Ahah - this is more fun in some ways. Although I do like normal trackdays, the Bedford day is excellent. It is arranged as corp entertainment, so I was expecting very conservative guidelines.

What we got was superbly psychopathic supervisors, in fact the Aussie who was instructing me in the Clio was great - most of the other were just dropping from 5th to 4th to get through a wee jink on the main straight, but he forced me to push it hard enough to get through sideways in 6th gear...at 140mph ish. I have rarely had so much fun - the Clio is pretty good with a 6speed sequential and some decent power. The JP1s were pretty good too - basically a road legal Le Mans car. The instructors try to get you to go just beyond your limits, so you get better next time.

The only disappointment was the Evos. As I knew how to drive that style of car I was expecting to push it really hard, but they were a bit twitchy about their clutches. Apparently they are more chilled out now.

The Palmer Audi is very surreal on the track in the dry - just like a computer game. It goes exactly wherever you steer to.