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Pitlane Life Lessons Podcast

Formula 1 is the pinnacle of motorsport. But what lessons can the elite world of F1 racing teach us to get the best out of ourselves?


To live life to the max, enjoy success and thrive. 


Join host Marc Priestley (@f1elvis), a former key member of the McLaren Formula One Team, working alongside Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso as he delves deep into the lessons that Formula 1 can teach us about our own lives.


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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
56 minutes
Episodes
82
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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Ex-McLaren Engineer Reflects On Working With Ron Dennis:

Ex-McLaren Engineer Reflects On Working With Ron Dennis: "A Lot Of People Were Moaning" | EP61

Welcome back to the brand new season of the Pitlane Life Lessons Podcast! In today's episode, Marc discusses the reasons behind Mercedes recent ground effect struggles, the importance of self critiqu…

00:44:58  |   Wed 07 Aug 2024
EP60 - The F1 Argument For & Against Practice

EP60 - The F1 Argument For & Against Practice

In this week's episode, the last of Season 6, we explore the dilemma that F1 teams face, just like many of us, in deciding when we're prepared enough, as close to perfection as can be, versus the alt…

00:57:12  |   Mon 03 Apr 2023
EP59 - Chasing F1 Perfection & Racing Driver Relationships

EP59 - Chasing F1 Perfection & Racing Driver Relationships

This week, I'm looking at the way F1 teams manage the relationships between drivers, particularly when things get tense in the heat of a championship and what we can learn from it. Plus, With Red Bul…

00:57:33  |   Mon 27 Mar 2023
EP58 - Learn To Be A Better Listener Through F1

EP58 - Learn To Be A Better Listener Through F1

This week, I'm sharing some of the skills of being a good communicator that F1 teams use to debrief drivers , to help you form and grow strong relationships in business and personal life. Enjoy.


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01:00:17  |   Mon 20 Mar 2023
EP57 - Using F1 Strategy In Your Life

EP57 - Using F1 Strategy In Your Life

Sometimes even the best laid plans don't quite work out as we expect and that even happens to F1 teams. But when it does go that way, what do those F1 teams do about it? Thinking about strategy and h…

01:01:56  |   Mon 13 Mar 2023
EP56 - How Understanding McLaren's F1 Problems Could Help Us all

EP56 - How Understanding McLaren's F1 Problems Could Help Us all

This week, I'm looking at the way an F1 team like McLaren gets to the root cause of its car problems to find a fix, rather than simply just treating the symptoms that show up on the surface and how w…

00:53:13  |   Mon 06 Mar 2023
EP55 - The Power Of Understanding F1 Body Language

EP55 - The Power Of Understanding F1 Body Language

This week, we look at F1 testing and I share some insights into what we can learn from understanding the body language and other layers of communication that lie behind the official press releases an…

00:54:53  |   Mon 27 Feb 2023
EP54 - Overcoming Nerves & How To Get What You Want In Life

EP54 - Overcoming Nerves & How To Get What You Want In Life

In this week's episode I've got some useful tips for getting closer to whatever you want out of life. I'm looking at F1 race strategy as a model for building your own strategy for navigating the path…

01:00:35  |   Mon 20 Feb 2023
EP53 - How To Bring The Right People Into Your Life

EP53 - How To Bring The Right People Into Your Life

This week, I'm looking at how we bring the right people into our businesses and lives to help us achieve success and I propose a radical take on the traditional recruitment process that we could all …

00:56:10  |   Mon 13 Feb 2023
EP52 - Making The Right Choices & Managing Time More Effectively

EP52 - Making The Right Choices & Managing Time More Effectively

This week I'm looking to the world of F1 to help us to become more intentional about the many decisions we make every day that feed into the success or failure we see further down the line. Plus, as …

00:57:06  |   Mon 06 Feb 2023
EP51 - How To Create A New Positive Habit

EP51 - How To Create A New Positive Habit

In this episode, the first of Season 6, we look at why most new year resolutions fail and how we can learn from the way F1 teams go about forming new habits and processes that last.


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01:00:15  |   Mon 30 Jan 2023
EP50 - Perform At A Higher Level Everyday With F1 Techniques

EP50 - Perform At A Higher Level Everyday With F1 Techniques

In this final episode of Season 5 I'm looking at the topic of recovery, both at the end of a long gruelling F1 season, but also every single day of our busy and stressful lives. We also take a closer…

00:56:32  |   Mon 21 Nov 2022
EP49 - Creating Your Own F1 Data Analysis

EP49 - Creating Your Own F1 Data Analysis

This week I'm passing on something I learned at McLaren in 2007, which led to winning the F1 World Championship in 2008 with Lewis Hamilton and how the same thing continues to help me every day and c…

00:59:42  |   Mon 14 Nov 2022
EP48 - The ROI Of Looking After Your Team

EP48 - The ROI Of Looking After Your Team

In this week's episode, after a personal experience myself, I'm appreciating the benefits of putting some care and attention into the needs of your team. Plus, two words uttered by Sebastian Vettel t…

01:00:16  |   Mon 07 Nov 2022
EP47 - Winning By Being Kind

EP47 - Winning By Being Kind

In this week's episode I'm asking is it possible that we can utilise kindness to become one of our biggest strengths and if we want to win in sport, business, or life in general, could, or even shoul…

00:58:34  |   Mon 31 Oct 2022
EP46 - How To Find & Embrace Your True Identity

EP46 - How To Find & Embrace Your True Identity

In this week's episode I'm looking at how brands and businesses harness their individual identities to drive sales and keep customers and clients coming back and asking, "why can't we do the same?". …

00:59:15  |   Mon 24 Oct 2022
EP45 - Turning Mental Health Into A Performance Advantage

EP45 - Turning Mental Health Into A Performance Advantage

In this week's episode, I'm helping a listener to decide whether to take her dream job in F1 and after World Mental Health Day, does the advice we give sufferers offer key performance advantages to u…

00:56:49  |   Mon 17 Oct 2022
EP44 - Managing Money & Disappointment Like An F1 Team

EP44 - Managing Money & Disappointment Like An F1 Team

In the week when Max Verstappen becomes F1 World Champion for the second time, I'm asking what do the other drivers now do, with many races still to go, yet zero possibility of reaching their goal of…

01:02:52  |   Mon 10 Oct 2022
EP43 - Think Like An F1 Team When Making Big Decisions

EP43 - Think Like An F1 Team When Making Big Decisions

This week I'm looking at the example of Red Bull's very difficult call to box Max Verstappen from an almost certain pole position at the Singapore Grand Prix and asking how they came to that tricky c…

00:59:05  |   Mon 03 Oct 2022
EP42 - Making The Perfect F1 Cake

EP42 - Making The Perfect F1 Cake

This week, we look at F1's focus on creating the right image and giving offf the right impression to clients and ask how can we do the same to get us closer to the success we want? Plus, if F1 teams …

01:02:09  |   Mon 26 Sep 2022
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