Formula One team Mercedes GP Petronas has appointed Daniels Fitness Group (DFG) as its partner for its workplace fitness, health and wellbeing programmes.

DFG will be responsible for providing full consultancy and implementation of fitness and health programmes to all staff at Mercedes GP Petronas.

John Marsden, HR director at Mercedes GP Petronas, said: “Although we have an existing fitness facility we wanted our staff to have independent experts to consult with and DFG will create an excellent environment to achieve that.”

Anna Daniels, director at DFG, added: "We look forward to working with Mercedes GP Petronas, improving its health and driving it to increase its productivity and achieve its goals.

“Exercise is one of the most effective medicines for sharpening focus and eliminating the negative stress often found in high profile, competitive sports such as Formula One.”

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