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Ricciardo sheds kilos ahead of F1 season

Red Bull's ever-smiling Australian Daniel Ricciardo is making sure he will go into the new Formula One season next month looking leaner, if no meaner. The driver told reporters at a pre-season launch that he was under team orders to get his weight down and still had some way to go if he is to reach the target before the first race in Melbourne on March 20. "I'm still getting there. So far I've lost just over three kilos and I've got about two more to go," said Ricciardo, winner of three races in his career. Driver weight was a particular issue during the 2014 season when the significantly heavier new V6 turbo hybrid power units were introduced to replace the old V8 engines....
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