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Expert: - 12/3/2008


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In recent years who was the heaviest in american pounds to race

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Thanks for the question. I confess I don't know the answer.

Mansell (in his 1995 comeback for McLaren) was probably the heaviest in recent times, but I haven't been able to discover his weight,sorry.

Historically, the heaviest ever F1 grand prix winner was probably José Floloan Gonzalez who raced in the 1950s and won 2 British Grand Prix in a Ferrari. In recent times regulations have effectively penalized teams for running larger drivers so drivers tend to be small and light in order to give the team the flexibility to design small cockpits and maximise weight distribution opportunities, which make a big difference to car performance.

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I`m a big F1 fan and have been since the early 80s. I read weekly European specialist F1 press and keep on top of what`s happening in F1, such as results and testing, team politics, what drivers are saying etc. I`m especially a follower of the French Prost (formally Ligier) team and am also involved in karting and sports car racing in England.

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Writing accounts of the performance of the (then)Ligier team during Grand Prix meetings. Organinsing karting competitions for 300+ drivers and of course being an Allexperts Formula One expert

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