First event of the year
in my Exige.
I collected my Exige
from storage on Friday the 6th, and on Saturday 7th
morning I drove to Millbrook Proving Ground to partake in CAT Driver
Training's, Performance Driver 'Track' Day. Check out their website
here: https://catdrivertraining.co.uk/
I've done a little bit
of driver training in the past – Lotus Driving Academy, Carlimits @
North Weald, and that's about it.
This was a very good day and I'd highly recommend going.
This was a very good day and I'd highly recommend going.
The day was broken into
5 training sessions:
1) Mile Straight
2) High Speed Circuit
3) Handling Circuit
4) Alpine Route
5) Steering Pad
Things I learnt:
i: Look
to infinity and scan back.
ii: If you think you're
got your foot fully on the brake pedal but don't feel the ABS, you
need to shove harder (the
Exige brake pedal is a little hard.)
iii: ABS allows you to brake and swerve safely
iv: Threshold braking
(without ABS - feel for when the ABS is about to kick in and stay just under the ABS threshold) allows you
to brake in a shorter distance in a straight line than ABS would
allow.
v: Trail braking
(braking whilst turning into a corner) should be used - when you know the circuit/road - to carry more speed into the corner.
vi: Fast
feet (from brake pedal to accelerator) helps settle the car (come off the brake, go on to the accelerator)
vii: If you don't hold the
steering wheel, the car will go in a straightline but will also drift from
side-to-side slightly (compliance steering)
viii: Hold
the steering wheel lightly!
ix: Remember to rest
your clutch foot, don't constantly have it hovering over the
clutch pedal!
x: With traction control completely off, the Exige will break traction at the rear if provoked, but it is not scary - a very well-balanced car!
Image: The High
Speed Circuit at Millbrook (2 mile bowl)
Mileage Check: When
I collected the Exige it was on a mere 11025 miles. After my day at
Millbrook and a tiny Sunday Morning run, it's now on 11358 miles.
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