| Ferrari... Is there really any more to say? The | | | | help you to visualise what you were previously |
| word Ferrari is one of those universal brands. | | | | taught to ensure that you are properly equipped |
| Almost everyone knows what it means and | | | | to handle the Ferrari. What happens next is really |
| almost everyone can picture that flash of red | | | | down to the individual company and the track at |
| roaring through twisty mountain roads. Ferrari is | | | | which the experience is booked. At some |
| at the very pinnacle of the motoring world. Those | | | | locations you will next be taken in a Porsche |
| that are fortunate enough to be rich enough to | | | | Cayman or an equivalent car so that you can get |
| own a Ferrari of their own must certainly feel a | | | | used to the track and the feel of speed first |
| sense of importance and success emanating from | | | | hand. This type of car is certainly no slouch, with |
| the car regardless of its worth. Not everyone can | | | | typically some 250bhp available at the ball of your |
| experience this feeling on a day-to-day basis of | | | | right foot and to anyone who has perhaps only |
| course and that's life. There is however, a better | | | | ever driven family cars this might come as quite |
| feeling. A feeling that anyone who seeks it can | | | | of a shock. Once you have had a few laps of the |
| experience if they so wish. | | | | track and have started to refine your racing line |
| What many people really want to do is get behind | | | | you will get straight out of the car and your |
| the wheel of one of these iconic red | | | | instructor will hand you a key. Printed on this key |
| masterpieces and blast it full throttle around a | | | | will be a horse rearing up on its hind legs on a |
| race track of their choice for a tiny fraction of | | | | yellow background; the key to a Ferrari. |
| the cost of owning a Ferrari for themselves. Look | | | | The Ferrari's available on these experience days |
| at it this way: upwards of £100,000 will | | | | are most commonly the Ferrari 360 which was |
| give you the chance of driving a Ferrari around | | | | produced from 1999 to 2005 or the 360's |
| your neighbourhood to the shops to get some | | | | predecessor, the 355. If you found the 250bhp |
| milk, but is that really what a Ferrari is for? | | | | car a little wild, you are sure to find one of these |
| Certainly not, a Ferrari needs to be unleashed into | | | | Ferrari's quite exhilarating indeed. Words simply |
| it's natural habitat, the race track, with you at the | | | | cannot describe this experience. |
| wheel. Ferrari driving experiences are therefore | | | | People often approach the concept of a super car |
| amongst the most popular driving experiences | | | | experience day with the mindset that the |
| available. | | | | instructor, who is placed in the with you, is there |
| Should you decide to take the opportunity to | | | | to ensure that you don't go too crazy and break |
| floor a raging Ferrari around a race track, you will | | | | the car. Whilst this is to some extent true - your |
| be spoilt for choice regarding the location for this | | | | safety is their primary focus - those who |
| experience. Many companies offer a range of | | | | experience a thrill ride in a Ferrari will often find |
| nationwide locations at which Ferrari driving is | | | | that the only thing restricting them from going |
| available so it is a relatively simple task to find | | | | quicker is their own confidence. It is very often |
| somewhere suitable and quite close by. The | | | | the case that the instructor will be suggesting |
| restrictions as to who can drive one of these | | | | ways in which you can increase your speed and |
| cars varies between experience providers but it is | | | | cornering ability rather than trying to slow you |
| generally the case that you need to be in good | | | | down. The instructors are professionals and are |
| general health and hold a valid driving licence. | | | | usually racing drivers themselves so you will |
| When you arrive you will be greeted and will | | | | probably have a hard time trying to push hard |
| attend a safety briefing. That should be a | | | | enough to make them break a sweat. You will |
| comforting statement bearing in mind that a | | | | certainly have no trouble with having an |
| 400bhp super car will be waiting for you to put | | | | exhilarating drive at the wheel of a Ferrari. |
| the pedal to the metal. The briefing will let you | | | | It's not quite over yet. At many circuits you will |
| know about the specific rules of the track and | | | | then go straight from the main event (the Ferrari |
| the conduct required of you. It's not all boring | | | | drive) into a further car. This is likely to be |
| though, because you are then taught the basic | | | | something of a racing thoroughbred such as a |
| principles of how to handle such a high powered | | | | Formula Renault, which is the younger sibling to a |
| car 'in anger' whilst sticking to the racing line of | | | | Formula 1 car. These things stick to the road and |
| the track (the racing line is the quickest route | | | | corner like go-karts but offer the speed of a |
| around the track). | | | | sports car. This is the chance for you to drive |
| An instructor will then take you for a spin around | | | | around the track with no instructor at your side |
| the track in a sports hatchback so that you can | | | | because this type of car is almost invariably a |
| get used to the forces involved in driving quickly | | | | single seater so it will just be you, the car and the |
| whilst someone else is at the wheel. This will also | | | | track...very, very quickly! |