RACE CAR DRIVER COACHING
Max Coates is a professional racing car driver coach, ARDS A Qualified & with over 20+ years motorsport and circuit experience who has helped various drivers, teams, and manufacturers to race wins and podium finishes.
Max provides 1:1 tuition and coaching at all tracks in the UK helping racing drivers to fine-tune their driving skills, to reach optimal performance and their own goals. Max can work with you on technique and aspects of motorsport performance such as; steering, throttle and brake technique as well as race-craft.
Max is also trained as a Motorsport UK Race Coach, Tutor, and Assessor with a qualification from 1st for Sport. Coaching since 2012 Max has over 9 years of experience in the passenger seat.
Max is available for instruction at any race track and can work on a number of motorsport techniques:
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Weight transfer and how to manage it
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Steering inputs
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Throttle technique and control
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Braking techniques
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Hitting peak pressure
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Trail braking
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Left foot braking
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Racing lines
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Wet weather driving techniques
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Finding grip
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Car positioning
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Race-craft
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How to learn a race circuit
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Heel and Toe
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Vision
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Handling oversteer and understeer as well as how to prevent it
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How to build-up to the cars limit safely
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Developing a car's set-up
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Trade track secrets!
Max has worked with a range of clients including drivers, teams, manufacturers, corporate event businesses, track day companies, and ice-driving schools;
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Graves Motorsport JCW & Trophy
Britcar Endurance Championship & British Endurance Championship
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Drivers in the High Row Motorsport team
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Dragon Sport with Rhys Lloyd and Matthew Dawson
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Guy Colclough in his DAT Racing Seat Leon TCR car
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Paul Sheard Autosport in a Seat Leon & VW Golf TCR
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Want2Race Competition and experience day coach
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2019 Team in the Ginetta GRDC and Ginetta G40 Cup
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2020 GRDC Rookies
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Works Driver Development Coach
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GTA Rookie Class of 2021
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Ginetta Junior Scholarship Judge
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Ginetta Junior Coach - Breakell Racing and Elite Motorsport
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