evo's Dobie and Shorrock get to sample a race-spec Caterham with CAT Driver Training. Cue competition...

Driver training. It’s tremendous fun. That might come as a bit of a surprise; the word training tends to mean dull powerpoints or making lots of monotonous notes.
Alas, a visit to CAT Driver Training involves none of that. It means doing skids in a Caterham and driving at 130mph in a Lotus Elise. Read the full article.

How do you drive effectively on snow and ice? It will probably all have gone by the time you print this, but I struggled to drive my Mini during ‘the big freeze’. Also, I’m getting a BMW Z4 soon, so by next winter I’ll have gone rear-wheel drive. Will that require different techniques? – Laura Dale

Irrespective of the vehicle you own, your inputs must be considered, minimised and efficient. Silky-smooth application of the steering, brakes and throttle are essential.

Brave isn’t a word I’d use to describe my driving style. It’s true that in the time I’ve had the Mazda I’ve had some amazing drives and my confidence has grown, thanks largely to the car’s forgiving nature, but recently I felt that I had reached a point where my skills weren’t progressing any further. I needed help from an expert.

Our very own ‘Ask the Experts’ expert, Colin Hoad of CAT Driver Training (catdrivertraining.co.uk), was recommended to me by staff writer Stephen Dobie, who had received some car control tuition from Colin last year. Stephen had clearly enjoyed himself, because he decided he’d come along with me for a refresher when it was my turn. This could mean only one thing: competition.

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Stumacher, a fully participating member of booked his Performance Driver Course for July 2009 and this is the result for you to read. Download the PDF article