Michael Schumacher was at the centre of a new cheating storm last night, 
hours after being thrown out of the Brazillian Grand Prix.

Motor racing bosses launched an inquiry after world champion Schumacher 
weighed in at 71.5 kg after the race - 5.5 kg less than his pre-season 
weight. The difference could have given him a ten-second advantage.

Officials were last night determined to close the latest loophole in 
Formula One's complex rules.

FIA chiefs, who took the unusual step of weighing Schumacher on Sunday
were obviously suspicious that the German had lost so much in less than
a week. The combined weight of Schumacher and his car, in fact, turned
out to be legal but the clear implication is that drivers could be
builing up before the season and shedding weight before each race.

If a driver were to weigh more at the start of the season than when 
actually driving the car, the difference could be interpreted as a weight 
advantage, pointed out one leading team source "it seems very fishy" he said.

Schumacher joked that he ate too much chocolate and apfelstrudel before
his pre-season weigh-on saying: "I have put on three or four kilos
over the winter. I had a good dinner before the weigh-in and I wore my
heaviest socks and underwear"

Taken from an article in the Daily Express, by Bob McKenzie

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