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[7UpJordan]

After browsing through a few old threads, is it me or are F1 drivers quite small? Take a look at this for example;

Corrrrect!
Wurz and Davidson

McLAREN MERCEDES

FERNANDO ALONSO (ESP)
Birth date: 29 July 1981
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Wins: 15
Number of GP: 88
Pole Position: 15
Podiums: 37
First GP: 2001 (Melbourne)
Best result: 1
2006 championship position: 1

LEWIS HAMILTON (GBR)
Birth date: 7 January 1985
Height: 174cm
Weight: 64 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 0
Pole Position: 0
Podiums: 0
First GP: Melbourne 2007
Best result: 0
2006 championship position: -

RENAULT

GIANCARLO FISICHELLA (ITA)
Birth date: 14 January 1973
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 67 kg
Wins: 3
Number of GP: 179
Pole Position: 3
Podiums: 18
First GP: 1996 (Melbourne)
Best result: 1
2006 championship position: 4

HEIKKI KOVALAINEN (FIN)
Birth date: 19 October 1981
Height: 172cm
Weight: 66 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 0
Pole Position: 0
Podiums: 0
First GP: Melbourne 2007
Best result: 0
2006 championship position: -

FERRARI

FELIPE MASSA (BRA)
Birth date: 25 April 1981
Height: 166 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Wins: 2
Number of GP: 71
Pole Position: 3
Podiums: 7
First GP: 2002 (Melbourne)
Best result: 1
2006 championship position: 3

KIMI RAIKKONEN (FIN)
Birth date: 17 October 1979
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 62 kg
Wins: 9
Number of GP: 105
Pole Position: 11
Podiums: 36
First GP: 2001 (Melbourne)
Best result: 1
2006 championship position: 5

HONDA

JENSON BUTTON (GBR)
Birth date: 19 January 1980
Height: 181 cm
Weight: 69 kg
Wins: 1
Number of GP: 120
Pole Position: 3
Podiums: 15
First GP: 2000 (Melbourne)
Best result: 1
2006 championship position: 6

RUBENS BARRICHELLO (BRA)
Birth date: 23 May 1972
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 74kg
Wins: 9
Number of GP: 236
Pole Position: 13
Podiums: 61
First GP: 1993 (Kyalami)
Best result: 1
2006 championship position: 7
BMW SAUBER

NICK HEIDFELD (GER)
Birth date: 10 May 1977
Height: 164 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 117
Pole Position: 1 Podiums: 5
First GP: 2000 (Melbourne)
Best result: 2
2006 championship position: 9

ROBERT KUBICA (POL)
Birth date: 10 May 1977
Height: 184cm
Weight: 74 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 6
Pole Position: 0
Podiums: 1
First GP: 2006 (Hungary)
Best result: 3
2006 championship position: 16

TOYOTA

RALF SCHUMACHER (GER)
Birth date: 30 June 1975
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 73 kg
Wins: 6
Number of GP: 163
Pole Position: 6
Podiums: 27
First GP: 1997 (Melbourne)
Best result: 1
2006 championship position: 10

JARNO TRULLI (ITA)
Birth date: 13 July 1974
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Wins: 1
Number of GP: 167
Pole Position: 3
Podiums: 7
First GP: 1997 (Melbourne)
Best result: 1
2006 championship position: 12

RED BULL RENAULT

DAVID COULTHARD (GBR)
Birth date: 27 March 1971
Height: 182 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Wins: 13
Number of GP: 212
Pole Position: 12
Podiums: 61
First GP: 1994 (Barcelona)
Best result: 1
2006 championship position: 13

MARK WEBBER (AUS)
Birth date: 27 August 1976
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 74 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 88
Pole Position: 0
Podiums: 1
First GP: 2002 (Melbourne)
Best result: 3
2006 championship position: 14

WILLIAMS TOYOTA

NICO ROSBERG (GER)
Birth date: 27 June 1985
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 69 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 18
Pole Position: 0
Podiums: 0
First GP: 2006 (Bahrain)
Best result: 7
2006 championship position: 17

ALEXANDER WURZ (AUT)
Birth date: 15 February 1974
Height: 186cm
Weight: 82.5 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 53
Pole Position: 0
Podiums: 2
First GP: 1997 (Canada)
Best result: 3
2006 championship position: -

TORRO ROSSO FERRARI

VITANTONIO LIUZZI (ITA)
Birth date: 6 August 1981
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 65 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 22
Pole Position: 0
Podiums: 0
First GP: 2005 (Imola)
Best result: 8
2006 championship position: 19

SCOTT SPEED (USA)
Birth date: 24 January 1983
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 69 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 18
Pole Position: 0
Podiums: 0
First GP: 2006 (Bahrain)
Best result: 9
2006 championship position: =20

SPYKER FERRARI

CHRISTIJAN ALBERS (NED)
Birth date: 16 April 1979
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 68 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 37
Pole Position: 0
Podiums: 0
First GP: 2005 (Melbourne)
Best result: 5
2006 championship position: =20

ADRIAN SUTIL (GER)
Birth date: 11 January 1983
Height: 183cm
Weight: 75 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 0
Pole Position: 0
Podiums: 0
First GP: 2007 (Melbourne)
Best result: 0
2006 championship position: -

SUPER AGURI HONDA

TAKUMO SATO (JPN)
Birth date: 28 January 1977
Height: 163 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 70
Pole Position:0
Podiums: 1
First GP: 2002 (Melbourne)
Best result: 3
2006 championship position: =20

ANTHONY DAVIDSON (GBR)
Birth date: 18 April 1979
Height: 160cm
Weight: 55 kg
Wins: 0
Number of GP: 3
Pole Position: 15
Podiums: 0
First GP: 2002 (Hungary)
Best result: 0
2006 championship position: -

The tallest driver there is Wurz who's a centimetre taller than me and Davidson's a midget... and he's also ginger.

Now if Mansell was on this list I think it would show his width instead of height and of course weight no doubt.

[madbrad]

Wilson is a very tall guy, but yeah I think on average they are shorter than NBA players.

[7UpJordan]

Wilson is a very tall guy, but yeah I think on average they are shorter than NBA players.

Jim Bamber called him "The Peter Crouch of motor racing"

http://www.jimbamber.co.uk/cgi-bin/jbpa ... k,%20Quack

[darwin dali]

It makes sense, length of the cockpit and weight wise, you don't want big fat men in there...
Was it Wurz who couldn't stretch out his legs and had his knees right under the steering wheel at one point in a car? Not comfortable and bad for performance.

[Boxofwonders]

Also you'd have all those G-Forces pushing down on you all the time.

[vegas]

It makes sense, length of the cockpit and weight wise, you don't want big fat men in there...

Funny that you dont see any midgets in F1 then. They might be extremely quick.

[darwin dali]

AD comes close to being a midget
Nah, midgets have totally different proportions and it's mostly their long bones (arms and legs) being way short - they wouldn't be able to reach the pedals

[7UpJordan]

I believe Christian Danner was quite a tall lanky driver as well who took part in the GP Masters and took the p!ss out of Alan Jones being "out of shape".

[bud]

they aint short what you on about im the same height as kimi though i have ten Kg on him haha

[vegas]

they aint short what you on about im the same height as kimi though i have ten Kg on him haha

HAHA! fat midget

[bud]

they aint short what you on about im the same height as kimi though i have ten Kg on him haha

HAHA! fat midget

haha fat? far from it ever heard of doing weights