Skid pan training available in S or SW England?
Skid pan training available in S or SW England?
Author
Discussion

youngwill100

Original Poster:

64 posts

257 months

Monday 5th June 2006
quotequote all
Does anyone know of anywhere that does skid pan training in your own car in South or South West England? The places I've tried seem to use their own cars.
Having spun and slid off in my GT3 at the Nurburgring in the wet a couple of weeks ago I really need some practice at catching slides. Those Michelin Pilot Sports certainly let go quickly!!
William

verysideways

10,271 posts

301 months

Monday 5th June 2006
quotequote all
a) go to somewhere like thruxton where you can learn how to drive with almost no grip on a wet, oily surface in an old Sierra

then

b) go to somewhere like Millbrook which has a circular skid pan and learn your own car that way

This way you get some technique in a heap which you don't care about, and it'll better prepare you for your own car.

tat

61 posts

257 months

Monday 5th June 2006
quotequote all
I would highly recommend having a word with Bernard Aubry. He may be willing to tailor a session for you to concentrate on handing your car. (His MasterClass covers a lot of "roadcraft"
www.bernardaubry.com/

aceparts_com

3,724 posts

270 months

Monday 5th June 2006
quotequote all
Do a day with Don Palmer

paul968

179 posts

273 months

Monday 5th June 2006
quotequote all
Or do a day with Andy Walsh. It isn't on a skid pan as such, but you have a huge area of safe runoff and any car will be able to reach its limits even in the dry. He spends the first part of the day on taking a fastish left hander at 60+. The actual speed depends on car, but I guess a GT3 will be good for 80+, even faster if you brake on corner entry. I'd have thought this will teach you just what you need to know.