Keep it in the family

McLaren has been rewarding customers with some very special track-day events.

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You dream about the chance to live out your racing driver fantasies, and mine is about to be realised. The venue for my debut track experience: Silverstone. This is like kicking a football for the first time at Wembley.

McLaren is hosting one of its exclusive Pure owners’ experience days, and I've been invited. To prepare, I spent the day before studying videos of races at the circuit and driving it virtually. But any veneer of confidence this may have given me evaporates as I arrive at the track.

The car park is full of McLarens and the attendees are buzzing - although that could be nerves given they're all driving their own cars on track. I’m having to borrow one, for the record.