Driving Tuition

[Beaky59]

During a track day, a FIA racing driver (acquittance) was asked by a fan what they should do to their car to make it quicker, the driver replied drive it better, get some professional tuition - this can take many seconds off of a timed lap as well as being much safer on the open roads.

I've done the Car Limits course at North Weald airfield, learnt a lot and some element were counter intuitive to what we think is a good driving technique/style.

Always wanting to improve, what other recommendation do people have for driving tuition?

 

[Deleted member 126251]

Do you want to be safer on the roads or faster on the track? I've done about half a dozen defensive driver programmes (working in a safety obsessed industry) and learned something new every time.

I also did a "High Performance" training session over 2 days at the Millbrook proving grounds (which I paid for) and it was a very intense 2 days of high speed driving. I was knackered when I got home the next day.

 

[Beaky59]

I've heard the Millbrook course is very good,

 

[Deleted member 126251]

I've heard the Millbrook course is very good,

It was good but stressful doing it in my 1 month old SL. Travelling at 140mph 3ft away from the armco on the circular banked track was also "interesting".

 

[Beaky59]

I wouldn't do Millbank in my SLK, or air cooled 911, but I have use of a modded MX5, that is dispensable!

Hopefully once you learn/adapt the technique you can use it in any car

 

[renault12ts]

I wouldn't do Millbank in my SLK, or air cooled 911, but I have use of a modded MX5, that is dispensable!

Hopefully once you learn/adapt the technique you can use it in any car

I think you need different tuition for a 911...it's a different car from all others when you want to drive it fast (on a track).

 

[Beaky59]

I think you need different tuition for a 911...it's a different car from all others when you want to drive it fast (on a track).

I've owned it for over 17 years, you need to slightly plan in advance on some aspects but generally most of the principles apply.

 

[renault12ts]

I've owned it for over 17 years, you need to slightly plan in advance on some aspects but generally most of the principles apply.

Great..I've had mine longer...but still had tuition for fast track driving.

 

[GeeJayW]

The alpine route at Milbrook is huge fun if driven in a spirited manner (within the 50 mph limit of course...).

 

[219]

During a track day, a FIA racing driver (acquittance) was asked by a fan what they should do to their car to make it quicker, the driver replied drive it better, get some professional tuition - this can take many seconds off of a timed lap as well as being much safer on the open roads.

I've done the Car Limits course at North Weald airfield, learnt a lot and some element were counter intuitive to what we think is a good driving technique/style.

Always wanting to improve, what other recommendation do people have for driving tuition?

While the ‘mechanical’ skills of car handling are worth developing, for normal road driving an advanced course from either IAM or Rospa are worth doing to teach observation , planning , being systematic and many other aspects of road driving.

 

[Deleted member 149005]

Second IAM or RospA for smother, quicker (which is not necessarily faster!) road driving

 

[Meldrew2]

Don't underrate the value of tuition. Many years ago I was passenger in a Fiat Multipla, driven by a retired Police Instructor, and following an Escort Cosworth which was trying to get away from us on winding country lanes, yet until reaching a dual carriageway it was never able to do so.

A skilled driver adds more horsepower than "chipping"...