Anybody been single-seater driving?

[stoofa]

Next year my dad turns 60.
He is a massive Formula 1 fan and has been since he was around 9-10 years old.
A few years back I looked into sending him on one of these single-seater driving experiences but at the time cost was restrictive.
I've taken another look now and the cost isn't so much of an issue, however you do seem to get a lot less for your money.
I'm sure that when I looked all that time ago you got to spend nearly all day at the venue with hatch/saloon training in the morning before being let loose in the single-seaters in the afternoon.

I was just wondering if anybody has been on or knows anybody who has been on one of these experiences recently and if so was it good?
Did you get plenty of time or did you just feel that they wanted you in and out nice and quickly?
If it was enjoyable where did you go?

I know it isn't Forumula 1 driving but short of spending thousands (yer I've found a palce that lets you take out some old formula 1 cars the place has collected over the years) this is really the closest I can get for him.

Any opinions, etc appreciated.

 

[stoofa]

Yer that is the one I've seen that I know my dad would love but unfortunately a little bit out of price range.
I think it was a two day experience, day one spent throwing Ferrari and Porsche around, accomodation overnight and then day two spent in their collection of F1 cars.
I KNOW he would love that day and would remember it forever...it's just a tad over budget for us

The majority of experiences we've seen are around the £150 - £200 mark.
Seem to include around 6 laps with an instructor in saloon/hatches and then 7-8 laps in the single seaters (Formula Ford kind of level).
Sure they aren't going to do like an F1 but I expect being so low in a single-seater with a car that weighs less than a feather, you're still going to get a pretty amazing experience.