MSV Driving Experiences and Gift Ideas Brands Hatch Circuit, Fawkham Longfield, Kent, DA3 8NG Tel: 0843 453 1000 www.msvdrivinggifts.com Brands Hatch Oulton Park Snetterton Cadwell Park Bedford Autodrome www.msv.com Drive the dream and follow in the wheeltracks of racing legends... CONTENTS 04 MSV – Put yourself in the driving seat 06 MSV Circuits – Five of the top tracks in the UK 08 RaceMaster – Two incredible cars, one unforgettable experience Unleash your inner hero… 10 M3 Master – The benchmark for performance cars 12 RallyMaster – Take a sideways look at nature 14 MudMaster – An unstoppable force 16 YoungDrive! and YoungDrive! Plus – Underage driving made legal 18 Passenger SuperRides – Should come with a health warning! 20 PalmerSport – The world’s greatest driving event 22 MSV Trackdays – Your vehicle. Our circuits 24 MSV Instructors – Simply the best Jim Clark James Hunt Damon Hill Jenson Button Lewis Hamilton You? 26 Options and Prices – A package to suit everyone’s needs 28 Other Gifts – Alternative ideas starting from just £1 30 More than just a race circuit – Celebrate any special occasion in style All these F1 world champions have raced and won on the same tarmac anyone can experience with an MSV driving gift! 02 www.msvdrivinggifts.com 0843 453 1000 0843 453 1000 www.msvdrivinggifts.com 03 Put yourself in the driving seat MotorSport Vision (MSV) is one of the world’s foremost motorsport organisations, and own a number of motor racing circuits in the UK. Since being acquired by MSV in 2004, the fortunes of Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Cadwell Park have been transformed under the direction of Chief Executive and former F1 driver Jonathan Palmer, setting new standards in quality, presentation and customer care. The MSV Group has also expanded to include the British Superbike Championship and the BRDC Formula 4 Championship, the first step on the single seater ladder for aspiring F1 drivers. The F4 championship office is based at Bedford Autodrome, the home of MSV’s PalmerSport corporate driving event, which is widely regarded as the best of its kind in the world. All of this accumulated experience and expertise has been harnessed to create a range of superb driving activities across four of our venues – Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Snetterton and Bedford Autodrome - featuring superb instruction, first class facilities and unrivalled attention to detail. British Superbikes: BRDC F4 Championship: PalmerSport: MSV Trackdays: In 2008, MSV acquired the commercial and promotional MotorSport Vision promotes the BRDC Formula 4 Thousands every year drive a stunning selection of MSV Trackdays (MSVT) is one of the largest rights to the British Superbike Championship. BSB is Championship for the next generation of racing stars, the world’s greatest track-prepared road and racing trackday operators in the UK, running more than renowned worldwide for the quality and closeness of its which commenced in 2013. The championship’s cars at the PalmerSport corporate motorsport 200 events per year. Anyone can take their own racing and has launched the careers of countless MotoGP office is based at Bedford Autodrome. event. Every guest can drive to the limit at MSV’s vehicle onto the racetrack! and World Superbike riders. purpose built Bedford Autodrome facility. 04 www.msvdrivinggifts.com 0843 453 1000 0843 453 1000 www.msvdrivinggifts.com 05 Five of the UK’s top circuits BRANDS HATCH OULTON PARK BEDFORD AUTODROME SNETTERTON CADWELL PARK FIVE OF THE Kent Cheshire Bedfordshire Norfolk Lincolnshire UK’S TOP CIRCUITS Get ready for the drive of your life around some of the most iconic and spectacular circuits in the UK. One of the most iconic sporting Oulton Park is widely acknowledged Bedford Autodrome is the only UK Snetterton has enjoyed a renaissance Fondly nicknamed the ‘mini venues in the world, Brands Hatch as the most picturesque circuit in circuit specifically designed to provide since MSV took over the circuit in Nürburgring’, Cadwell Park is held attracts an impressive line-up of the country, admired as much for the ideal environment for guests to 2004, and the venue was majorly closely in the hearts of many prestigious events each year. its stunning surroundings as for the push themselves and their cars to the redeveloped in 2011 with the motorsport fans. Located 10 miles spectacular racing it produces. limit in optimum safety. creation of a brand new 3 mile circuit north of Horncastle and five miles The Kent circuit’s blend of sweeping configuration to transform it into one south of Louth, the Lincolnshire corners and rapidly changing The track itself has always been With no motor racing taking place, of the best tracks in the UK. circuit is especially popular with gradients, including the famous popular with fans due to the superb the venue does not feature extensive bikers nationwide. Paddock Hill Bend, make it one of the views of the circuit available from Armco barriers – instead huge run off One of Britain’s fastest and longest most popular tracks in Europe. the spectator banking. 35,000 fans areas mean that guests can extract circuits, the Norfolk venue is located The star event on the Cadwell Park regularly flock to the circuit for the every last inch of performance out 10 miles north-east of Thetford on calendar is the British Superbike In 1999 construction work was Over 30 race meetings are held at annual round of the British Touring of their vehicles in a safe, controlled the A11. Championship over August Bank completed on MSV’s Bedford the circuit each year including British Car Championship. environment. Holiday weekend. The annual BSB Autodrome complex – the only Superbikes, British Touring Cars, Truck First used for motor racing in 1951, ‘Party in the Park’ is known for its circuit in the UK purpose-built for racing and the American SpeedFest. Alongside the BTCC, the Cheshire The site features four main circuits Snetterton has become renowned buzzing atmosphere, attracting driving events. In 2004 MSV then track hosts two rounds of the British that contain a challenging mix of over the past half century for its long the biggest crowds of the season acquired Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, The circuit was originally created as a Superbike Championship as well as high speed corners, chicanes and straights and high speed corners. Cars to witness some of the world’s best Snetterton and Cadwell Park, four of cycling track in 1926, and since then the HSCC Gold Cup, where the finest heavy braking hairpins to really test and bikes are often up to four abreast riders tackling the famous ‘Mountain’ the UK’s best loved race circuits. it has witnessed some of the most sports cars, saloons and single seaters any car’s capability. down the famous Bentley Straight! section, where bikes frequently get significant moments in motorsport from the past 70 years roll back time airborne. history including Ayrton Senna’s first and take to the track. The complex is based at a 750 acre Highlights on the circuit’s race car win and Nigel Mansell’s maiden site near Thurleigh, north of Bedford, calendar include annual visits from Cadwell Park’s striking mix of twists, Formula One victory. Brands Hatch Oulton Park is situated next to Little and is home to the legendary the British Superbike, British Touring cambers and gradients attract also held the Road Cycling events at Budworth and is best accessed from PalmerSport corporate hospitality Car and British Truck championships, several four wheel events too, the London 2012 Paralympics. the A54 and the A59. motorsport event. and there are also two and four wheel including the historic Wolds Trophy club meetings most weekends during and a Vintage Sports Car Festival. Brands Hatch is located 20 miles from Available Experiences: A growing number of car and bike the season. Available Experiences: Central London, just off the M25. • RaceMaster - p.8 trackdays also take place at Bedford • M3 Master - p.10 Autodrome. Snetterton is a popular test track and • MSV Trackdays - p.22 Available Experiences: has been used to develop a host • RallyMaster - p.12 Available Experiences: • RaceMaster - p.8 • MudMaster - p.14 of vehicles including various race- Race Event Highlights: winning Le Mans 24 Hour machinery. • M3 Master - p.10 • YoungDrive! - p.16 • M3 Master - p.10 • British Superbikes • RallyMaster - p.12 • YoungDrive! Plus - p.16 • YoungDrive! - p.16 Available Experiences: • Vintage Sports Car Festival • MudMaster - p.14 • SuperRides - p.18 • YoungDrive! Plus - p.16 • Historic Wolds Trophy • YoungDrive! - p.16 • MSV Trackdays - p.22 • PalmerSport - p.20 • YoungDrive! - p.16 “MSV’s outstanding range of • YoungDrive! Plus - p.16 • MSV Trackdays - p.22 • MSV Trackdays - p.22 • SuperRides - p.18 Race Event Highlights: acclaimed driving experiences will Race Event Highlights: leave you with memories you will • MSV Trackdays - p.22 • British Touring Cars • British Superbikes • British Touring Cars never want to forget!” Race Event Highlights: • Historic Gold Cup • British Superbikes Jonathan Palmer • British Superbikes • British GT Championship • British F3/GT Championships Former F1 driver, commentator • British Touring Cars • Truck Racing and MSV Chief Executive • Truck Racing 06 www.msvdrivinggifts.com 0843 453 1000 0843 453 1000 www.msvdrivinggifts.com 07 RaceMaster £185 Brands Hatch and Oulton Park Get ready to taste the Formula One experience in a pair of thrilling and powerful cars at the world famous Brands Hatch or Oulton Park circuits. RaceMaster puts you as close as you’ll be able to get to the Grand Prix dream without having a surname like ‘Button’, as you take to the track in two supremely quick vehicles. Your experience begins with a succession of laps in a powerful BMW M3, capable of 0-60mph in four and a half seconds, with a professional driver offering you one-to-one tuition on how to find the ideal racing lines and handle the car at high speeds.