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 1 Enrolment Open NOW!

Term 1 commences on February 5th and 6th. 

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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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★★★★★ My family (especially my 12 year old) and I love this track. Great venue, friendly staff, and we just had the "results" from our races e-mailed to us . . . which was a nice touch! Highly recommend LeMans!!Tom R. ★★★★★ Is for yourself or with the family, you will have a great time and a lot of funIbrahim Al H. ★★★★★ A thrilling drive and great fun for all the familySharon U. ★★★★★ We had our sons 12th Birthday and Lemans yesterday at 4pm (1st Feb 2025)I would like to say a massive thank you to Mario for being a the most amazing and patient host. We had a lot of kids and screaming ones too and he handled everything with a smile and nothing was ever a problem.Also a massive thank you to Hamish on the track as he was also amazing and patient with getting all our 21 odd kids ready to race.Thank you so much again for everything, Aleks had an amazing day.Michelle D. ★★★★★ Great fun. Excellent and professional staff. A good representation of the 40k storyverse.Dirk ★★★★★ Mario was amazing and did a great job. Ethan had the best party ever. Thank you Lemans & MarioMelissa K. ★★★★★ Cimone and Olivia were the perfect hosts for my son's birthday. He had a fantastic day with go karts and laser tag.Daniela D. ★★★★★ We had Chris as our host for our bucks. He was great!Mag1c M. ★★★★★ Hamish Ben Mitch buncha great dudes, great music great instructions we had a blast definitely will be back againPTJ ★★★★★ Carts was fun & good. Had an awesome time. Hamish & Ben, Stuart, Mitch were amazing staff.Pratik H. ★★★★★ Amazing overall hub of entertainment and one of the best immersive Virtual Reality experiences in Melbourne!Le Mans entertainment is fun for all ages.Accommodating three outdoor Go-Karting tracks, with one designed specifically for drifting, Laser Tag, and the most entertaining of all, multiple immersive "Zero Latecy" Virtual Reality experiences!I highly recommend the VR here.The most entertaining are the 30 minute storyline shooter games;"Singularity", for an incredible space-station storyline.And, my favourite to date, "Outbreak Origins", a post-apocalyptic city filled with zombies.Additionally there is one player vs. player experience, "Sol Raiders".And two 2x15 minute survival shooters, "Zombie Survival" and the new "Undead Arena". With more games to be added.Maximum group sizes of 8 people.Absolutely worth a visit!Andrew K. ★★★★★ Smooth and fun experience all around. Games were good and staff was nice, especially Jake at the front who has a welcoming and friendly attitude. 10/10Kartik B. ★★★★★ had a great time, got a really good deal with the super carts + free pizza ! + Tommy is super friendly and welcomingAnika R. ★★★★★ Was really good experience, super karts are actually super!!Archit G. ★★★★★ Such a fun place, the go karting was great, food was good and everything was reasonably priced we organized a surprise party for a friend and everyone was so accommodating and made sure he didn't suspect a thing, Jake was a bloody legend! Provided great service and had a really good chat to him. Best bang for your buck a night out can offer, will 100% be back!Jack ★★★★★ Always love this place. My boys (5 & 16) and Ialways have a ball.Leigh C. ★★★★★ This was the best surprise birthday party iv ever had. All my friends surprised me, and jake was am amazing host. He went above and beyond! Lovely place to come with family or friends. If ya wanna get sweaty. Lazer tag was an absolute blast.Levi G. ★★★★★ My son had his 11th birthday party here, which included Go Karts, mini golf, arcade and food. The staff were accomodating and made it really it easy to plan. Our party host, Mario, was super friendly and was the perfect party host - very helpful and organised. The kids had a wonderful time. Highly recommended.Beverly Chan R. ★★★★★ Great place for the kids to have fun.Andre was helpfully with the kids!!vijay s ★★★★★ Awesome. Great service by the worker. Andrey was the best. Looked after the kidsNathan H. ★★★★★ Genuinely had a lot of fun on the fast carts. Thought the price was very high for 30 mins of carting but it was brilliant fun and will be back.mark C. ★★★★★ Amazing staff, super respectful and prioritising safety!Amit M. ★★★★★ Very Good Go kart in melbourne and great staff like AndreyJagmeet S. ★★★★★ Great day on the mushroom track. Andre was friendly and kept the kids safeBrad K. ★★★★★ Thank you Andre for helping our son to check in and race at the tracks! You made easy and welcoming for us! Will definitely return again!Sujith D. ★★★★★ Our boys love to go to Lemans, they have been to the gokarting tracks few times. Today it was very easy checking in at the tracks, Andre was very fast and helpful checking in our kids! Made the experience fun for the kids! Thanks Andre!Rebecca S. ★★★★★ Great time on Mini Cart for my 4 and 6 years! We'll come back again!Ivan C.js_loader