The start

Depends on what car and what state of tune. Sensibly by all means make the quickest get away you can, without doing anything unfamiliar. It is quite probable that experienced competitors will indulge in a bit of wheel spin. The line away from the start is fairly obvious, going into a mild right hander so mild that it does not even figure on the maps.

Orchard

The first corner of note is a sweeping left hand, Orchard. Assuming good tyres, some ought to be able to get round Orchard flat out, just. Powerful cars will need to exercise increased caution as they will be going a lot faster. You need to enter fairly well out, but aiming to exit on the middle, as it all too easy for the inexperienced to run wide, and end up in the middle of the crossover.

Ettores

The next bend the right hand hairpin, Ettores, is the first bend to usually really catch people out with any regularity. You need to shed a lot of speed, since even a standard car will be motoring quite quickly by now, the bend itself is quite tricky, and judging a suitable breaking point can be difficult. There is a gravel trap on the outside, but I would not advise needing it! Ettores tightens up as you go round and has a pronounced left-hand kink on the exit. Therefore you cannot simply apply power all the way round as you would do with an ideal bend. As soon as you are able to straight-line to the left-hand ?Pardon? hairpin. Some might be able to use third on tuned engine, but only just. Anything that has a gear that will pull and go from, Ettores to Pardon without overreving use it. The exit to this bend might be slippery, be careful.

Pardon

Pardon is tricky. Almost any live axled car should drive round the outside. Wheelspin is almost inevitable, and the action of a LSD in other than a straight line can be interesting. The inside line is for some really old cars, and those with independent rear suspension. If you take this route at any speed, you do need to consider the changes in camber, know where you are going and what you will do. If you take the outside, you can go just fast enough to use second. Use of first on anything with some go in it, will equal smoke, noise and perhaps axle tramp. Once you have got going from ?Pardon? there is short straight before the first bend that make up the Esses.

The Esses

For many, other than the quickest it is possible to drive most of the first right hander without touching the brakes. However to do this you need to be able to put the brakes on in or just after a bend as you will not make the left hander. Guaranteed, even if your last name is Schumacher! Although it will hopefully not be a consideration, if it has been wet, the Esses are the last place to dry out. The next part of the Esses might have you wishing you had touring car suspension! The last right hander has rumble strip (actually angled paving slabs!) on the inside. Needless to say you would want to straight line this bend. It can be done a little bit, but the attempt is not recommended for a non competitive event (you stand a real chance of bending a stub axle if you get this wrong - or worse). The last part of the Esses the last left hander needs an entry to the right of the track and a tight exit. Dont get this wrong and scrape the Armco, ouch! Success in doing this puts on the right part of the track for the short straight to semi- circle.

Semi-Circle

You need an outside (ish) entry to try and ease this bend. Discretion is the better part of valour, and there is nothing on the outside. There is a tree that makes a convenient end of bend marker, but you will need to observe this for yourself (Prescott has lots of trees!). Finally a quick blast across the line and that is it. Immediately past the line you will need to slow right down. The return road is also a bridleway along part of its length and horses can often be encountered. Needless to say they should be give right of way (as if you'd do otherwise!). From here slowly and quietly make your way back into the paddock. Vocal cars note, it is all downhill to the paddock and it is quite normal to turn the engine off.