In a bid to save weight earlier this year, he made headlines in Malaysia by racing without a drinks bottle in his Sauber even though cockpit temperatures at Sepang can rise as high as 50 degrees Celsius.
Ahead of this weekend’s race, Sutil admitted he had tried even more drastic measures in an attempt lose weight.
“I was testing it a little bit here and there. Two days, no food, only drink … I tried,” he said on Thursday afternoon.
“It was not easy but interesting what the reaction is. I’m eating now again, it’s better.”
The 31-year-old explained that he wanted to test “the limit” but stressed he knows what his limit is — and that the decision was his alone.
“I couldn’t do much sport because the power was missing. I do it because I want to go on the limit just to make sure I did my maximum. I don’t want to be in the car and say, ‘Oh, I could have done more’,” Sutil said.
“I could feel there was a limit where I hadn’t the power anymore, the strength in my mind — you get stressed quite early — and you don’t want that. It’s just important to know your body quite well.
“I tried it but I’m still alive so don’t worry too much. It was my own decision, this is most important.”
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