Michael Johnson Signs With Williams F1

The Williams Formula One team has announced a new partnership with Michael Johnson Performance Inc (MJP), the company founded by Olympic legend Michael Johnson. 

MJP, which focuses on training top level athletes in all sports, will provide an intensive training programme for the team’s pit crew personnel as well as conducting an evaluation of the team’s training regime.

The partnership will see the MJP logo displayed on the sleeves of driver and team overalls, personnel uniform and across the team.

‘Everyone at Michael Johnson Performance is excited about our partnership with the Williams F1 Team,’ said Johnson. ‘Williams is known around the world as one of the most successful teams in the history of Formula One and has achieved great success over the years and we look forward to helping them continue that winning tradition. I have been a huge Formula One fan since I first attended the Grand Prix at Spa in 1990 where I had the great privilege of meeting Sir Frank Williams. 

‘I am confident that the experience and biomechanics expertise of the MJP staff that has benefited numerous American football athletes, Premier League football teams, and Olympic federations, can also benefit the Williams F1 Team pit crew in their goal to cut hundredths and even tenths of a second from their pit stop times.’

Sir Frank Williams added: ‘Michael’s sporting achievements speak for themselves, and the principles he used to become the fastest man in the world are certainly transferable into our own hugely competitive field. Formula One is about all aspects of the race. We all know how crucial the brief time the car spends in the pits can be, and so it will be exciting to see how Michael and his team can help give us the edge in this respect. We’re all really looking forward to working with them over the coming years.’