Driver Coaching
Gary Marsh
ARDS Instructor, Motorsport UK Coach, SDSA Driving Professional
Gary is no stranger to teaching and imparting knowledge - he originally qualified as a Physics and Maths Teacher. Throughout his career he has worked closely with people to improve their knowledge and skills.
Gary’s philosophy of "doing what's right for the car" as a race technique is confirmed by the laws of Physics. The amazing results are proof that it works - improve your driving skills with mechanical sympathy in mind and you will immediately notice the car telling you when you are doing the right thing.
Gary is passionate about Motorsport and values a good relationship with his customers. He adopts a very friendly, relaxed and constructive approach which is highly conducive to rapid learning. With many Years of experience of in car Coaching, Gary can very quickly assess your current skill level & adapt his Instruction to specifically address the areas where an individual driver can make the most improvement.
Gary has been involved with Motorsport for many years, having started in racing as a Junior Engineer in F1 in the late seventies.
He has lectured on Motorsport at Wiltshire College and regularly provides Presentations to car clubs & groups of driving enthusiasts.
Gary also coaches & drives for car manufacturers such as AMG Mercedes. He is one of a very select Team of AMG Academy Driver/Coaches at Brooklands in Weybridge.
Racing
Over many seasons Gary has raced consistently and competitively in sports cars and single seaters achieving many Podiums, Race Wins and a Championship Win.
In 1999 Gary raced a Ferrari F355B in selected races in the Goodyear Maranello Series achieving several podiums.
In 2002 he successfully switched to single seaters finishing runner up that year in the Castle Combe FF1600 National Mobile Windscreens Championship (pre-90 class).
In 2003 he went one better and won the Castle Combe FF1600 National Mobile Windscreens Championship, becoming Class Champion with several races to spare before the end of the season.
With an insurmountable points lead at FF1600, he decided to move up to F3, so switched mid-season to the ARP/Club F3 Championship. He surprised many of the regular F3 Competitors by qualifying on Pole for his first race, going on to win the race and receive the Driver of the Day Award
In 2018 Gary was invited to Race a Porsche Carrera Cup car in the GT Cup Championship at Silverstone. Gary was unable to attend the traditional Test Day on the Friday as he was running a Limit Handling Course for a group of sports car owners, so he had to jump straight in the car & qualify on Saturday morning. It was very wet on the full Silverstone GP Circuit for the subsequent race in the afternoon, but despite very limited seat time Gary finished on the Podium with a very creditable 3rd Place. The weather for the second Race on the Sunday was so wet that the clerk of the course declared conditions too dangerous to race and the meeting was abandoned.
Summary of Services available
Driver Coaching
Limit Handling Courses
ARDS Test advice & preparation (Competition Licence)
Race Driver Development
Track Day & Race Car Testing
Video/Data Logging & Data Analysis
Advice on Geometry & Chassis Set-Up
Race Team Management/Race Preparation
Arrive & Drive Race Weekends