silverstone single seater experience

Had a great experience at silverstone .Staff good and made the day well worth the money.Experience lasts for about an hour,which includes a 30 min brief and 30 mins in car.Was a bit disappointed that my first booking had to be cancelled,but after I re-booked I was told that I would get a free photo of the day(Normal cost £10),which I got .

My son recently bought me a ride in the two seater Hypersonic car at Silverstone!Arrived on the due day and everything went very smoothly, all very professional.Very tight fit in car [am 6' 3'' and 15 stone] but managed to get in right behind driver.Driver was very cool and we were quickly on the track, the next few minutes were totally mad. I've never experienced anything like it in my life, far far more exhilarating than any theme park ride.We were doing speeds of 150mph and being thrown round corners all at 6 inches above the ground.I have to admit I was scared at times but wouldn't have missed it for anything.Can thoroughly recommend this experience and have new found respect for F1 drivers.

I was bought this as a Christmas gift from my fiancée and, due to having a very busy year I had to wait until the end of July to actually do the day. On arrival you are booked in and given some info to read over about the track, the structure of the day and the car etc. whilst you wait for your briefing to start. The pre-track briefing is about half an hour long and features a DVD and a LOT of info from one of the senior instructors at Silverstone. All the information is very clear and detailed and leaves you with everything you need to get round the track in one piece and enjoy the day. Once the brief is finished you head over to the Stowe circuit to get your helmet and your car. Any guests you have brought with you get a little bit of time whilst you're on the grid to take photos of the car and of you in it before clearing the grid and heading off to the spectators area. The session starts with a 20 minute paced session behind a Renault Clio sport and is designed to get you used to the feel of the car, the lines you should take into the corners and the controls. This session is split in two to allow a quick re-shuffle of the pack and let some of the back runners spend time further up. After the pacing session comes your 20 minute free lap stint. You are released from the pits and 12 of you have the chance to see how fast you can get the car round the track. Slower drivers are blue flagged to indicate they need to allow a car behind to overtake so you need to pay attention to the marshals. VERY IMPORTANT! In the briefing, overtaking is explained in detail and it is stressed, multiple times, that only one car is allowed to overtake at a time coming on to the pit straight. Despite this, you can guarantee that someone will either ignore or completely forget this and try to go through when they aren't supposed to! Check your mirrors when coming back on to the racing line.Once you get to grips with the power and pace of these things you will never want to get out. The 20 minute session gives you just enough time to get 20 laps in providing nobody spins or has an accident. After coming off you are quickly debriefed and given a print out of your lap times and you then get the chance to purchase photos of you in the car out on track. Getting back in a road car and driving home is torture after your time on track but I can't recommend this experience highly enough! One of the most enjoyable days you can have and perfect for anyone who fancies themselves as a decent driver. The only thing I would say that wasn't perfect was the spectator area. It is up on a balcony where there is no shade or shelter from the elements and this could be improved but other than that everything was spot on!

Yesterday I had my single seater experience. It was bought for me using but a gift.com and was everything I had hoped it would be. The cars were quick and the driving was unbelievable.

This is the second visit to this event and both occaisions were brilliant we were in the Club Silverstone stand this visit which was a considerable distance from the gate we came in this caused my wife some distress as she is disabled however we got to the stand this was on the saturday 05/07/14 we discovered later in the day after the qualifying that transport was available through the staff at the Information points which are dotted round the circuit this made our visit a lot more enjoyable however on raceday the service was restricted as only 1 x buggy was serviceable to take disabled people to and from the circuit the whole experience was brilliant apart from the above comment I think that the disabled services are not advertised enough for pedestrians arriving by car/coach etc