Leyton Clarke
BRDC
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BRDC Profile: www.brdc.co.uk/Leyton-Clarke
Leyton Clarke is a very well respected ARDS licensed driver coach; he has many years of experience gained in racing a wide variety of cars and coaching at circuits throughout Europe. His experience is invaluable for any level of driver from a complete beginner to a seasoned racer.
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People spend a huge amount of money on the car, with suspension modification, lightweight wheels, aerodynamic improvements, engine upgrades and so on; these might gain a few seconds for those who know how to use their potential, but it is a well known fact that the greatest improvement comes from 'the nut being the wheel'.
There is really no faster way to improve your driving, make you safer, quicker and smoother and at a lot less than the cost of a set of tyres!
Coaching Style
I am a very calm coach and come across clearly with my instructions. I will not bombard you with too much information at one time, which is very important so that you can concentrate on one specific area at a time. Depending on how you react to instruction, the day is tailored to what I think you can really achieve with the aim of trying to maximize what you can learn from the ability you demonstrate.
Every client is different and needs a slightly different approach, to try and get the maximum out of the day. With my many years of experience in coaching and racing, I am able to pinpoint how to approach each person and work on their weaknesses very quickly and precisely to improve their driving.
What techniques will I learn?
- How to push yourself and the car to the limit, to reduce your lap times greatly.
- Positioning of the car on track.
- Weight transfer and how it affects the handling.
- Over steer and under steer, what they are and how to correct or solve them.
- When to apply the power and how this affects the overall corner speed and balance of the car.
- Trail braking, when and how hard to brake and the transition of braking force throughout the braking zone.
- Racing lines, for a dry and a wet track.
- Vision and how important it is to be looking through the corner.
- Heel and Toe, for downshifting properly.
- Individual track secrets, which would normally take years of experience to find out.
- and many more basic and advanced track racing techniques.
How is the day structured?
- 8.30 am, arrival at the track to meet up with Leyton.
- 8.40 am, track day organizer's safety briefing.
- 9.00 am, track opens.
- Slow demo laps by Leyton to show the lines and explain some techniques, if you do not know the circuit.
- In car coaching, out of car theory.
- High speed demonstration laps, to show what the car can
actually do and put what Leyton is teaching you into visual
practice. - 12-1 pm, track shut for lunch.
- In car coaching, out of car theory.
- 5.00 pm, track closes for the day.
- Written notes sent via e-mail afterwards on what you need to
be improving on for when you next attend the track. Of
course you can pick my brain with any questions you have
about your car or race series or what to do in different
situations and any general driving questions you wish to know!
My fee for a day from Donington south is £245 which can be shared between two drivers, north of Donington please add another £50.