Junior track day

[thelawnet]

At M-B World they do under 17s driving with automatic A Classes, which seems fair enough for a child with no driving experience.

However I've seen people offering Ferrari and Lamborghini sessions for 12 year olds. Is this worthwhile, any experiences?

[thelawnet1]

Tried to book the Lamborghini at Longcross, but apparently they are fully booked until September.

So he's doing the A Class (£45/0.5 hr), ML (£50/0.5 hr), then AMG (£30/15 minutes) passenger lap on Sunday instead.

[thelawnet1]

So done this now, I sat in the back for the three driving experiences. First off was the A Class, automatic A180, nice enough car, they drive around some cones basically in a very rutted car park. There were too many others doing it at the same time (so you had to wait sometimes for someone in front of you), and I felt it was relatively poor value for money.

After that the ML at £5 more for what is more than twice the car was a better deal, with a proper off-road course to go round and all the off-road gadgets to play with, and no traffic (there were two or three other cars out but they didn't get in the way). The course was very dry apart from the permanent ford section.

Then the AMG passenger lap was only about 10 minutes, but son said it was the best part. But it looked like you could just turn up and pay £15 on the weekend, rather than £30 in advance. Not sure if there would be a wait.