Porsche Driver Training - Track Days

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911uk recommend the following Track Day Training Specialists for Track Day and Racing Car Preparation.

	Sean Edwards Performance driver coaching by FIA GT3 champion and 2008 Porsche Super Cup Driver Sean Edwards. Guaranteed to improve your lap times and driving performance! If you are a track day or race driver, Sean will be able to extract the most out of you.
	Easytrack Incoporated in 1996, but running as a track days club since 1985, EasyTrack now over 1000 track days of varying nature to our name playing host to over 40'000 drivers and riders and has defined the track day industry along the way. Track days simply didn't exist before we came along! Featured on (and recommended by) BBC2 TopGear among others you know you're in safe hands with the trackday organiser all the others have to copy.
	CAT Driver Training For Every Level of Driver. For Anyone Looking to Improve their Driving Skills & Confidence. From Novice Driver to Racing Genius. Tap into Expert Guidance. Enjoy 100% action 100% of the Time. You'll learn more with CAT. A Wholly Positive Learning Experience. We provide driver training for race drivers, race engineers, performance car drivers, driving instructors - as well as individuals wanting to improve their driving for both leisure and work. Male or female and with a passion for cars or not, you'll love your time with CAT. All training is 1:1 and takes place out on the road or on the tracks at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire, UK.

CAT Driver Training, Millbrook Proving Ground, Bedfordshire

Get the best from your car – with 1:1 driver training from CAT Driver Training

Looking for new ways to improve your driving performance? Want to be faster on the track, stay safer out on the road/or simply discover the grip limit capability of your Porsche? Explore your potential with CAT Driver Training and gain a greater understanding of just how much you and your car can do! You will have seen us on Fifth Gear. If you read Evo Magazine, you will recognize our Chief Instructor, Colin Hoad, as one of their Experts.

We provide driver training for race drivers, race engineers, performance car drivers and individuals wanting to improve their driving for both leisure and work, as well as the motor industry and corporate events. All training is 1:1* and takes place out on the road or on the tracks at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire, UK. **

At CAT we help you bridge the gap between driving a vehicle at its limits and exploring the dynamic reactions when you input into the controls. Using your own vehicle or one of our Caterham’s, Subaru, Lotus, Saab or Ford, we coach and mentor you 1:1 with your instructor alongside you in the car. Plus, because of the nature of the Millbrook tracks, during your training, you can stop on track at any time to discuss aspects of your driving. No matter what race circuit you are looking to drive you will gain the tools to analyse and drive it for the best results.

Out on the road or at speed on the track, all our training is structured and safe – yet immensely challenging and enjoyable. We teach things that other trainers don’t even mention, and we explain everything to suit your own current skills and know-how. You don’t just learn new techniques, but you also understand why they’re important and what’s really happening underneath you while you’re driving. You enjoy a bespoke programme based around what you’d like to achieve.

Colin Hoad, the Director of CAT Driver Training, has spent over 25 years in the specialist motor industry. Motor racing at the age of 18 he enjoyed a rewarding career in motorsport preparation and management. He then moved into the vehicle evaluation and driver training industry with a major Japanese motor manufacturer.

Teaching industry standard advanced driving techniques on circuit, Proving Ground and out on the public highway, Colin’s unique training qualifications from the motor industry has seen him working throughout the UK, extensively in Europe, Scandinavia and Russia as well as the Nurburgring (Nordschleife) as a test driver.

All of our instructors are hand picked and trained to deliver CATs unique brand of training - we do not pick from a large pool of instructors. The quality and consistency of our delivery combined with the consistent high scores from feedback could not be achieved if we did. Each instructor brings specialist skills and qualifications to match the services we provide. As importantly they are warm, engaging personalities dedicated to your driving development.

Centrally located in Bedfordshire Millbrook Proving Ground is about 5 miles from junction 13 of the M1. It is one of Europe's leading locations for the development and demonstration of every type of land vehicle. The consequence of this custom-built facility means you have the perfect arena to develop your driving knowledge and technique. The purpose built circuits allow us to break down your natural driving style into the core components used everyday and on track. Braking, Cornering, Low and High Speed driving as well as Observation and limit handling are all explored in a variety of scenarios that are difficult to find anywhere else in one place.

The art of driving is dissected into manageable bite size learning chunks, building your mental toolbox and making your new found techniques systematic. The skills you develop will be taken into your road driving for your safety and apply for track enthusiasts at any circuit. A training session with CAT will always start with the core areas of braking and observation. No matter what level of experience you arrive with, these key aspects to your driving will be explored. Depending on your objectives and itinerary you could find yourself on the Mile Straight for 15 minutes or up to 90 minutes working through the many braking techniques: Threshold; High G; ABS; Linear; Pedal Exit; Heel & Toe; and Left Foot Braking.

Time on the High Speed Circuit looking at high speed driving and observation follows, before moving onto exploring the many and varied cornering techniques that can be used. The combination of the Handling Circuit and Alpine Loops provides practically every type of corner you will drive through. Exploration of real time understeer and oversteer completes the standard itinerary for our clients on their first visit to us. The combination of your learning experience with CAT and the Millbrook facility makes a powerful duo, which truly accelerates your learning curve.

Contact
Please call us in the office on 01234 757633
or send us an email:info@catdrivertraining.co.uk to discuss your individual needs and objectives.
* apart from agreed group events or at your request
** some courses utilise Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire

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Sean Edwards Driver Track Days Driver Training

FIA European GT3 Champion, FIA GT2 driver and Porsche expert Sean Edwards has 10 years of International racing under his belt, from International karting, Formula Ford and Formula Renault to British GT, FIA GT3 and FIA GT, with a huge amount of success.

He has vast knowledge of Porsche's, Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, Aston Martin's, BMW's and Lotus's among many other cars, you can learn in one day what it took him and many other people years to learn! He also instructs on a regular basis at the Silverstone Racing School and has done at Palmer Sports in the past, which has given him valuable instructing knowledge and techniques over the past 6 years, along with a certified ARDS grade "A" instructors license.

2010 - Porsche Supercup, Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, ADAC GT Masters
2009 - FIA GT, Porsche 997 RSR
2008 - Porsche Supercup Click here for the Porsche Mobil 1 Super Cup Motor Sport
2007 - FIA GT, Porsche 997 RSR, 3rd at the Spa 24 hours!
2006 - FIA GT3, Porsche 997 GT3, FIA GT3 Overall Champion and Porsche Champion

* Testimonials from satisfied clients, what they thought about their day's instruction on my website, HERE! *

The amount of knowledge you will gain in one day is really astonishing, at less than the cost of a set of new tyres! It doesn't matter weather you're a novice or experienced track day driver or even a racing driver, instruction will vastly improve your driving and understanding of the car and make you an all round better, more confident, consistent and faster driver guaranteed.

Some of the techniques you will learn are

-Written notes sent via e-mail afterwards on what you need to be improving on for when you next attend the track. Of course you can pick Sean's brain with any questions you have about your car or race series or what to do in different situations and just general driving questions you wish to know!

Contact Sean for his track day spread sheet, it consists of all the UK and European track days, with the version of the track, price of the track day, noise limit, track day company and listing of their numbers ect ect... Also included is a list of track day cars to rent from various companies, locations of all the circuits on a map of Europe and the UK, insurance companies, hotels and lots of other information. Please feel free to receive the spread sheet, even if you might not be looking for instruction.

Contact Details - Email seanedwards.eu@gmail.com - Mobile : +44 (0)7736230286 - Office: +44 (0)1491572050
*Please note that to drive on a track day in the UK you must hold a full driving licence that you must have on the day **Any information supplied, or business conducted with Sean Edwards will be subject to our terms and conditions