Kevin Magnussen

PlanetF1 spoke to one of Kevin Magnussen's physios about the challenges of getting a driver ready for F1 in under a week.

The result of this hard work was a P5 finish in Magnussen’s first race back in the series, but the hard work did not stop there. There are a lot of headaches and a lot of bad rotation in the neck.” “It’s a hard question,” Madsen replied when asked how highly he would rank the fitness of F1 drivers in comparison to other sports. “We try to imitate the way he is sitting in the car. “Thomas was in Saudi Arabia with Kevin and he texted me a picture of Kevin with tape all over his neck and head. “But of course, other athletes are using other muscles. “I have worked with football players and athletes, but it’s on a different level. So they are laughing a lot.” “F1 drivers don’t have the injuries football players have,” Madsen said. He was in okay shape but it’s so different from other racing.” I was just like ‘okay, we need to train Kevin hard, but not too hard because he’s getting in the car’. It was hard to find the balance. It was so hard.”