LeMans Drivers Academy

Learn To Race Like A Champion With Our 9 Week Junior Driving Program

LeMans Drivers Academy(LDA) Karting Course for 12 – 17yr Olds

The Le Mans Driver Academy is the best place to start your racing career or develop confidence behind the wheel. Every school term, we offer an 9 week program that covers multiple areas of driving and what it takes to further your racing journey. Our LDA classes are run on Wednesday and Thursday nights and the sessions go for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. The program includes theory and practical programs at our team HQ, plus the opportunity to put what you have learned into practice by driving on our Penrite track, which is the most technical track at Le Mans.

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LDA is a great pathway for children to learn and develop! Not just driving skills, but teamwork and practical skills to help any aspiring driver. With emphasis on a fun, safe, and inclusive environment, we are confident that all participants will be excited to attend each week, who wouldn’t want to drive go karts as an after school activity!
 
The Le Mans Driver Academy is a program for 12-17 year olds, aimed at developing driving skills and providing a great opportunity to explore the fun and excitement of racing in a safe environment.
 
For children under 12, we have the Rookie Driver Development program, aimed at 8-11 year olds and offers a similar curriculum for the younger racers looking for a fun way to start racing.

Rooke Drivers Development 8-11 Years old

What is covered in our 9 week Karting course for juniors?

Our Program is designed to progress and build on your child’s learning each term! Meaning they will obtain a wide range of knowledge and skills whilst seeing improvements in their racing from term to term. We will always cover the Safety & Standards of racing in our first week. This serves as an introduction for new drivers and the team, while reminding our previous participants of the importance of safe driving.

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The Le Mans Driver Academy sessions are run on the Penrite Track, in our 200cc Sprint Karts. Given it’s Melbourne, we deal with all weather conditions. This gives the kids an advantage by gaining experience in and a better understanding of driving conditions and the variables they may face as we operate in most weather conditions. Of course safety is our top priority and our Marshal team are trained and experienced, our go karts are European made to the highest quality standards and we utilise a race safety system to control the karts when required.

Every week we start with a theoretical component in class, learning about varying skills and topics that are required to be a successful driver. Each session contains plenty of driving with varying drills and a strong focus on fun yet challenging activities.

The Driver Academy provides fantastic value, with each session including the opportunity to get on track and put the topics from the classroom into practice! The best way to develop is by getting plenty of laps in on our 200cc Sprint Karts. Each week we aim to have at least 30 minutes on track, developing real world skills to help with not just racing, but also driving on the road when the time comes.

At the end of term presentation everyone will receive a certificate in recognition of their hard work. We have regular prizes for sportsmanship, fairness and dedication during the weekly sessions and we promote an inclusive, safe and fun environment. 

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What is covered during the Driver Academy program

  • Safety & Standards
  • Racing Lines & Consistency
  • Braking Techniques
  • Race Starts & Race Craft
  • Motorsport Fitness & Mindset
  • Qualifying Tips
  • Individual & Team Racing
  • Wet Weather Driving
  • The Mechanics of Karting
  • Plus much more!

Term 1 Enrolment Opens Soon!

 

Term 1 commences on Wednesday, February 5th, and Thursday, February 6th.

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LDA can be booked using AfterPay!

Creating the next generation of champions

Experienced Coaches Running LDA 

The LeMans Drivers Academy 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 to learn driving skills and create fantastic friendships! LDA is the perfect program to learn fundamental driving skills for both road and racing applications. 

In 2025 we’re excited to welcome a wide range of guest specialty coaches to assist our regular LeMans coaching team, providing expert advice, training and guidance to all LDA participants.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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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 LDA 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 LDA program is where the next generation of racing superstars from 12-17 years start to learn their race craft, and it is a feeder to our Junior Race League. Your LDA experience will be a great help if you decide to participate in any of the JRL events at Le Mans throughout the year. Under 12? Check out our Rookie Driver Development program.

What Our Customers say

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★★★★★ It is the best place to go when there is nothing to doObsa ★★★★★ Thank-you for an amazing party for my 12 year old son. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience! From start to finish everything went perfectly! And most importantly a Big Thankyou to our fabulous host Michelle! You made the day so special and we are so grateful.Catherine M. ★★★★★ Had my sons 8th birthday today was a brilliant experience. Shout out to Felix who was our host, he was wonderful to deal with made everything run smoothly. He deserves a christmas bonus.gregcrellin1 ★★★★★ Best carts I’ve been on. Was great fun for our whole group. Will be back soonJustin ★★★★★ Lyla was an awesome host and made everything super fun!Space marines was cool and quirky but I much prefered far cry!Ricky C. ★★★★★ Kids had lots of fun and Michelle is a very lovely host.Ruth Q. ★★★★★ Awesome fun and Lyla was awesome. Outbreak slay season was the bestDan B. ★★★★★ Had the best time! We had Lochlan - he made it the best 🥳 Did VR and laser tag for our Christmas party. So fun!!Tiani W. ★★★★★ Had such a great time doing VR and Lasertag. Lachlan was awesomeDaniel F. ★★★★★ As a regular here at lemans and doing LDA since 2022, Must I say it is the best decision I have made. Learning how to race rental karts and how to do better in karting and trying it on track is so much fun and is always the highlight of my week after school. Some weeks we do special activities on track which gives a little spice compared to the normal sessions. If you love rental karting and want to get better but people who just go for a day out and aren’t fast in public sessions, LDA is for you. Most of the people in LDA hold the top times on the Penrite track and hold the fastest times, I am a pretty good example as I am around the 25th fastest out of everyone who has registered on Racefacer on that track with fast times. I love LDA too as it is also welcoming to new drivers that aren’t as fast as us yet, and help them progress and get better and become faster. LDA just has an overall good environment and a highly reasonable price for what will be 9 weeks in 2025, it is a must do if you want to learn how to get better at rental karting! Huge thanks to Lochlan, Jayden and the LDA team for making a great program!Ryan T. ★★★★★ Excellent VR session with work mate, and Jamie as instructor.Ivan F. ★★★★★ Jamie was hilarious and great at showing us the gameShane H. ★★★★★ My son has enjoyed being a rookie driver for a couple of terms now and has been able to take his passion of karting to the next level. Thanks to the support and coaching skills of coach Ryan!Marie G. ★★★★★ Solid experience, will be coming back. Lyla who ran the game for us was very friendly.George G. ★★★★★ Absolutely awesome, Lyla was a great host and the games are fantastic.Turns out 40k has an auto limit on how much Friendly Fire you can commit....Andrew C. ★★★★★ Lyla was amazing! Go karting and zero latency were so much fun.Trevor G. ★★★★★ I have completed every term of LDA in 2024 and enjoyed every night of every termI thoroughly enjoyed the theory and fitness as much as the track time and a massive thank you to my coach Lochlan for boosting me in every way involving racingI am so excited to do LDA next year in 2025Patrick M. ★★★★★ Ryan & Emma are amazing educators, they care for the kids and show great enthusiasm! My son has loved being part of the Rookie Driver Development team and is looking forward to next term!Genie C.js_loader