What is the difference between driving on the track and driving on public roads? We all drive in the city. Traffic jams, traffic lights, cameras, all this does not give you the opportunity even just to put the pedal down and feel all the power of the engine, let alone to really ignite! On the track there are no oncoming traffic lanes, no cameras, only you your car and a perfectly smooth road. Is this not the real adrenaline and high!
The main reason most people go to the race track – the pleasure of driving, extreme sports, the ability to be emotionally unloaded, self-development, learn about the possibilities of your car, to test yourself. The track is available to ordinary drivers during special open days – track days. Even just being on such a beautiful track is an aesthetic pleasure, because even Formula One raced on this track!
But is it possible just to come from the street to the track? Of course, you can go for a ride, and you can even feel the pleasant emotions. But the pleasure will not be complete if you do not have enough skills for such a ride. About the result or a good time lap can not even think. In addition, it can be dangerous for the car, and your safety is also at risk.
What to do if you want to learn. The basic courses of extreme driving and advanced courses of sports training will help. You can take them yourself or issue a gift certificate for your friends.
What begins with any sports driving is the basic skills of accident-prevention training such as proper seating behind the wheel. And sports training is unthinkable without such basic skills as acceleration and braking. We all do it every day during normal driving, but there is a big difference with how it should happen on the track. It would seem what could be difficult about acceleration. But nevertheless, it’s hard to accept right away that any straight section of track/track should be used to either accelerate as efficiently as possible, or to brake with maximum deceleration.
To make a good acceleration the pilot is required to change gears in time and quickly. The ability to brake at all is one of the keys to success in any motorsport. It is important to feel good grip, be able to choose a braking point and use all the grip that the chassis and tires of the car can give in the current state of the track. Circular races are often won or lost in overtaking just in the performance of the braking technique.
Then, the skills of weight transfer, turning and slip control are built on it. And all this can be learned in sports training courses. An experienced instructor who can explain in simple words the complex processes of driving a car on the track, will greatly shorten your way to the right skills and eventually to the result. You can better feel the car and the road. And then your own skills will bring much more pleasure from driving.