F1 EXPLAINS: How F1 drivers are coached to perfection by their Performance Engineers

Precision at 200 miles per hour. Millimetre-perfect steering, millisecond-perfect braking and acceleration. That’s what it takes to race in Method 1. Efficiency Engineers assist the 20 quickest drivers on this planet to be their highest.

Within the newest episode of F1 Explains, McLaren’s Tom Stallard, a former Efficiency Engineer, tells podcast presenters Christian Hewgill and Katie Osborne concerning the unimaginable work these engineers do with F1 drivers.

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Plus, Tom explains the teamwork amongst Efficiency Engineers, Strategists and Race Engineers (the function he presently carries out with Oscar Piastri), together with how they’ve to speak effectively to get the most effective end in each qualifying session and race.