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F1 driver reportedly passes out as extreme dieting takes its toll

F1 driver reportedly passes out as extreme dieting takes its toll 30 March, 2014 It has emerged that Formula 1 drivers' extreme dieting to make the stringent 2014 weight limits may have caused one as yet unnamed driver to pass out in Malaysia. We reported on Saturday that some drivers are deliberately dehydrating, even at sweltering Sepang, in order to get the weight of their car below the legal 692kg limit. 'That is what I was going to do,' admitted Jenson Button. 'Go in a sauna, steam room, not drink or eat until after qualifying. 'It is a shame for the guys who have to do it.' It appears, in fact, that Button has been toying with dehydration strategies in Malaysia. 'Morning run for...
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