How Do You Fight Jet Lag? Formula 1 Teams Have Their Ways.

Then it’s off to the following race in Japan, which begins at 2 p.m. They’re the primary two of six occasions that embrace the US, Mexico, Brazil and Abu Dhabi, interspersed by journeys dwelling to Europe.

“They’ll need to be fairly resilient,” Fisher-Atack stated of the groups. “There’s no time period to regulate.”

Consultants stated they believed touring east was a higher problem than west.

“You’re shortening the day, so that you’re having to advance your physique clock,” Malvern stated. “West, you’re elongating days — and it’s additionally barely simpler to entertain your self staying up late.” That’s notably helpful in a sport equivalent to Formulation 1, the place personnel journey in teams, which means socializing is a jet lag tactic.

“For me the only — and never at all times probably the most sensible — goes out as early as you possibly can, not only for time, however the local weather,” Nicholas Latifi, who drives for Williams, stated about touring to a race. “I at all times discover it harder going east and far simpler west; west you simply stand up early, however east you possibly can’t sleep within the night time and need to go to mattress in the midst of the day.”

There may be additionally the influence of a lot flying.

“Journey fatigue is a comparatively new phenomenon that we see each day, nevertheless it’s not backed by analysis but,” Fisher-Atack stated. “That’s the buildup of plenty of journey: That you could be not be affected by jet lag, however the precise bodily exercise of touring will improve the extent of fatigue.”

Certainly, groups will spend about 10 full days, or 240 hours, in planes yearly, crisscrossing a number of time zones.

“It’s a part of competing in a worldwide sport,” Malvern stated. “It’s the identical for everybody, so it’s a part of the dedication to being aggressive. It is a chance to have a bonus — in the event you sleep nicely you’ll do higher.”