Spent the day with Colin yesterday. What a fantastic bit of training this is.
I have been very nervous in/of the car and struggling to get to grips with characteristics. I think probably 90% of this is down to my confidence. There was a discussion with Colin at the start and it felt the day was tailored to help me get over this.
It's amazing how much more confident I was driving home from this day compared to the drive down. I had a really enjoyable day where Colin pushes you to explore your limits with a nice balance of theory and practice. Colin also makes sure that you are still within your comfort zone before pushing you a little harder.
Lots of critique sessions intersperse each activity, Colin has a great method of highlighting even the negative points in an easy to swallow way. Even with the whiteboard it never feels like you are being lectured.
It is definately one of the most enjoyable days I have had in the car.
Reading back through the speeds others were getting on the bowl makes mine sound feeble! First attempt I got to 115 and then held my breath for at least half a lap. Decided it wasn't for me and chickened out down to about 100. Colin then coaxed me back up to 118 which I happily held for a few laps but 140+, no way!
The handling circuit is cracking fun had a good play early on and then revisited right at the end for some timed runs to see how consistently I could lap over 3 laps. Managed 2 laps within 0.1 seconds of each other, the third would have been very similar. I think it was about half a second quicker, I was having such a good time, I forgot about trying to be consistent and gave it more throttle on the straight
A day of one-to-one tuition isn't cheap but for me it was well worth it. Really looking to pushing on at My next trackday in a few weeks.
Spent the day with Colin yesterday. What a fantastic bit of training this is.
I have been very nervous in/of the car and struggling to get to grips with characteristics. I think probably 90% of this is down to my confidence. There was a discussion with Colin at the start and it felt the day was tailored to help me get over this.
It's amazing how much more confident I was driving home from this day compared to the drive down. I had a really enjoyable day where Colin pushes you to explore your limits with a nice balance of theory and practice. Colin also makes sure that you are still within your comfort zone before pushing you a little harder.
Lots of critique sessions intersperse each activity, Colin has a great method of highlighting even the negative points in an easy to swallow way. Even with the whiteboard it never feels like you are being lectured.
It is definately one of the most enjoyable days I have had in the car.
Reading back through the speeds others were getting on the bowl makes mine sound feeble! First attempt I got to 115 and then held my breath for at least half a lap. Decided it wasn't for me and chickened out down to about 100. Colin then coaxed me back up to 118 which I happily held for a few laps but 140+, no way!
The handling circuit is cracking fun had a good play early on and then revisited right at the end for some timed runs to see how consistently I could lap over 3 laps. Managed 2 laps within 0.1 seconds of each other, the third would have been very similar. I think it was about half a second quicker, I was having such a good time, I forgot about trying to be consistent and gave it more throttle on the straight ;D
A day of one-to-one tuition isn't cheap but for me it was well worth it. Really looking to pushing on at My next trackday in a few weeks.