The relentless toil of pre-season training has been even harder this year for Carlos Sainz as he undergoes 'arguably the toughest winter of my life' as he prepares for the faster, harder to drive results of the regulation changes for 2017… for more speed means greater physical strength is required. 'Indeed, they will be harder to drive,' says the Spaniard, 'so the training we've been doing up to late last season won't be useful. We now must go some extra miles so to speak.' The greater muscle mass for Sainz has meant greater weight - in his case a four kilogram rise to 70kgs from the end of the 2016 season. And the 'extra miles' he speaks of relate to marathon cross-fit sessions....
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