Who will replace Nico
Poll: Who will replace Nico
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Z3MCJez said:
If you want to get all conspiracy about it, I can envisage Hamilton and Raikkonnen at Ferrari and Vettel and Wehrlein at Mercedes. I don't think it's likely, but it's not so impossible as to resort to calling someone a moron.
Read the rest of his posts in other threads....just loathes Hamilton so at any opportunity will have a pop at him
Very amusing, both of you.
ELUSIVEJIM said:
Joking apart the F1 drivers all look like they are suffering from a eating disorder.
Not very healthy.
They mostly sit slap-bang in the middle of the "healthy" BMI range and they're not enormously muscular. I suspect their body-fat percentages are similar to other professional "endurance athlete" type sportsmen. Not very healthy.
If they look underweight, that's because our expectations have been conditioned by living in a society where two thirds of people are overweight. If they were genuinely unhealthily underweight, they couldn't survive the fluid loss they undergo during a grand prix. The only exception tends to be the tall (which in F1 terms means over about 5'8) drivers.
Edited by kambites on Friday 2nd December 20:39
kambites said:
They mostly sit slap-bang in the middle of the "healthy" BMI range and they're not enormously muscular. I suspect their body-fat percentages are similar to other professional "endurance athlete" type sportsmen.
If they look underweight, that's because our expectations have been conditioned by living in a society where two thirds of people are overweight. If they were genuinely unhealthily underweight, they couldn't survive the fluid loss they undergo during a grand prix. The only exception tends to be the tall (which in F1 terms means over about 5'8) drivers.
I thought athletes tend to score high BMI numbers because they have so much lean mass and the simple BMI calculation doesn't distinguish this from fat? I'm sure that many athletes are technically obese on the BMI chart even when they have very low body fat. If they look underweight, that's because our expectations have been conditioned by living in a society where two thirds of people are overweight. If they were genuinely unhealthily underweight, they couldn't survive the fluid loss they undergo during a grand prix. The only exception tends to be the tall (which in F1 terms means over about 5'8) drivers.
Edited by kambites on Friday 2nd December 20:39
I don't think they look underweight, I think they look like endurance athletes who try to stay very low weight (fairly low on muscle and fat weight)
Edited to add - so am agreeing but maybe contrasting how different an athlete and a sedantry member of the public can be with the same BMI
Edited by Hungrymc on Friday 2nd December 20:55
Hungrymc said:
I thought athletes tend to score high BMI numbers because they have so much lean mass and the simple BMI calculation doesn't distinguish this from fat? I'm sure that many athletes are technically obese on the BMI chart even when they have very low body fat.
I don't think they look underweight, I think they look like endurance athletes who try to stay very low weight (fairly low on muscle and fat weight)
Edited to add - so am agreeing but maybe contrasting how different an athlete and a sedantry member of the public can be with the same BMI
BMI certainly isn't everything, but for someone with roughly average muscle mass it's a reasonable guide. Hence "endurance athletes" who tend to prioritise cardiovascular fitness over muscle building. I don't think they look underweight, I think they look like endurance athletes who try to stay very low weight (fairly low on muscle and fat weight)
Edited to add - so am agreeing but maybe contrasting how different an athlete and a sedantry member of the public can be with the same BMI
kambites said:
They mostly sit slap-bang in the middle of the "healthy" BMI range and they're not enormously muscular. I suspect their body-fat percentages are similar to other professional "endurance athlete" type sportsmen.
If they look underweight, that's because our expectations have been conditioned by living in a society where two thirds of people are overweight. If they were genuinely unhealthily underweight, they couldn't survive the fluid loss they undergo during a grand prix. The only exception tends to be the tall (which in F1 terms means over about 5'8) drivers.
Just read things have changed since 2015 as the weight limit was increased.If they look underweight, that's because our expectations have been conditioned by living in a society where two thirds of people are overweight. If they were genuinely unhealthily underweight, they couldn't survive the fluid loss they undergo during a grand prix. The only exception tends to be the tall (which in F1 terms means over about 5'8) drivers.
Edited by kambites on Friday 2nd December 20:39
Anyway the following was the issues before this happened.
Was it not the point of the new V6 Turbo era that Martin Brundle stated a F1 driver said he had collapsed trying to shave off my body weight as the weight limited had to be lowered.
Former Toro Rosso driver Vergne was so weak he was taken to hospital after the 2014 Australian Grand Prix after dieting to reduce the advantage enjoyed by much lighter Russian team-mate Daniil Kvyat.
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 2nd December 21:06
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