Lotus Melbourne Driving Academy
Improve your driving skills and shave seconds off your lap times by attending one of the Lotus Melbourne Driving Academy track day sessions. These personalised driving sessions give you hands on driver coaching to help you drive faster.
Advanced driver training with your Lotus
The Lotus Melbourne Driving Academy is focussed on helping you improve as a driver. We have so many successful stories of drivers taking seconds off their lap times after getting personal coaching from our team led by the experienced Mark O’Connor.
With over fifteen years experience driving Lotus race cars and managing Lotus race teams at a national level, Mark has a wealth of knowledge about what it takes to get the most from a Lotus sports car.
Using his experience as a professional racing driver you get first hand insights on how to improve your driving technique to improve lap times, be more sympathetic to your car, have greater on-track awareness and more.
Summary
MARK'S ABILITY TO DELIVER SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO DRIVING ON THE TRACK FAST WERE SO VALUABLE
I FELT MORE RELAXED AND WAS ABLE TO CONCENTRATE MORE ON MY DRIVING, I WAS AMAZED AT THE LAP TIME IMPROVEMENT.
GETTING 1 ON 1 DRIVER COACHING HAS BEEN A REVELATION. I WATCHED LOTS OF MOTORSPORT ON TV AND THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING
WITHIN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES I WAS LEARNING NEW THINGS AND HOW TO DRIVE MY LOTUS SPORTS CAR THE RIGHT WAY
WORTH EVERY PENNY
Regardless of your goals and experience level the team from Lotus Melbourne helped made sure I had fun.
I thought Mark was one of those racing drivers who don't talk to common people, but his insights were amazing.
Anthony was great at making coffee too
EVENT DETAILS
WHAT MAKES THIS EVENT UNIQUE?
- Personal driver coaching.
- Tailored driver training program (if attending multiple days)
- Pit garage support with our vehicle technicians.
- Data analysis options available.
- Open and inclusive for any Lotus owner either new or used vehicle.
- Suitable for beginner or experienced drivers.
INCLUSIONS
- Event entry
- Track support from Lotus technicians & race engineers
- 6 x 20 minute on track sessions
- Minimum of 2 In-Car coaching sessions from a driving instructor
- Session debriefs & theory with experienced Lotus engineers
- Low track densities (max 12 cars per session)
- Access to Lotus Pit Garage
- Access to Driver’s Lounge
- Catered Lunch
- Barista coffee, smoothies & light refreshments
WHAT IS REQUIRED?
The majority of track day participants use their road registered Lotus Exige, Elise or Evora that are driven to each event. Some owners will opt to have their vehicle transported on a trailer but essentially you need a Lotus vehicle and appropriate track license to be involved.
- Drivers must hold a current driver’s licence
- An ADR-compliant helmet must be worn at all times whilst on the circui
- Clothing must be non-synthetic and cover ‘neck to wrist to ankles’
- Appropriate covered footwear
- Vehicles must be road registered and in roadworthy condition prior to entering the circuit
- Drivers must complete and sign the orgainiser’s disclaimer documentation
HOW DOES THE DAY RUN?
- On the day each vehicle is checked, each driver registers & attends a driver briefing session.
- After that each group takes their turn on track with debrief sessions in between.
EVENT QUESTIONS
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
– Arrival at track
– Registration
– Driver’s Briefing
– All Drivers are split into their groups for the sessions to begin
– A mix of solo and on-board coaching sessions
– Driver debrief session
– Normal duration is from 8:00am and should be finished by 4:00pm.
Yes, we bring our Mechanic & Engineering Crew to the track to provide support and assistance during the day. Its like having your own factory backed race team at hand.
Yes and entry is free.