Antti Vierula💛 was the personal trainer to Hamilton and now 🍬works alongside Valtteri Bottas.

He sculpted physical and mental training regimes around Hamilton’s needs in🤡 2011 and 2012 to build the resilience, speed, and stamina whꦉich has resulted in a joint-record seven F1 championships.

“You try and get the best out of the time you have, and that's the case for training🍒 any athlete,” Vierula told about working with Hamilton. 

“The racing schedule is so demand🍨ing, and the biggest challenge is weaving training into that schedule. 

“The♐ training can't hurt the athlete or stress them too much. Training also can't deplete the energy ꦦlevels.

“Yo𒐪u learn a lot about th﷽e athletes you're training as you spend time with them. 

“The coach has to adapt trainin🃏g to the specifics of t🉐he individual, but that's something you naturally learn as time goes on.”

The🌊 fitness of F1 drivers has come under the microscope recently after the hot ಌconditions during the Qatar Grand Prix.

Many drivers were criticaﷺl of the heat and insisted it was🧜 over the limit.

''The Qatar heat is extreme, but heat tolerance is an individual 🐼thing,” Vierula explained. 

“Some people cope better than others. You can train at the hottest time of the day or you can increase youꦑr clothing to replicate the heat, bu🌸t hydration is the key thing. 

“You need to develop a hydratio♕n plan in the build-up to the race! 

“We try not to have too much fluid i🉐n ♌the car, as that'll increase the weight. 

🅺“We take the maximum amount we can, and then have an electrolyte-filled drink ready to go for during and after the race.

 ''I'd say Qatar is the hardest track I have ever had to prepare a driver for, but that's due to the 𝔍conditions, and not the track layout. It's hardcore.

''♔Both the heat and humidity are intense. The wind died off a bit towards the end of the race, and that further increased the humidity. 

“The air doesn't flow into the cockpit, of cour﷽se, as it has more important places to go! It can reach 55c in the cockpit, and when you follow the car closely, you get hot air ♐in your face. It's horrible.” 

💞The Mexico City Grand Prix presents a unique challenge🃏 in terms of the altitude.

''We noticed the altitude in the first few days,” Vierula said about his role with Alfa Romeo🌱 driver Bottas. 

“You always do when you go to Mexico for a sporting event! You'll ♊feel a bit out of breath and your heart rate might go a bit higher than it usually would. 

“Some people may feel he🐲adaches or dizziness as it's 2ཧ,240 meters above sea level!

“You'l🌄l have less oxygen into your system and you can feel it a bit. It does, however, level down quite quickly.” 

What are the most demanding tracks in F1?

''I'd say the hardest tracks are the ones with hi🙈gh-speed corners,” he saidꦍ. 

“There's a lot of braking involved, and those kinds of tracks arꦚe the most demandin♛g.

“I’d say Suzuka is the hardest for the neck, the high speed corners give drivers a lot of work.&nbs🍬p;

“Also Hungaroring is ✅physically demanding, not m🤪any straights really, always turning somewhere. 

“Monaco and Singapore are tough as well, there are a lot of corners and not really any straight lines to rest. It requires a hꦜigh level of focus all the time.”