Three British racers attended Alpine’s Rac(H)er Programme at Canterbury Christ Church University’s SportsLab.

The test and training camp took place on May 28-29 with Rac(H)er drivers Lisa Billard (14, France), Lizzy Mentier (14, UK), Angelina Proenca (14, UK) and Sukhmani Khera (12, UK) attending.

As part of the camp, the drivers participated in various test and training sessions focused on performance profiling, strength and conditioning, and endurance and power training, as well as activities aimed at improving their team building, problem solving and cognitive skills. 

Dan Stretch, SportsLab Manager at Canterbury Christ Church University: “It has been an absolute delight having the Alpine Rac(H)er team visit us at SportsLab, where we have been working with the girls to help improve their performance across a number of different areas of sport science.”

Over the two days, the Rac(H)er drivers also took part in two expert-led workshops. Senior Consultant at SportsLab, Beatriz Pastora Linares led a nutrition workshop on energy and hydration, as well as a session discussing the impact of the menstrual cycle on training and performance.

Dave Thompson, Head of Human Performance at BWT Alpine F1 Team: “Immersing our Rac(H)er drivers into another professional athletic setting with CCCU SportsLab was a fantastic opportunity for the Programme and its athletes.

“The event allowed us to undertake athletic profiling, introduce them to other professional training strategies, and provide them with educational workshops in various areas of professional sport, all with the aim to help equip our drivers and provide support to further their knowledge and empower their own individual performances.

“They can now take everything they learned to use in their training, preparation, and completion elements.”

Whilst, Dr. Katie Dray, Performance Coach at SportsLab and Senior Lecturer at CCCU led a sports psychology session, which focused on confidence building and successful mindset. 
 
The training camp ran as a continuation of the Rac(H)er Programme’s testing which has seen its drivers provided with physical, physiological, and mental testing and training to aid in their develop both on and off-track.