Loom undies? :)
Hehe....remember the Autosport caption competition that had Mario
Andetti
peering deep into an F1 cockpit, hos head an arms invisible in the depth
of the monocoque, and the winning caption read "Need a hand with the
belts in there, Arturo?"
He really was diminutive, but seemed always to be smiling. I saw him a
couple of years ago, running in the ISRC/FIA Sportscars...he must be
older than I am!
Doc
>
> pete
> --
> pe...@fenelon.com "Irk the purists, irk the purists, it's a right good laugh."
--
Reginald Bosanquet
Flavio needs the extra cash to pay for his Cessna X. This is the
private jet that will almost do Mach 1. The German software hacker/con
artists Kim Schmitz had a picture of Flav's Cessna X at Monaco airport
on his web site.
Yeah - I was worried Flav would put the squeeze to push Jenson out of
Renault. Alonso is also a Flav managed driver and he is the Renault
test driver. Looks like Jenson is pushing hard and doing well. If
Flav pushed Jenson out, at least 3 or 4 other teams would snap him up.
Jag or BAR would take him in a second.
I think Alonso is a very good driver and would love to see him on a
team with Kimi. People raved about Kimi last year but Alonso was very
impressive. Unfortunately, it is hard to tell how good he is in a
Minardi.
Matt M
>
> Do all short men have big hats?
>
> --
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> The Chocolate Monster http://chocmonster.rules.it
>
No, some of them buy expensive sports cars.
Matt