Tom Stallard: Piastris Olympic-medallist race engineer
Tom Stallard, Oscar Piastri\u2019s race engineer and McLaren\u2019s Director of Human Performance, is a man of many talents.\n
\nAs a professional rower, he won an Olympic silver medal and became World Champion. As an engineer in Formula 1, he\u2019s won races with some of the sport\u2019s most talented drivers and has played a huge part in McLaren\u2019s transformation into title contenders.\n
\nSo why did Tom make such a big career change and how does working in F1 compare to rowing?\n
\nSpeaking to Tom Clarkson at McLaren\u2019s headquarters, Stallard talks about his gruelling fitness regime as an Olympic rower, what a race engineer\u2019s relationship with their driver is all about, working with the likes of Jenson Button, Daniel Ricciardo and Carlos Sainz, how Oscar Piastri is galvanising the team now, and much more.
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