Racing Fitness

Being a racing driver is not easy. When you think about racing, most people automatically imagine a glamorous sport where drivers are fuelled by adrenaline. Images of wheel to wheel racing, courageous overtaking and spectacular crashes come to mind. However, what most people do not realize is that these drivers have to put up with intense physical demands that even an athlete would not face. Let us take a look at what happens behind the scenes, and how drivers prepare themselves physically.

Imagine driving the fastest cars on earth, imagine the strain this puts on your body. Fitter than football players and leaner than athletes: racing car drivers possess the most finely tuned bodies on earth. Medical studies consent. During a race a driver must remain calm, focused and in constant communication with the technical team whilst perfectly manoeuvring a highly complex vehicle around and unfamiliar track alongside competitors, travelling at speeds up to 300 kilometres/hour.

Interview with Yvan Muller – WTCC World Champion

Yvan is a veteran when it comes to racing. Spending time as a Formula 3 driver in the early stages of his career, he has found more success after the switch to touring car racing. The World Touring Car Champion took some time out for an interview with Global Racing Schools. We wanted to know everything about how he got to where he is and here was what he had to say.

Question: Yvan, you have achieved almost everything there is to achieve in Touring car racing. Being the BTCC, WTCC Champion and several 2nd places. What are your future goals?

WTCC is widely considered the pinnacle of Touring car racing. And I am just glad that at this point, I’m able to maintain my level of racing. The important part for me is that I’m still competitive enough to be fighting for the championship this season. So my future goal is to stay at this level as long as possible. The longer the better.

Team Velocità Xtreme – Professional Race Coaching

Introduction

Team Velocità Xtreme was created to offer the highest level of race training to you. This team comprises of the best drivers in the motorsport industry. They are able to translate their experience and knowledge to you.

Team Velocità Xtreme was set up to help competitive racers that are looking to find the critical few milliseconds in their lap times, to bring them from a mid pack runner to a race winner. Racing is not a cheap sport and the more seasons you join with average results, the lesser chance you’ll get to impress your sponsors and the less funding you’ll be receiving to carry on your career.

Many drivers seem to forget that once you acquire good results, sponsors come to you. No more grueling searches for funding, if you’re already a race champion that shows potential. The way to do it is to accelerate your learning curve by ensuring that the best trainers in the industry are under your training agenda to support you.

To maximize your budget and also to ensure that you get the most of  your training, we recommend that you know about the following before your training session.