Driver Training

[STOWE]

Hi

Does any one know of a place were I can get some track training in the next 2 weeks (before an ARDS course)

Thanks

[Wanstead]

Get down to Brands for a track day and book some time with one of their instructors.
I recommend Will Arif - a very good instructor.

[RobM77]

Silverstone do one to one tuition. Check out their website. It's about £275 an hour in one of their Exiges I think.

[STOWE]

Thanks chaps, Silverstone has an opening next Tuesday so think I will try that first then hit the track days.

[RobM77]

STOWE said:

Thanks chaps, Silverstone has an opening next Tuesday so think I will try that first then hit the track days.

Cool. Let us know how it goes. I should add that my post wasn't a recommendation, I just know that they do 1-1 tuition there.

[ginettag27]

Where are you taking your ARDS?

[jellison]

RobM77 said:

Silverstone do one to one tuition. Check out their website. It's about £275 an hour in one of their Exiges I think.

It's about £275 an hour - You are kidding right?!

The ards is just to show you are Safe (not that you are fast), if you are save and have very basic knowledge of where to place the car and know the flags, this sound a bit excessive! Not many fail the ARD's (if you do it is a clear message, like not passing your driving test first time!;)).

[RobM77]

jellison said:

RobM77 said:

Silverstone do one to one tuition. Check out their website. It's about £275 an hour in one of their Exiges I think.

It's about £275 an hour - You are kidding right?!

The ards is just to show you are Safe (not that you are fast), if you are save and have very basic knowledge of where to place the car and know the flags, this sound a bit excessive! Not many fail the ARD's (if you do it is a clear message, like not passing your driving test first time!;)).

Yes, passing the ARDS is quite easy (although I hear Silverstone are pretty tough; I did mine at Brands Hatch), but it's a good idea to get some instruction before you race, especially if you don't have much track experience.

Incidentally, I'd also recommend a test day before embarking on your first race. It gets one used to turning up early, unloading the car, signing on and last but not least, driving with other people on track.

[STOWE]

Thanks for the input. I am doing the test at Silverstone so think it makes sense to do the training there. As for the money my work is paying for it.

[RobM77]

STOWE said:

Thanks for the input. I am doing the test at Silverstone so think it makes sense to do the training there. As for the money my work is paying for it.

Your work is paying for you to do an ARDS test?! Howcome?

[STOWE]

My new job is UK MD of a sports car manufacturer and I felt it was important that I could drive there cars with the professionalism required! I can't say who the company is until we do our press release next week.

[Graham]

Plenty of Instructors about who could give you some time on a track day or something..


google simon mason and contact him... He's also on here at times... and certainly used to instruct at silverstone and do ards

G

[RobM77]

STOWE said:

My new job is UK MD of a sports car manufacturer and I felt it was important that I could drive there cars with the professionalism required! I can't say who the company is until we do our press release next week.

Sounds like a great job You might be interested in a longer 1-1 course with someone like Mark Hales too. There's a little piece at the back of EVO this month in "Fast Fleet" on him, and he's highly respected. Alternatives are things like Andy Walsh's "CarLimits" course etc.

Do let us know next week which company it is, you've got me guessing

Best of luck in your new job

[STOWE]

RobM77 said:

STOWE said:

My new job is UK MD of a sports car manufacturer and I felt it was important that I could drive there cars with the professionalism required! I can't say who the company is until we do our press release next week.

Sounds like a great job You might be interested in a longer 1-1 course with someone like Mark Hales too. There's a little piece at the back of EVO this month in "Fast Fleet" on him, and he's highly respected. Alternatives are things like Andy Walsh's "CarLimits" course etc.

Do let us know next week which company it is, you've got me guessing

Best of luck in your new job

Thanks for your extremely kind words, will let you know about the job and perhaps let you have a bit of a drive.

[RobM77]

STOWE said:

RobM77 said:

STOWE said:

My new job is UK MD of a sports car manufacturer and I felt it was important that I could drive there cars with the professionalism required! I can't say who the company is until we do our press release next week.

Sounds like a great job You might be interested in a longer 1-1 course with someone like Mark Hales too. There's a little piece at the back of EVO this month in "Fast Fleet" on him, and he's highly respected. Alternatives are things like Andy Walsh's "CarLimits" course etc.

Do let us know next week which company it is, you've got me guessing

Best of luck in your new job

Thanks for your extremely kind words, will let you know about the job and perhaps let you have a bit of a drive.

No problem at all. A drive would be nice! If you look at my profile you'll notice I've got a bit of a thing for British sports cars!

I can also vouch for Simon Mason's abilities. I haven't had any training from him, but people that I race with have and rate him highly. There is a standard course for high performance road driving, called HPC - I believe EVO have put a few of their new journos through it. I think if I was in charge of a sports car manufacturer I would want all my sales staff and a few others to attend a course such as that. I'm a training management consultant, and I negotiate corporate discounts on courses all the time; you'd be surprised what you can get and the tailoring and benefits you achieve by doing things that way.

Best of luck

[TimCrighton]

www.timcrighton.com

Can arrange car hire if needed too - but from the sound of it you way want to use one of yours!

[jellison]

Is it just me - or does 1 in ten racer seem to offer this Driver training!

Mind you I could never sit next to anyone I thought was useless with out telling them to just STOP, and tell them straight Jesus mate get another hobby.

[andy97]

Another shout for Simon Mason from me. An instructor who takes his coaching very seriously and is not just another driver trying to scrape a living from instructing between drives.

[STOWE]

Thanks again for all your advise, I have emailed Simon, so we'll see what happens there.

[RobM77]

jellison said:

Is it just me - or does 1 in ten racer seem to offer this Driver training!

Mind you I could never sit next to anyone I thought was useless with out telling them to just STOP, and tell them straight Jesus mate get another hobby.

I confess I have sat with a few instructors who I've considered (and I do this for a living!) to be pretty useless. Lovely people, but no idea how to coach people properly. Most of the dialogue amounted to "yes, good. good. good. Turn in a bit later next time. good. good."