KUORTANE SPORTS INSTITUTE AND VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES
JOIN FORCES
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes and the Kuortane Sports Institute
are pleased to announce a new partnership. The partnership
will see the Kuortane Sports Institute supporting the McLaren
Human Performance Programme, which has been designed to take
a scientific approach to driver preparation.
The Kuortane Sports Institute is an international training
and coaching centre located in the west of Finland. The partnership
will see the Kuortane Sports Institute conducting physical
performance tests as well physical and medical examinations
and providing professional consultations related to human
performance improvement with the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
drivers and members of the race and test teams.
In early January 2007, the partnership began in earnest
when the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers, as well as a number
of their race team colleagues , spent a week at the Kuortane
Sports Institute taking part in a number of seminars as well
as general physical training and team work development.
"Our agreement is a very important step in the development
and promotion of the Kuortane Sports Institute’s global
physical training and evaluation services," said Tapio
Korjus, Manager of the High Performance Training Centre at
the Kuortane Sports Institute. "Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
wants to be the best and as a result the team is leading the
way with its comprehensive human performance training programme.
The Kuortane Sports Institute is extremely proud that a top
Formula 1 team like Vodafone McLaren Mercedes has chosen the
Kuortane Sports Institute as its partner in assessing and
developing the physical performances of its drivers and the
team. The Kuortane Sports Institute will make the utmost effort
to ensure the success of the McLaren Human Performance Programme."
"We are pleased to be working with the Kuortane Sports
Institute in taking a more scientific approach to our current
fitness and wellbeing programme," said Martin Whitmarsh,
CEO of Formula 1 for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team. "The
physical demands of driving a modern Formula 1 car mean that
the drivers have to possess the highest level of human performance
– the same as other world class athletes. The Vodafone
McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 cars are designed and built using
a scientific approach to obtain data to understand and rectify
any weaknesses. The fitness of a driver or a member of the
team can be a very influential variable on our overall racing
performance, so together with the Kuortane Sports Institute,
we have developed a scientific approach to assessing physical
performance to pinpoint any possible weaknesses and then to
work on improving these areas. Both the team and the Kuortane
Sports Institute are looking forward to a successful future
working together."
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