Rookie Driver Development

Le Mans RDD Karting Course for 8 – 11 Year Olds

The Le Mans Rookie Driver Development program is the best place to start any racing career.

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Every school term, we offer a 6-week program that covers what it takes to become a champion behind the wheel. Our Rookies program is run on Wednesday and Thursday nights after school on our Rookie track, which features our newest European made electric go karts!

The program is designed specifically for 8-11 year olds who are looking for a fun and interesting way to learn driving skills and provides a great opportunity to explore the fun and excitement of racing in a safe environment. Rookie Driver Development offers a similar curriculum to our famous LDA for the younger racers looking for a fun way to start racing.

What is covered in our 6 week Karting course for juniors?

We start with the fundamentals and safety of karting. Then we cover a range of important topics such as racing lines, which is figuring out the fastest way to get around the track, and all-important braking techniques. We look at interesting topics like race strategy & execution and cover how to work towards lap time consistency, practice race starts to test your racing readiness and have a lot of fun along the way! Rookie Driver Development sessions are run on the Rookie Track, in the Electric Karts. Given its Melbourne, we work on wet track skills & operate in most weather conditions, though we do have the added bonus of an awesome laser tag arena for those really wet nights to build some team skills if required.

Each session contains lots of driving with varying drills. Every week there is learning, practice, and of course, karting in a very safe and highly inclusive environment. We prioritise safety on the go kart tracks, ensuring everyone from beginners to seasoned drivers experience the thrill of karting with the utmost security.

At the end of term presentation everyone will receive a certificate recognising their hard work.

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What is covered during the Driver Development program

  • Safety & Standards
  • Racing Lines & Consistency
  • Braking Techniques
  • Race Starts & Race Craft
  • Racing
  • Wet Weather Driving
  • Plus much more!
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Term 4 Enrolment Open NOW!

Term 4 commences on October 8th and 9th!

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RDD can be booked using AfterPay!

Experienced Coaches Running the Rookie Drivers Development

The RDD is lead by our experienced coaches who are passionate about racing. Our team of course have working with children checks completed and the safety of our participants is our top focus.

We strive to create a fun, inclusive environment for all of our participants. 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

We may be biased, but definitely yes! Every term will have new drills so there’ll be new things to learn. It is valuable to continue building on the skills, our RDD team spend time getting to know each competitor, so we have lots of repeat enrollments. Plus, practice makes perfect when it comes to shaving seconds off your PB lap time.

If you’ve enrolled in the full eight-week term for the first time, then we’ll have a welcome pack for you. We’re working on the 2025 updates at the moment!

Our RDD program is where the next generation of racing superstars from 8 -11 years start to learn their race craft, and it is a feeder to our Junior Race League.

What Our Customers say

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