Mercedes using psycholigist

Mercedes have been the front-runners in Formula 1 over the last 5 years but even then they still strive to be better and have employed psychologists and medical staff in order to keep the team on top.

With the competition constantly closing in, the German team are finding new ways to keep in front has revealed that it’s not a motivation matter but more of a physical.

“I don’t think complacency was ever a factor within our team, because the group is very motivated and we set objectives together that we are passionate about,” explained Wolff.

“It is more about how can you maintain those levels of energy.

“Sometimes a level of energy can become unhealthy and that is an area that we are putting a lot of effort into in order to be able to continuously perform at these levels.”

Wolff also felt that it was vital that everyone is included, from the staff at the factory to the engineers working at the Grand Prix’s.

“In a modern advanced organisation like a sports team that is travelling to 21 grands prix every year, you need to be aware that the humans are your key resource,” he said.

“It is not about the one that talks [to the media] and speaks to the car, or the one that sits in the car. It is the 1800 that sit in the background and have to perform every single day and have to be better than the opposite number in the other team. We have to look after them and us.”