Professional Driving Track Instruction
Professional Driving Track Instruction
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Pauloamore

Original Poster:

226 posts

241 months

Friday 5th July 2013
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Guys,

Any recommendations for private track tuition at Knockhill?
- just bought an m5 f10 so would like to learn how to use it properly.....

With thanks in advance,
Paul

sherman

15,155 posts

243 months

Friday 5th July 2013
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do knockhill themselves not do this?

Kiltie

7,505 posts

274 months

Friday 5th July 2013
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Go to one of the SIDC days.

They are quite civilised and there's always an instructor on hand who you can take out for a few laps in either seat or both.

PM JohnS for details.

Eric

mwmackenzie

139 posts

291 months

Friday 5th July 2013
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Check out, Carlimits, http://www.carlimits.com/script/viewEvents.php?typ... , not local but worth the trip, you'll learn a whole lot from Walshy and his crew, top bloke to boot!

Pauloamore

Original Poster:

226 posts

241 months

Friday 5th July 2013
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Thanks guys.

H.7

154 posts

272 months

Saturday 6th July 2013
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Knockhill offer a Performance Driving Course in your own car for £125 - http://driving-experience.knockhill.com/driving_co... . I've done this a few times now in various cars (and have another one coming up - thanks for the birthday voucher, Mrs H!). Always good fun, always ready to learn something new.

BillyWhizz888

965 posts

181 months

Saturday 6th July 2013
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Book in to a track night and speak to couple drivers that race in the smrc

Even sandy Forrest will offer to sit shotgun and coach

I've got very little racing experience to coach you on the limit but I'm happy to coach your basic lines braking points and turn in points. Rest down to smoothness and slow in fast out

stiglet

1,083 posts

262 months

Saturday 6th July 2013
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Knockers suggestions are perhaps the most practical , but it's another big "thumbs up" for Walshy from me - I learned more in a day than I had thought possible.

He has unbelievable car control skills and the ability to pass (much of) them on to his pupils. Even ones who've put him into a turnip field backwards at 80mph......whistle

(Perhaps he's the Stig's Welsh cousin wink )

e21jason

737 posts

247 months

Sunday 7th July 2013
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I did knock hill it was okay but not really that much time

I woudl take a track day with SIDC/Trackscotland or a bmw car club day and book Hamish Smart who wrote the book

http://www.amazon.com/Track-Days-A-Glovebox-Guide/...

Not sure if he is on here but I can send you his detials if you want

RossShand

18 posts

158 months

Monday 8th July 2013
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Just curious, what do you mean by 'properly'?


RossShand

18 posts

158 months

Monday 8th July 2013
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Just curious, what do you mean by 'properly'?


Pauloamore

Original Poster:

226 posts

241 months

Monday 8th July 2013
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My f10 LCi will be my first fast car.
- so, want to learn balancing throttle/ weight transfer etc and handling 550 bhp appropriately. ....


Robert Burns

915 posts

197 months

Thursday 11th July 2013
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e21jason said:
I did knock hill it was okay but not really that much time

I woudl take a track day with SIDC/Trackscotland or a bmw car club day and book Hamish Smart who wrote the book

http://www.amazon.com/Track-Days-A-Glovebox-Guide/...

Not sure if he is on here but I can send you his detials if you want
I know Hamish and hes very knowledgeable. Top guy.

breakdown

499 posts

213 months

Saturday 13th July 2013
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Just did performance drive course on thursday with vxr8 ls3. wow. instructor was great-andrew-. done them once or twice before with dax cobra but this was awesome. i did not know that the car- or me were capable of what we did.I know its a small circuit but in a big car its challenging. I loved it. Wee video on knockhill face book page.-Stuart gray was impressed with vxr8 exhaust....cloud9