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Ericsson put on 7kg since leaving F1
Mar.11 Marcus Ericsson is disappointed F1's driver weight rule change arrived a year late for him. The Swede, whose 2018 teammate Charles Leclerc progressed from Sauber to Ferrari for 2019, has switched to Indycar this year after losing his F1 seat. He admits to putting on some weight. "My height was always a handicap in formula one," Ericsson told Expressen newspaper. "Every extra kilo cost me time on the track. I was constantly trying to be lighter and it wasn't healthy. "Myself and many others complained over the years and for this season the rules have changed." Indeed, instead of the driver plus the car being weighed in 2018, now the driver plus his seat must...
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