I have wanted to have a go in a single seater for a good few years now and was originally booked in by my partner for Silverstone's single seater experience. However, after this was withdrawn from Red Letter Days I had to find an alternative and remembering my younger brother's experience at another major British track, I tried to focus on the quality of the single seater as opposed to the track itself and came across the Formula Renault experience.
The look of the is pretty good and as a entry level to series to motor racing for those going on to F3 and beyond it seemed like a good opportunity to try out my first experience of a single seater race car.
The experience itself was like all track days, relatively short (see the video here) but it was enough to get an idea of some of the differences and challenges to driving such cars. The extremely narrow cockpit, very close pedals and laid back driving position all not letting you forget that you are not driving your daily run around. Unfortunately, despite a 6 speed sequential gearbox, I was limited to a single gear and the track itself was no Silverstone (and extremely short!) but it was interesting with the amount of wandering due to bump steer quite a surprise. I didn't get anywhere near the limit of the car ad probably would have reached mine before that point but it was an interesting experience that has definitely left me wanting more... : )
