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Hamilton questions F1 cars' weight amid sustainability push

Article To news overview © Mercedes Sir Lewis Hamilton has criticised the increasing weight of Formula 1 cars and the impact the changes have on the sport's push to become more sustainable. For the new rule set being introduced for the 2022 season, F1 cars will have a minimum weight including the drivers of 790kg, 38kg heavier than the machines currently in use. With the sport aiming to be net-zero carbon emissions by the end of the decade, Hamilton said that the decision to introduce even heavier cars for next year seemed contradictory to these aims. “I don’t understand particularly why we go heavier when there’s all this talk about being more sustainable, the sport going in that...
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