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Brad Scanes
High Performance
Resilience
Effective Leadership
Equip your leaders and teams to perform under pressure with Brad Scanes, former performance coach to Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen. Brad draws on 14 years working in F1 and with multiple Olympic gold-medal-winning athletes to give organisations practical tools for resilience, high performance, and navigating change.
Formula One
Motorsport
Sports Leadership
Personal Trainer
Business Consulting
Psychology
Mindset
Professional Development
Personal Development
Personal Wellbeing
Sport
Healthcare
Brad Scanes is a high-performance coach and physiotherapist known for shaping performance for championship-winning athletes, including Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen. He translates elite sport performance systems into practical strategies for leaders and teams operating under pressure.
With a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science and an MSc in Physiotherapy, Brad began his career in the NHS before moving into elite sport. Over 14 years, he has worked with athletes across gymnastics, cycling, boxing, and UFC, including supporting Team GB gymnastics and helping Max Whitlock achieve Olympic and World Championship gold.
From 2019 to 2024, Brad served as Max Verstappen's performance coach, overseeing physical conditioning, recovery, nutrition, and mental preparation during one of Formula One’s most competitive eras. His work contributed to multiple race victories and a World Championship title, demonstrating his ability to deliver results in extreme environments. He has since expanded into global motorsport, consulting across major racing series in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East.
Brad translates the science and systems behind elite performance into tools that work in boardrooms, leadership teams, and high-growth organisations. His approach blends physiology, psychology, and structured performance systems, focusing on marginal gains, resilience, and adaptability. Drawing on real-world experience from elite sport, he equips organisations to manage pressure, improve decision making, and sustain performance over time.
Audiences leave with a practical framework for building mental resilience under pressure, specific strategies for managing stress and sleep, and a clearer understanding of how high-performing teams communicate, adapt to change, and maintain standards over time.
Book Brad Scanes to bring the science of world-class performance to your team in a way that is immediately applicable.
Topics, sessions and talks
Brad Scanes delves into the science of optimising human performance, drawing on his expertise in physiotherapy and elite sports training. He explores how athletes can push their limits while balancing training, recovery, and mental resilience. From the physiological demands of high-intensity competition to the strategies that prevent burnout and maximise longevity, he shares practical insights applicable across disciplines. Audiences gain a deeper understanding of how marginal gains and a data-driven approach can unlock peak performance.
Having worked with world champions, Brad Scanes understands what it takes to cultivate a winning mindset. He breaks down the psychological and physiological factors that drive motivation, focus, and resilience under pressure. With stories from elite-level sport, he reveals the methods used to develop mental toughness, recover from setbacks, and sustain high performance. Attendees gain valuable lessons on goal-setting, self-discipline, and the mindset shifts that separate the best from the rest.
The physical and cognitive demands of motorsport push athletes to the edge, requiring extraordinary endurance, precision, and reaction speed. Brad Scanes unpacks the unique physiological challenges faced by elite drivers, from withstanding extreme G-forces to maintaining peak concentration during intense, high-speed competition. Drawing on his experience in motorsport performance, he shares how tailored training, nutrition, and recovery strategies help drivers perform at their best when it matters most.
Success in high-performance environments depends on more than individual talent - it’s about leadership, teamwork, and handling pressure. Brad Scanes shares lessons from working with elite athletes, coaches, and teams operating in high-stakes conditions. He examines how collaboration, trust, and adaptability drive sustained excellence, drawing parallels between sport and business. With engaging insights from the world of professional competition, he offers practical takeaways on leading under pressure and building resilient, high-performing teams.
Brad Scanes will discuss the importance of executing flawlessly, not just excelling in training. He will share techniques for sustaining peak performance and effectively coping with change and setbacks. Attendees will learn how to apply these strategies in both their professional and personal lives to ensure consistent execution and success.
Brad’s success as a performance consultant for elite athletes like Max Verstappen and Max Whitlock gives him firsthand authority that resonates immediately with business audiences. His keynotes go well beyond inspiration, delivering concrete tools around resilience, recovery, and team culture that organisations can apply directly.
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Brad Scanes structures his sessions around case studies drawn from his direct work with elite athletes, using these as the basis for a framework that translates physiological and psychological performance principles into practical tools for non-sporting audiences.
Brad Scanes speaks on optimising human performance, winning mindset and resilience, and the physiology of motorsport. He served as performance coach to Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen from 2019 to 2024, and previously supported Max Whitlock through Olympic and World Championship gold medals in gymnastics.
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