Day One, morning:
1. Classroom session
2. Evaluation lapping of the North Loop with instructor
driving and then student driving with instructor as passenger.
3. Progressive breaking exercise; approach cones at
speed (4th gear); progressively break and downshift to a rolling stop
at last cone. Fantastic way to learn the stopping power of the Scuderia’s
ceramic brakes.
4. Slalom to practice car control and the ability to
“look where you want to go.”
Day One, afternoon:
1. Additional Evaluation lapping (beginning to “learn” the
corners on the North Loop.)
2. Skidpad (one loop) to get familiar with the Scuderia’s
F1 Trac system and to practice car control.
3. Classroom session
4. Lapping the North Loop. This was done with two cars,
the first with instructor and student as passenger with one student
following in the second car. The instructor would modulate his speed
to the maximum abilities of the following student. Great technique.
After three loops the students would switch positions. During the lapping
the instructor in making continuous comments about the track and corners;
where and when to brake, accelerate, etc …
Day Two, morning.
1. Classroom session
2. Multiple lapping of both the North and the South
loop. The North loop is very technical where as the South loop is faster.
3. Skidpad figure-eight exercise. Exciting! Here we
learn to continuously “drift” around two large loops in
a figure -8 pattern. This helps to show the importance of looking “where
you want to go” rather than where the car is going. This exercise
utilized 6-speed F430’s.