MINI Driver Training 2006: Driving Safely - with Utmost Pleasure

Munich. Through its fascinating handling alone, the MINI is a wonderful
experience for the driver every time he - or she - takes the wheel. And
this experience becomes utmost pleasure for the truly outstanding
motorist able to drive his or her MINI safely and with supreme style in
at all times. Precisely this is ensured under ideal conditions by MINI
Driver Training offered once again in 2006 on two different levels of
excellence: The Starter Pack ensures even better understanding and
mastery of your MINI's technical features and handling, with training
courses held on six tracks and training centres throughout Germany. The
MINI Driver Training Power Pack, in turn, a particular challenge being
held in April for the first time at Nürburgring, in Oschersleben,
and at Salzburgring in Austria teaches the truly ambitious motorist to
handle the MINI Cooper S at high speeds with superior safety. Every
course begins with a lesson in theory under the motto: "Train Your
Brain", honing the participant's awareness of speed and driving
physics, offering basic knowledge of automotive technology and the
special features of the engines, chassis and body so crucial to the
MINI's behaviour on the road. The next step is to simulate and
subsequently master authentic situations in everyday traffic on a test
track reserved especially for this training course. Learning to master
his - or her - MINI in this way, the driver not only enjoys extra fun
at the wheel, but also makes an important contribution to greater
safety on the road. MINI Driver Training Starter Pack: Moving to the
Extreme. In braking and evasion manoeuvres as well as under rapid lane
change at city traffic speed, participants in the MINI Driver Training
Starter Pack test their response and gradually move forward to the
physical limits of motoring. Emergency Braking, Understeer Manoeuvres,
and the Dynamic Turn - having completed these exercises, each
participant will have an even better and safer feeling of his MINI.
Another highlight the training programme is the need to look ahead on
the road, with the driver able to recognise a potentially risky
situation in good time and showing far greater superiority in his
response. MINI Driver Training Power Pack: Looking for the Ideal Line.
In the MINI Driver Training Power Pack participants complete their
exercises at even higher speeds, while still pursuing the same
objective remains the same: to handle the car safely and in superior
style. Power Pack Training also starts with theoretical instruction,
participants then driving the MINI Cooper S in the subsequent practical
sessions, with some models even featuring the John Cooper Works Tuning
Kit. Changing lanes in sudden emergency situations and conducting all
kinds of braking and evasion manoeuvres, participants make themselves
acquainted with the MINI's response on the race track. The challenges
they face, therefore, are best described as the S Curve, Brake and
Swerve, as well as Double Lane Change, in this case also at higher
speeds. MINI Driver Training is conducted by well-trained instructors
naturally adjusting in full to the individual requirements and skills
of their participants. The team of trainers is made up of experienced
MINI professionals including test drivers and engineers very well
acquainted for years with all of the MINI's features and driving
qualities and able to pass on their practical know-how convincingly and
full of passion to the participants in their courses. Training Areas
with Perfect Conditions. The MINI Driver Training Starter Pack is
offered at no less than eight locations throughout Germany. Apart from
the Driver Training Centre (DTC) at Munich Airport, there are training
centres at Hockenheimring, in Gross Dölln north-east of Berlin, in
Lüneburg in the north of Germany, in Kassel, Leipzig,
Gründautal, and Grevenbroich. The season begins in March and ends
in December, and the fee for participating in the MINI Driver Training
Starter Pack is Euro 325.- per person. The MINI Driver Training Power
Pack is offered at various locations, all of them genuine race tracks.
Training conditions are perfect from April to October at
Nürburgring and Hockenheimring now included in the programme, as
well as at the Motodrom in Oschersleben and at the Salzburgring in
Austria. The fee of Euro 690.- per person includes overnight
accommodation, food and drinks. The detailed MINI Driver Training
programme as well as further information on dates and locations are to
be found in the internet at www.MINI.de/drivertraining and are
available on the hotline ++49(0)1805-MINIDRIVE or ++49(0)1805-64 64 37.
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