Formula 1 may just be the best natural testosterone booster humankind has been sleeping on.
That’s according to former F1 driver David Coulthard, who revealed his testosterone levels are supposedly in the elite percentile at the age of 53. And it’s allegedly all thanks to a career spent driving at 100 miles per hour.
Getting in the cockpit of a bleeding-edge car may not be the most accessible of hobbies for the average Joe. But it seems that may be the price one has to pay in order to keep their hormone levels optimal well beyond the age at which they tend to decline.
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“I got a glowing report there and also a medical report,” he told co-host and fellow ex-driver Eddie Jordan on the Formula for Success podcast. “I had my testosterone checked and I am in the top 1% of males apparently.
“One of the thoughts is that because of high levels of adrenaline through a sporting career then that sort of super charges the testosterone in the body. So no issues there.”
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That’s good news for Coulthard’s current partner, Swedish model Sigrid Silversand, who’s some 23 years younger than her beau. And it would require a pretty rare chemical make-up to keep up in the bedroom given that age gap.
Perhaps fans should take Coulthard’s claims with a pinch of salt, however, given he’s lied about his love life in the past. He told Jordan he was fibbing when he used to claim having sex before a race optimised his performance.
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“It was obviously just a bit of bulls**t,” the veteran explained. “I don’t remember saying it but it does sound like something I would say just for the reaction.”
Coulthard drove in F1 for 14 years and clinched 13 race victories altogether, finishing a career-best second with McLaren in 2001.