Tom Stallard, Oscar Piastri’s race engineer and McLaren’s Director of Human Performance, is a man of many talents.

As a professional rower, he won an Olympic silver medal and became World Champion. As an engineer in Formula 1, he’s won races with some of the sport’s most talented drivers and played a huge part in McLaren’s transformation into title contenders.

So why did Tom make such a big career change and how does working in F1 compare to rowing?

Speaking to Tom Clarkson at McLaren’s headquarters, Stallard talks about his gruelling fitness regime as an Olympic rower, what a race engineer’s 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.

07:28 – Will McLaren prioritise ’25 or ’26?
14:23 – Was Stallard fitter than Piastri?
23:23 – Why he swapped rowing for F1
43:15 – Is Oscar a future World Champion?
51:38 – What Williams can expect from Sainz

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