How to Drive High Performance: Insights from a Top Formula One Coach | Patrick Harding

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

Dr. Michael Gervais

Sport Psychology, Finding Mastery, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Business, Self Help, Michael Gervais, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Psychology, Self-improvement, Education

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Formula One racing may seem like a 'sit-down' sport to some, but the reality is that race car drivers are anything but sedentary. World-class F1 auto racing pushes the limits of human endurance, focus, reaction time, and risk – requiring competitors to face incredibly intense physical and mental challenges.

In the open cockpit of a Formula One car, drivers (or “pilots” as they are often known) must maintain razor-sharp concentration at speeds approaching 220 miles per hour and withstand G-forces rivaling those experienced by astronauts during launch. And they do it all on top of a grueling global 30-week-per-year international travel schedule.

Driver performance is as crucial as vehicle engineering. And to reach sustained superior performance, Formula One athletes often work with coaches who guide them to excel both on and off the course.

In this episode, we sit down with a dear friend of mine, Patrick Harding, a distinguished performance coach for Formula One Racer Alex Albon.

Patrick’s extensive background in physiotherapy, strength and conditioning, and performance coaching makes him an invaluable asset to champions. With more than 12 years’ experience in elite sports, including professional rugby, Australian Rules Football, Team Great Britain’s most successful Olympic Canoeing squad, plus a personal interest in boxing, Patrick's expertise is significant.

In this conversation, we discuss how to create a high-performance environment for athletes, the strategy behind mental and physical preparation, and why the journey of self-discovery is an essential component of mastery.

Patrick also shares insights from his personal journey, the lessons he's learned along the way, and how he helps athletes understand themselves and find joy in the process. His story is a testament to the power of dedication and the transformative potential of performance coaching.

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0:00.0	What the I think mastery is? For me it's dedicating yourself to a journey and doing it with joy,
0:06.0	doing it with love, doing it with passion in spite of the sacrifices.
0:11.0	So knowing that that journey is difficult and the likelihood of success
0:15.1	maybe 1%, but you're still dedicating yourself to that. That's the journey I'm on. Or welcome to The Finding Mastery Podcast.
0:32.8	I am your host Dr. Michael Jervay,
0:35.1	by trade and training a high performance psychologist.
0:38.3	Okay.
0:39.3	Formula One racing may seem like a sit-down sport to some.
0:44.2	But the reality is that race car drivers are anything but sedentary.
0:48.9	World-class F1 auto racing pushes the limits of human endurance and focus and
0:55.4	reaction time and risk it is flat out full on and it's requiring competitors to face incredibly intense physical mental challenges.
1:05.0	Now in the open cockpit of a Formula One car, drivers or pilots, as they're often
1:11.6	known as must maintain
1:13.8	must maintain razor sharp concentration at speeds approaching
1:18.0	220 miles an hour jamming on the brakes down shifting all the way to like
1:22.3	40 50 miles an hour. That type of g-foursed and
1:26.9	tension in the system is incredible. It rivals those that are experienced by astronauts during launch.
1:34.0	And they do it all on top of a grueling global 30-week per year international travel schedule.
1:41.0	High-performing athletes athletes flat out.
1:44.2	Driver performance is as crucial as vehicle engineering.
1:48.1	Now the tension between those two, it's real now.
1:51.0	You got the engineers, you got the drivers trying to figure out how to
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