May 8 (GMM) Fernando Alonso, who fainted after the recent Bahrain GP,
revealed in Barcelona that a failed drinks bottle and faulty radiator made him
lose nearly 6 kilograms in the Sakhir desert two weeks ago. After his winter
weight loss of 4kg, it means that after Bahrain the gaunt Spaniard was carrying
a total of nearly 10kg less than at points during the 2008 season.
- In the same spirit of divulging weight details, Kimi Raikkonen in Spain
revealed that he tips the scales with 10 kilos of extra weight than his Ferrari
teammate Felipe Massa. Massa, to get Raikkonen's special light-weight F60
chassis at Monaco, is believed to be about the same weight as Nick Heidfeld, who
told reporters on Thursday that he weighs 59 kilograms. "59 kilos!" an
astonished world champion Lewis Hamilton, who said he weighs 67kg, exclaimed.
- He may be watching his weight, but Hamilton allowed himself a treat when
he sampled the Spanish omelette he cooked up as part of a Vodafone PR event in
the Barcelona hills. The McLaren driver, who spoke in the mandatory FIA press
conference but again did not meet with reporters in the paddock, made clear he
was not wearing a chef's hat in order to muse the recently-concluded 'lie-gate'
saga. "We're here to talk about today and Vodafone," Hamilton said. "That's the
really important thing."
- With a boss like gaudy Flavio Briatore, Renault's Nelson Piquet was asked
by reporters if a little "cuddle and reassurance" now and then might ease his
current struggle for pace. "I think that's also part of it," the Brazilian
smiled. "Obviously there's a lot of people in the team who don't like doing
cuddling. But you have to live with that anyway. The important people that we
work with day to day, the engineers, they are trying their best for me."
