These courses take a progressive approach to developing your skill in understanding and managing your car on or near the limit. Our car control courses normally take place at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicester.
The learning process has three phases taking place over a period of time as people develop their skills:
We start the day discussing specific requirements over a coffee in the Bruntingthorpe Airfield Diner. This is an informal and essential gathering that sets the scene and format for the day. A coaching style prevails in most circumstances and the day generally takes the form of short sessions of driving interspersed with coaching to develop an understanding of what is actually going on.
We typically finish during the late afternoon when everyone is exhausted mentally and the drive home can become a time to reflect upon the learnings of the day. The structure of the day is described in more detail below.
Formerly called "Creative Car Control (CCC)" this is our most popular course. It was designed for anyone who finds themselves driving near to or over the limit of adhesion. It suits anyone who wants to improve their car control skills.
The course is founded on the notion that successful track driving requires:
The course content is about the latter two.
You will discover the fundamental principles of car control including:
This stage is all about building on the basics. Once the fundamentals have been introduced and reviewed, attention shifts to the important details that make all the difference. You will continue to focus on manipulating a vehicle on or near to the limit of adhesion and you will develop more choice, elegance and finesse.
During the advanced session(s), you will further develop your limit handling abilities. As we spend time honing steering skills, control and freedom start to emerge as sublime ability.
Other topics typically include:
A choice of venues provides a degree of flexibility and makes more or less demands on absolute car control due to the proximity of safety barriers.
At this point, you are probably already a highly skilled driver looking for the little somethings that make all the difference to your performance. You can drive well enough to notice small changes in your thinking or behaviour and how they transform your performance.
For you, driving near to the limit is a gimme. You want to perfect your skills. You want to become a meister.
During master class session(s), you may also have the opportunity to develop a number of skills specific to you. You might be concerned about smoothness as the car regains grip at the end of a slide, you might be a power-sliding guru who takes up drifting as a hobby or you might be a track driver or racer who's short of pace.
Expert coaching will enable you to solve the vast majority of your driving issues. Crucially, you will maintain ownership of the solution.
Mastery is the result of hard work. It's built upon a firm foundation based on proven beliefs and values. Practising what works transforms this foundation "into the muscle" as it were. Old habits become new ones that serve you better than the old ones. Mastery comes from being a student of driving.
A choice of venues provides a degree of flexibility and makes more or less demands on absolute car control due to the proximity of safety barriers.
All courses are flexible depending on your needs. A typical Car Control course at Bruntingthorpe follows this pattern:
The day usually finishes late afternoon.
All car control courses are £450 per person including VAT.
