HONDA CIVIC TYPE R

I THINK THE TYPE R COULD probably find its own way to the Channel tunnel these days (although it always forgets to pay the Dart charge en route).

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Last month was a little weekend away at Spa-Francorchamps and this month the Honda took me to Le Mans for a full week. Considering the endless stream of Porsches and Ferraris punctuated by all manner of M cars, a sprinkling of TVRs and all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff from pre-WW2 Bentleys to brand new hypercars - the Type R got love and attention from every campsite it passed and at every service station on the way home. The Le Mans crowd is the right crowd, it seems.

Yet the real fun began when I got back to the UK and attended a Pirelli P Zero experience track day on the full Silverstone GP circuit. These are very posh track days where you can drive your own car, experience others from the likes of Ferrari, McLaren and Alpine with instruction and drink very nice coffee at your leisure. Being an Italian event, smoking is encouraged but not mandatory.