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ARDS RACE LICENCE
£320
Novice Driver Training Course (ARDS) Race Licence available at Mallory Park.
- Classroom briefing and watch the Motorsport UK Go Racing USB.
- Written multiple choice test; 27 questions based on the information given by our instructors in the earlier briefing and on the USB.
- Driving assessment; our instructors will demonstrate the lines, braking points, apexes, and techniques. You will be required to complete this before you drive on the circuit. This will be demonstrated in car by your instructor.
ADVANCED ARDS
£640
ARDS Advanced Course – Current Motorsport UK race licence holders can use to gain a signature on their licence upgrade card.
- The format looks at specific advance driving techniques and includes one-to-one tuition from our highly experienced ARDS Instructors, the day will advance your driving skills further and prepare you for your next race.
JUnior Ards
£620
- Complete the written,multiple-choice test. Twenty-seven questions based on the information given by our instructors in the earlier briefing and on the QR Code.
- The content of the course will comprise: Circuit safety, Gear changing, Driving Position, Braking, Racing Lines, Car Dynamics and Physics, Marshal’s flags and Signals, Safety Car, and actions to be taken in the event of an accident, recovery, and being towed. We also discuss the chronology of a race meeting.
- Juniors will drive a minimum of 4 sessions lasting 20 - 25 minutes each, with a debrief in between each session. Gear changing, down-changing techniques, vision (the ability to look sufficiently ahead to identify and react to Marshal’s signals), braking, weight transfer, and racing lines are all covered.
Initially, each candidate must obtain the Motorsport UK Go Racing Starter Pack, available from Motorsport UK approx. £115.00. https://www.motorsportuk.org/get-started/starter-packs/ or Tel 01753 765000. First-year licence fee included
Courses are carried out in TMS-provided cars.
Written Ards Test
£150
This course is intended for anyone who has held either a national or international race licence, and let it lapse for more than three years. You will need to take the written section only, to update your knowledge on rule changes, flags, and safety etc.
TRACK DAY TUITION
£400
Call 01455 502412 or 07835 513086 to book
Track day tuition. The client is responsible for providing a fit for purpose vehicle, and has booked the track time places with the event provider. You will also need to book on the instructor.
1-2-1 RACE TUITION
£400
We can offer race and track day tuition throughout the UK, it really does not matter what your level of experience is, we will get the best out of you, and help you to get the best out of your vehicle.
Prices are from £400 per day (dependent on location plus track time fee).
Our professional instructors can identify and rectify the smallest of errors. The cumulative effect this has on the car and on the driver can be dramatic.
For driver this can mean spectacular improvements in performance, higher finishing positions, race wins, and even lap records.
These improvements will stay with you and provide a solid base from which to build – as long as you remember to use the correct techniques including:
- seating position,
- racing lines for wet and dry surfaces,
- weight transfer and understanding the car’s behaviour when using throttle and brake,
- braking and trail braking - how to use the correct techniques to ensure the car remains settled into and exiting corners,
- understeer and oversteer - what they are and how to correct them,
- inside track knowledge and secrets to help you become a better all round racing driver.
Call 01455 502412 or 07835 513086 to book
The client is responsible for providing a fit for purpose vehicle, and has booked the track time places with the event provider. You will also need to book on the instructor.
Instructor Training
£650
Race/Track Day Tuition at every MSUK circuit in the country.
- Applicants will be asked to send in a copy of their Race/Instructing CV to be studied by the Chief Instructor. Applicants with a minimal amount of racing experience may be requested to gain more experience before being offered an Instructor Training Course.
- Only applicants that hold or have held an International Race licence will be considered for the Instructor Training Course. Typically, this course will consist of one day, split between the classroom and on circuit training and assessment.
You can be assured you’re learning from only the very best A & S grade ARDS instructors. The new skills that you will learn from them that can be applied to enhance your race circuit driving worldwide.
The skills & techniques learned are transportable from track to track & car to car. We are also the only school to offer front and rear wheel drive vehicles, assisting with safer faster driving in ourown cars, and the training covers all aspects of safe performance driving techniques in a relaxed but fun environment to help build your confidence and get the very best out of your driving potential.
If you have any areas to work on then we can apply those on the day, The day is bespoke to the individual.
You’ll also get to know and understand how physical forces act upon your vehicle, correct techniques such as seating position, wet and dry lines, weight transfer, understeer and oversteer, making the most of your transmission, and using throttle and braking, and how driver actions affect behaviour behind the wheel to ensure you’re handling and driving your vehicle at its best potential. Any errors that the instructors spot can be identified and actioned quickly, to ensure you feel the difference and improvement in reaction and handling and thus your safety almost immediately. We’re confident that these new techniques that you acquire with this driving course will stay with you and be part of your driving skills repertoire whatever the conditions are for many years to come.
clio driving
Introduction to Track Driving - Clio - Bronze
£96
- Welcome, sign on and refreshments from hospitality staff
- Drivers safety briefing and explanation of how the day will run
- On track demonstration laps with instructor driving, demonstrating braking, lines and apex and exit points of each corner
- 4 laps of driving sessions, with instructor coaching
- Debriefing session, with option to ask any questions to instructors
Advance Track Driving Course - Clio
£540
- Welcome, sign on and refreshments from hospitality staff
- Driver’s safety briefing and explanation of how the day will run
- On track demonstration laps with instructor driving, demonstrating braking, lines and apex and exit points of each corner
- 2 sets of 5 laps of driving sessions, with instructor coaching
- Debriefing session
- 10 laps customer driving with instructor
- Debriefing session
- 2 sets of 5 laps driving behind a pace car
- Full debriefing session at the end of your course with instructor analysis of your driving
- Total of 47 miles driving
1 Day Advanced Track Driving Course - Clio inc ARDS Test
£860
- Welcome, sign on and refreshments from hospitality staff
- Driver’s safety briefing and explanation of how the day will run
- Introduction in to driving techniques, including the six phases of corner, vision, braking, weight transfer, turning in, apexes and exit points of corners
- Explanation of grip and how to lose and gain it
- On track familiarisation laps with instructor driving, demonstrating braking, lines, apex and exit points of each corner
- Debriefing session.
- Driving 5 coached laps with instructor
- Lunch Break
- Driving 5 laps with coaching from instructor
- Driving 10 laps behind a pace car
- ARDS DVD presentation
- Briefing session, including information on flags, rules and regulations and your first race meeting
- ARDS written paper test
- Driving session with instructor, assessing your ability to hold a Motorsport UK Interclub racing licence
- Marking of ARDS test papers and debriefing session of the day, including outcome of the NDTC and results
