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Co-founded by brothers
Mike and Richard Knight and Simon de Lautour, the Renault
Elf Winfield race schools based at Magny Cours and Paul
Ricard ran from 1963 to 2000. Well over 30,000 pupils
from all over the world attended in that time.
• Thirty became Formula 1 drivers.
• Two became World Champions.
• Two more almost achieved it.
• Former graduates finished 1st,2nd,3rd in the
South African Grand Prix.
• Former graduates have won most of the major
events worldwide.
• Dozens more raced professionally.
• Hundreds raced for fun.
 Mike
and Simon are now offering one-to-one driver coaching
in Lotus Elises at the superb test track at Abbeville
in Northern France, just an hour’s drive from
Calais.
It’s safe - It’s varied - It’s
uncrowded
You can be there and back in a day –
if you wish….
We coach two drivers per car each day:
Costs are £685 per driver. We can also offer up
to six drivers wishing to bring their own cars to test
on our coaching days @ £200 per car.
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The aim of the coaching
service is simple – to help drivers to get the
best out of themselves. Those familiar with heel-and-toe
braking and down-changing will get further practical
knowledge that ensures they will raise their game. Those
who need to learn how to heel-and-toe perfectly will
realise how vitally important this technique is in any
form of competitive or “high quality” driving.
Competitors often spend a great deal of money on trying
to improve their cars’ performance – we
know, we’ve done it ourselves – but the
time to be found by a driver prepared to thoroughly
analyse his own input often surprises…..
We recently provided this service at the Zhu Hai circuit
in China (also using Lotus Elises). The client, Dr Shih
allowed us to quote him:
“On behalf of myself, Edgar,
Hubert and Benson we would like to thank you most
heartedly for coming to Hong Kong to coach us.
I know how difficult it is to teach someone anything,
let alone risking your safety to sit beside someone
with limited experience speeding along on a track.
I felt a lot more confident with myself and the
car with you in it.
I certainly learned
a lot and was able to overcome a number of psychological
barriers that had hindered my progress for the
last year. And realised that the so-called “basics”
of driving indeed did mean everything and I should
keep on perfecting these skills. It was a great
pleasure to spend time with a great driver and
instructor.” |
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