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I spoke to someone from McLaren not too long ago and if I remember correctly they plan their whole logistics such that the driver at the time of the race is in

I spoke to someone from McLaren not too long ago and if I remember correctly they plan their whole logistics such that the driver at the time of the race is in an optimal point in their circadian rhythm. McLaren (and others) realised some years ago that considerable gains could also be had from improving human performance.

BlackVanilla 6y ago
Do you know if they do this for their non-drivers? Imagine if they did this with strategists, pit-stop crew etc.? I bet it's not just athletic performance which is impacted, but cognitive performance too. If you or your friend at McLaren have any insight about F1, please do email me (address is in my profile), I'm considering a career in it! My email is: hnblackvanilla@gmail.com
- InitialLastName 6y ago
  In Singapore, where the race is held at local nighttime but at a normal time for Europe, everybody (other than, IIRC, some of the media/marketing folks) stays on UK time. I've heard some strange stories about trying to find dinner at 4AM.
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- Pyramus 6y ago
  I don't know if they do but they are definitely aware of it. With performance I meant both athletic and cognitive performance. I would even say the link between circadian rhythm and cognitive performance is much more obvious than with physical performance. E.g. car accidents peak at the circadian low, alertness moves in parallel with the circadian rhythm etc. I don't know anyone in particular from the racing team I'm afraid. Being the fantastic engineers that they are, they did a lot of work around optimising human performance (they were very secretive with specifics, this was one of the few concrete examples). At the time they had a team that tried to package some of this know-how into products/services and bring to market. I was working in employee health which was one of their target areas.

BlackVanilla 6y ago

Do you know if they do this for their non-drivers? Imagine if they did this with strategists, pit-stop crew etc.? I bet it's not just athletic performance which is impacted, but cognitive performance too. If you or your friend at McLaren have any insight about F1, please do email me (address is in my profile), I'm considering a career in it! My email is: hnblackvanilla@gmail.com

InitialLastName 6y ago
In Singapore, where the race is held at local nighttime but at a normal time for Europe, everybody (other than, IIRC, some of the media/marketing folks) stays on UK time. I've heard some strange stories about trying to find dinner at 4AM.
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Pyramus 6y ago
I don't know if they do but they are definitely aware of it. With performance I meant both athletic and cognitive performance. I would even say the link between circadian rhythm and cognitive performance is much more obvious than with physical performance. E.g. car accidents peak at the circadian low, alertness moves in parallel with the circadian rhythm etc. I don't know anyone in particular from the racing team I'm afraid. Being the fantastic engineers that they are, they did a lot of work around optimising human performance (they were very secretive with specifics, this was one of the few concrete examples). At the time they had a team that tried to package some of this know-how into products/services and bring to market. I was working in employee health which was one of their target areas.