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 has 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.

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<div>Tom Stallard, Oscar Piastri’s race engineer and McLaren’s Director of Human Performance, is a man of many talents.</div>
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<div>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 has played a huge part in McLaren’s transformation into title contenders.</div>
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<div>So why did Tom make such a big career change and how does working in F1 compare to rowing?</div>
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<div>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.<br>
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<strong>More official F1 Podcasts</strong>
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<li><a href="http://www.podfollow.com/f1-nation">F1 Nation - Grand Prix reviews and previews from inside the F1 paddock</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.podfollow.com/f1-explains">F1 Explains - answering your questions about Formula 1</a></li>
</ul>
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<br>
<strong>Be there when the 2024 F1 World Champion is crowned</strong><br>
<a href="https://tickets.formula1.com/">Get tickets for Austin, Mexico City, Las Vegas, the rest of 2024 and early 2025 at tickets.formula1.com</a><br>
<br>
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<strong>This episode is sponsored by: </strong><br>
<br>
<strong>Indeed:</strong> get a seventy-five dollar sponsored job credit to get your jobs more visibility at <a href="http://indeed.com/GRID">indeed.com/GRID</a><br>
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<strong>Vanta: </strong>our audience gets a special offer of $1,000 off at <a href="http://vanta.com/GRID">vanta.com/GRID</a>
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