Product Details

The Clio is easily the best of all the current hot hatch options and our 197 has replaced  the ageing but still highly popular 182 Cup.  This car is the ideal choice for those seeking tuition, looking to learn a circuit or for those either in favour of front wheel drive or looking for a familiar way into track days. 

The 1998cc 16v four cylinder engine puts out just under 200bhp at 7250rpm through a six speed gearbox, with almost 160 lb ft of torque available from around 5000rpm our sub 1200kg stripped out hatch is much faster than the basic numbers would suggest.  All this is brough to a halt by the four pot Brembo calipers and outstanding Performance Friction race pads.

The handling is superb and our car runs on grippy Yokohama AO48R rubber and is stopped by Performance Friction competition brakes.  It is an exceptional drive capable of embarrassing much more expensive machinery on track.

Like all of our cars you can specify the addition of a Video & Data package to take away the video of your day with a data overlay.

The Clio lends itself well for tuition use and is used by many of the UK's top instrutors.

Further Information

track day car hire from track-club is not your typical red letter day type experience - our cars are hired out on an exclusive basis and we manage the day as if the car is your own car for the day.

Typically a track day will start at around 0800 with driver sign on, either before or after the safety briefing a track-club technician will introduce you to your car and instructor (if you have booked an instructor).  Once you are briefed and you are comfortable in the car and familiar with the controls you will be free to take to the track at your leisure.  Our cars do not have artificial rpm limits and we only expect that drivers to treat the car as they would their own. 

We do not compromise our cars on cheapr tyres or brakes either, typically our cars run either Yokohama A048 R or Toyo R888 tyres, our fleet runs exclusively on Motul 300V performance oil, Motul RBF660 brake fluid and Performance Friction race compound pads.

The car should have around 15-20 minutes rest in each hour of driving to allow for fuelling, oil checks, tyre pressure setting etc.  Your hire ends at the end of the track event.

You can share a car with as many drivers as you like subject to payment of the additional driver premium but we recommend no more than 3-4 drivers per car to allow a sensible amount of driving time for each driver.  We do not count an ARDS instructor as an additional driver if you are receiving tuition and they want to demonstrate a technique to you.

 The hire fee includes;

-          exclusive use of the car at the your chosen track day

-          the car is prepared in our motorsport workshop, delivered to the circuit, cleaned and made ready in your allocated garage or in the paddock if you do not have an allocated garage.

-          insurance subject to the vehicle specific excess, typically £2500

-          full technical support, one of our technicians will aid you with harnesses and manage fuel, tyre pressures and suspension settings

-          all fuel included for sessioned track events, first tank of fuel included on open pit lane events with additional fuel subsidised at £1.00 per litre

track-club can arrange the booking of your preferred track day and co-ordinate track fees, tuition, car hire and any other services on your behalf.

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