Silverstone experience days

[Killer2005]

Appears they may be having a 50% sale on experience days at silverstone, so pondering about treating myself. But what are they like down there? Would it be couple of laps of one of the shorter circuits or do you get some good time out of it?

[stueys]

You have probably missed it by now. System fell over within 10 minutes, took over 1/2 hour to get through on the phone to be told I didnt have a booking despite a message saying I did. Got my skid control vouchers just after, but then told no slots left this year, and no refunds. Bit of a mess sadly.

[spudt8]

I did the Silverstone Single Seat Experience last weekend (not the cheaper Single Seat Thrill) and booked direct with www.silverstone.co.uk. It was amazing and compared to a number of other similar ones I have read about online had some very good points. Let me say it was my first single seat and fast car drive (0-60 under 5sec). You had a 20min classroom brief then went out in ducks and drake fashion in groups of four cars, each group behind their own Renault Sport driven by one of the instructors. This lasted some 20mins and taught you the handling and racing line. Started at about 30mph. So three groups of cars going around the circuit gaining speed and no one else on the circuit. The idea was for learners like me to get up to some reasonable speed so as not to frustrate the more experianced drivers during the following unpaced "free" session later on. After four laps back to pits and change order of the ducks - so I was behind the Renault now. You could really learn something if you kept yourself glued to the back of the pace car.

Back to pits and then instructors go off around the circuit to become the marshals for the free unpaced session. The free session then started. Overtaking only allowed on the straights, not corners, and you all had to watch out for the marshals blue flags before overtaking. It lasted just over 20 mins - I know as I paid for the on car video which has the time, acceleration/braking, speed overlaid on the video.

Well worth it and I don't think its worth paying less for a single seat experiance where you were always in a group and behind a pace car with no overtaking allowed. Quite an adrenaline rush and I found that when I was overtaken trying to follow the faster car helped me gain confidence and speed.

Well recommended.....

[kaese]

spudt8 said:

I did the Silverstone Single Seat Experience last weekend (not the cheaper Single Seat Thrill) and booked direct with www.silverstone.co.uk. It was amazing and compared to a number of other similar ones I have read about online had some very good points. Let me say it was my first single seat and fast car drive (0-60 under 5sec). You had a 20min classroom brief then went out in ducks and drake fashion in groups of four cars, each group behind their own Renault Sport driven by one of the instructors. This lasted some 20mins and taught you the handling and racing line. Started at about 30mph. So three groups of cars going around the circuit gaining speed and no one else on the circuit. The idea was for learners like me to get up to some reasonable speed so as not to frustrate the more experianced drivers during the following unpaced "free" session later on. After four laps back to pits and change order of the ducks - so I was behind the Renault now. You could really learn something if you kept yourself glued to the back of the pace car.

Back to pits and then instructors go off around the circuit to become the marshals for the free unpaced session. The free session then started. Overtaking only allowed on the straights, not corners, and you all had to watch out for the marshals blue flags before overtaking. It lasted just over 20 mins - I know as I paid for the on car video which has the time, acceleration/braking, speed overlaid on the video.

Well worth it and I don't think its worth paying less for a single seat experiance where you were always in a group and behind a pace car with no overtaking allowed. Quite an adrenaline rush and I found that when I was overtaken trying to follow the faster car helped me gain confidence and speed.

Well recommended.....

for the Single Seater Experience - excellent value for money and a real adrenaline rush. Done it twice now. Highly recommended.

[TrackTalentUK]

I too have done the Single Seater experience and can recommend it too.