Sergio Perez has admitted that he has been on a crash diet ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in a bid to help Force India cope with its overweight car. The Mexican had bulked up over the winter to better cope with the more physical nature of 2017’s cars, but has been asked by his Force India team to trim off some weight because its new challenger was too heavy in testing. “I have tried so hard to lose weight in the last couple of weeks since Barcelona,” said Perez, who has already lost more than two kilos since testing finished. “Obviously I increased my weight from last year purely by training harder, putting on more muscle, but I was on an extreme diet all last week and still now...
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