How do F1 drivers get strong necks? Well, they have their F1 trainer to thank for that! It’s no secret that F1 drivers are elite athletes, but every Formula 1 driver has at least one F1 trainer behind them. What exactly do the F1 drivers’ trainers do? The role of an F1 trainer encompasses everything from F1 neck exercises, F1 training exercises, F1 physio work, and even F1 driver diet planning. In this video, I will introduce all the 2024 F1 drivers’ trainers, including Charles Leclerc’s trainer, Andrea Ferrari seen here in the thumbnail. Make sure to watch the entire video and please, subscribe to the channel. Thanks in advance.
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Good day every F1 driver has a trainer well some have more than one some specialize in physical training performance coaching others in physiotherapy or even osteopathy but they all share a special bond with their driver and they are probably the closest person in the padic to that driver and
This year there’s been some movement on the trainer front so let me introduce you to all the F1 drivers trainers let’s kick it off with Max fappen he started in F1 with Jake aler in 2019 Bradley skaines took over the role and this year Brad’s been replaced by Carlos’s old trainer Rupert maning
Rupert is a performance coach and sports therapist he’s likable calm always Smiley and one of his most enjoyable tasks has been rounding up Carlos’s prizes post race and returning them to the driver’s room expect him to be doing a lot more of that in season 2024 for
Max Sergio Perez does he have a trainer or he has two chy martos and Jose Canal both Mexican and they split the races between them they also train other athletes but come race weekend whoever it is on duty with czecho has his full attention and what does a trainer
Typically do well it’s a whole host of activities and it would include arriving after sessions with a towel a drink a cap and to watch and if there’s no PR person they’ll often escort them to the media panel press conference yes they have to ensure their driver is fit and
Is at the correct weight that’s important on top of that they’ll often act as security they’ll leas with the Press crew about where or drive driver needs to be and at what time and come track sessions they’ll be either on the 2-way radio or standing next to the car
Waiting for the driver to go out next up Daniel Ricardo he’s partnered with Peru salm from Finland Peru trained Pier gastley for his time at Alpha T and Red Bull last year he started with Nick D but took over training Daniel when Daniel returned midyear now I’ve
Actually trained with pero a couple of years ago for a video there’s a link in the description below next up Yuki Coda he used to work with Daniel Ricardo’s old trainer Michael Italiano that was in 2023 Michael’s now working in the IPL cricket league with the rajastan Royals
So this year Yuki’s teamed up with British coach John Nunan he’s married with three children he’s done a bit too he’s worked with Cirus Cay Chelsea and Everton football clubs in England and the European Golf Tour and he comes to Yuki from a stint working with Frederick vesty who’s the reserve driver for
Mercedes who works with charl lir I hear you cry well it’s Andrea and Andrea Ferrari working for Ferrari did you know that Ferrari is the third most popular surname in Italy he’s been alongside Char since he entered F1 and I often see the pair warming up prior to sessions
And races either skipping rope or kicking a football rout normally behind the hospitality suite given that rert manering has gone to work with Max for stappen who has taken over with color SS that’s 30-year-old Italian Pier Luigi Debona he’s new to F1 certainly stands out in the paddock I met him on the
First day at testing in Bahrain this year and he is a powerful looking lad with an impressive head of hair impeccably styled this is Alex albon’s trainer Patrick Harding he trains boxers and was the lead physio for team GB in Rio and Tokyo where he had to part to
Play in the team winning two gold two silver and a bronze medal after Rio he went to Arsenal and even played GIC football at the top level without doubt Patrick has the thickest beard in the paddock now Logan Sergeant he used to work with Australian trainer Benny
Jacobs but uh Benny’s bowed out and we’ll be working with a handful of other non-fan drivers in the UK replacing him is this man ellias hutan from Finland he’s into CrossFit and he’s competed on a national level in Finland this is his first foray into the world of Formula 1
And he’ll be hoping that Logan continues to improve and has his contract reviewed in 2025 on to Lewis Hamilton now and for all my time in the sport he has worked with Angela Cullen but that Association ended last year she had the highest profile of this group by a mile but
After last year’s first race in Bahrain the pair announced via synchronized insta posts that they’d be parting ways she was replaced by Kylie tomich who’s back with Lewis again this year and where is Kylie from right here in Western Australia Perth to be exact apart from the training and the physical
Side of things Carly also is responsible for making sure that Louis’s welfare fed and hydrated at the track you might have seen this fellow next to George Russell on F1 telecasts this is Al casanovas he grew up near balona took to racing motorcycles at a high level in his 20s
But an injury put paid to that career so he decided to study Sports Sciences at Uni since then he’s worked with motorcycle riders cyclists Runners figure skaters and basketballers but nothing as high profilers working alongside George Russell Al is a top blog with a good sense of humor who
Started with George 2 won the gp3 title with art and this year will be the ninth year of the partnership another one of a trainer’s duties is to ensure that their drivers are properly fed they leas with the kitchen over driver’s meals so what typically does a driver eat at the track
I ask Kimmy’s old trainer Mark Arnold what he would typically eat for breakfast he responded oats chia seeds MCT oil and oat milk for Brey plus he’d add real cinnamon which helped with blood sugar control and metabolism and some Crush nuts for lunch popular option was grilled salmon for protein quinoa
Avocado and a combination of vegetables and Kimmy would take regular Ginger shots daily perhaps I should be eating that next up let me introduce you to Tom Clark estan aon’s trainer is he British of course he is most of the trainers you are going to meet here on this video are
British apart from ensuring estad is fit and physically healthy he’s also responsible for keeping his driver mentally on track and focused most of the trainers I’ve spoken to say they allow their driver a 24 window post race to either celebrate a great event or brood over a poor result but after that
It’s back to work and they call the shots Pier gastley swapped trainers last year when he moved to Alpine he’s now working with Brit Ben Thorne you might have seen Ben’s face in the paddock before that’s because he spent the previous two years with Mick Schumaker and previously a season with Nikita
Mazapan this is a pretty closed industry and most of the trainers you’re meeting here today come from a company called Hiner they have a long history with Motorsport and tend to Prov provide most of the teams with their drivers trainers meet John Melvin he’s worked with Lando
Norris for more than 9 years and that’s John without an H he’s an exercise physiologist a researcher and strength and conditioning coach have you spotted his pioneered athletic performance logo on the back of Lando’s helmet there it is of course John’s fit supremely fit but has it always been the case in his
Teams he was massively overweight he tells me but he changed his ways and look at him now last year we got Australian trainer Kim kle back in the paddock he works with Oscar piastri but previously worked with Roman groon Kim like me is an Australian he’s the
Tallest trainer of the lot hailes from Melbourne and is quite a character and a ladies man so he tells me antie ferer is one of two finnished trainers in the padic the other one being puru who you met earlier and he trains finish driver valri botas apart from ensuring valter
Strength and fitness he also looks after some of the commercial activities for valry like Val’s recent watch collaboration and speaking of collaborations there are are still some of the signed vry bot has prints available you can get on to kimil man.com go to my shop and find those
Available for delivery to most countries around the world Val’s teammate is Joe guu and his trainer is osteopath Mato ory who used to be a physiotherapist with Ferrari going back a couple of decades ago there’s a handful of drivers left so next we’ll go to Lance stroll huh he
Works with the Brit Henry how Henry started working with Lance in 2021 he took over from niiko hulkenberg’s trainer Martin P who did one year with Lance in 2020 the co year Henry and Lance have a great relationship despite that incident in Kata last year when he
Appeared to push his trainer after qual and like zogan news trainer Henry is also an osteopath next up two drivers with two trainers each starting with Danish driver Kevin Magnuson Thomas Jorgenson and Nikolai Madson are two that work with Kevin Thomas has been with Kevin since he started F1 with
Nikolai joining him in 2020 22 and both of those gentlemen are Danish like Kevin the oldest driver in the field Fernando Alonzo has two trainers has done for all of the time that I’ve known him this is Eduardo bendinelli and this is Fabrizio Bora the pair share the training role
I’m guessing about 50/50 and the final trainer in this group is British trainer Martin P Martin worked with niiko hulkenberg from 2016 to 2019 then he moved to Aston Martin in 2020 train with stroll in 2021 sat out 2022 and return to work with Niko at har in 2023 this
Year he’s by his side again and what do these trainers actually do at the track well it’s a variety of activities and it will span setting up the driver’s room on a Thursday with their B clavers gloves race suits shoes socks fireproof underwear helmets and hands devices they
Organize the meals for their drivers from the team kitchen accompany them in the garage get them to and from the track often driving the car for them Road car and virtually do everything needed to ensure that their driver focuses on the actual task of driving on
Track well next time you spot one of these people on the TV broadcast you’ll know a little bit more about them if you’ve enjoyed this video please hit the like button and about half of you for some reason have not subscribed here’s your opportunity to remedy that and over
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Here from Kenya
Carlos' trainer looks like a mafia man
Thank you Kym.
cheers for another good video, just some honest feedback though – i had to unsubscribe because your post-race videos were giving me spoilers in my notifications…. you know how hard it living down under and trying to avoid spoilers on monday morning!
Bro, your videos are gold.
The correct title is, ‘Performance Coach’ 😊 Anyone travelling with drivers ideally are Physiotherapists or Sports Therapists. They have dual qualifications in strength & conditioning and therapy ideally. Therapy is the most important expertise at the track – with strength & conditioning away from the track to focus on athletic development. All Performance Coaches work with Sports Nutritionists, Sports Scientists and Sports Psychologists to strategise throughout the season/off season preparation. The Performance Coach is a conduit of the most up-to-date scientific research and literature – to help best prepare the drivers for race weekends and optimise recovery between events. This is especially important to ensure drivers can manage the almost impossible thermoregulatory challenges in the high heat/humidity races like Singapore (50 degree cockpit temperatures)…. Blah blah blah… 😅
2:09 Michael Is In India!!?
Rupert still hurts 😢😢
Hot man Carlos got a hot coach. And of course Pierluigi has magnificent style of hair)
Johhhhon!!! What a good looking man!
Xavi hermano ya eres Méxicano… de Castelldefels, Cataluña
Why did the red love heart carpets appear behind you @ 4:56 ?
Why did Rupert joined Max’s team? Money?
I really did think do I want to use my time looking at training shoes on this vlog. Give me a few years and I will catch up.
Are the trainers employed by the drivers or the team?
Charles, Daniel, Carlos + 2024 = 🏆🏆🏆
Brilliant video
Bravo on the pronunciation of Valtteri's name. I think he would approve!
Hello Kym, i enjoy your post, i think checos trainers are from Spain!
Hintsa name ofc the name of the famous F1 doctor, Aki Hintsa. Did a lot more than F1 though. His book is amazing.
Lewis is getting girls
😂
Thanks Kym.
Javi Checos trainer is not Mexican!! He’s from Spain 🇪🇸
So glad to have met and taken a picture with Michael Italiano last year in Austin. Such a nice guy.
does the Ferrari dude in the thumb looks like a young Kim or is it just me.
Ahhhh…Thanks Kym!😉
I saw the title of this video and thought it was about shoes 🤣🤣🤣
On average how much do these trainers earn ??
Who pays them ??
Xavi is Mexican in heart…Spaniard by birth
Last year Logan's trainer said he felt like his "surrogate dad." So much for that huh.
Oldest driver also has the oldest trainers.
incorrect dude, xavi martos is not a mexican he is spanish I know you have not hair but you should have brain please use it hahaha
Does the driver or the team pay for the trainer?
Another great YT video Kym. 👌🏽👍🏽
0:57 Xavi Martos is from Spain
Kym; if you can get signed autograph prints of Max, I will mortgage my house for every single one of them! Cheers!
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