Single seater experience @ Rockingham
Last weekend, I splashed out £169 for just half an hour’s driving around Rockingham International Motorspeedway . Am I nuts, or what? The difference this time was that I was in a car with only 115 bhp . No wait, the difference this time was that I was in a single seater race car. Well, a sanitised equivalent, at least. True, it did have only 115 horses, but it was light enough to make this ample. Overall, though, as an experience, it’s one I won’t be seeking to repeat. After the usual safety briefing, my group of 4 was split up between a pair of pace cars (also single seaters). We then trundled out of the pits onto the National circuit in the oval’s infield and ever-so-slowly increased the speed as we got used to the controls. To be honest, the only thing that felt slightly unusual was the 4-speed, extremely short-throw gearbox, situated next to your right hand. Ten minutes in and we trundled back into the pits, only to head back out in about 20 seconds...