Hello everybody and welcome back to the Jack Threlfall Show! This week we are joined by Williams Performance Engineer Tom Chamberlain. Tom is currently studying an engineering Masters at Bath Univeristy and for his placement in industry he spent a year with the Williams F1 Team working primarily on Pit Lane Performance and Analytics. We chatted about his passion for F1, his advice for people applying for similar positions as well as the upcoming USA Grand Prix. A full list of timestamps and topics can be found below!

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro and Tom's Role in Racing 

2:23 - First Day at the Factory

4:10 - Why Formula 1?

6:30 - Jost Capito as a leader

7:58 - Tom's First F1 Session (Belgium 2021)

10:50 - Application Process and Advice

14:43 - Back to Belgium

17:35 - Working directly with the Drivers (Latifi and Albon)

19:15 - Variables in Pit Lane Performance

24:44 - F1 from a Trackside perspective

27:20 - The impact of the 2022 Regulations

31:33 - Working with the Pit Crew

35:20 - Cost Cap Chat

40:30 - Team Rivalries

43:33 - How Tom watches F1 now

47:48 - US GP Race + Pit Lane Analysis

54:33 - Looking to 2023

58:35 - The Second Williams Seat and Logan Seargant

1:03:25 - Outro and Thank Yous

Links:

Tom: 

https://www.instagram.com/tomdchamberlain/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-chamberlain-tc847/

Me:

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