Car handling course suggestions

[Two7]

Having spun off quite a few times at track days and while sprinting I was wondering if anyone had come across a driving course that may be worthwhile.   I believe they have a skid pan course at castle Coombe that may improve my lack of skill to recover, anyone tried it ?

[Euan Hoosearmy]

Did it a few years ago, is very good but designed for coping with low grip road conditions. You will be lucky to get over 30 mph on the pan...

 

I've been looking at some high performance handling courses. There are some at Millbrook that look amazing but are very expensive. There's also someone at north Weald that is more reasonably priced but you are generally in a small group rather than 121

[Ansoeb]

I would have thought your local track can offer driver coaching. Any where that does driving experiences should have the option. I did a performance driving experience with an instructor in my car prior to my first track day at Knockhill. It was invaluable and I did not feel like I was jumping in blind. They could Taylor the session to suit what you needed from building experience or improving braking etc.

[dvd8n]

I've done a skid pan course and while I think that they're a great thing and everyone that drives a car should go on one, I'm not sure that it's what you are looking for.

 

Skid pan courses are about safety rather than going round a track at ten tenths.

 

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[Kingster]

I found that doing track days with road tyres rather than semi-slicks really helps. They break away much more easily, yet progressively and thus allow you more time to safely explore the limit. Couple this with some tuition and it really helps. 
 

Better still, by a crappy old mx5 with ditchfinders and then the above gets even easier. 

[Benrobson2999 - Kent AO]

There is a drive limits day that I’ve heard of. I will try and find the details now. That sounded quite good

[Benrobson2999 - Kent AO]

[joolz]

I posted a similar topic a few weeks ago for a handling / control course for my other half, I was thinking of hiring curborough for a day and splitting the cost with say 5 others who were of a similar mindset ie beginners / novices rather than people just wanting to hone their already good technique... 

[Two7]

2 hours ago, joolz said:

I posted a similar topic a few weeks ago for a handling / control course for my other half, I was thinking of hiring curborough for a day and splitting the cost with say 5 others who were of a similar mindset ie beginners / novices rather than people just wanting to hone their already good technique... 

That sounds interesting,   I would be up for joining that session if you can keep costs reasonable.   It would be a good circuit for controlling under steer.