Cadwell Park

Known as the 'mini-Nurburgring', Cadwell Park is one of the most demanding circuits you are ever likely to encounter. Narrow, technical and undulating, it is regarded by many as the country's finest circuit.

A lap of the full circuit can be divided neatly into two parts. The first half is fast and flowing, the second is tight, twisty and will bite if you get it wrong.

Coppice is approached at high speed, but, as it climbs sharply at the entry, is faster than it looks.

Charlie's can almost be treated as one right-hander, but a crest and a slightly tighter second half mean you must be precise to exit cleanly onto Park Straight. Park corner is straightforward but approached at speed over a blind crest. Chris Curve is difficult to get right, but exhilarating when you do - a long, opening right hander, leading straight into the Gooseneck - a right-left chicane.

After the Gooseneck it's a sudden, downhill plunge into Mansfield, which is tighter than it looks. It is easy to run wide on the exit whether you are in a car on on a bike. A short blast along a not-really-straight brings you to the famous Mountain, where the circuit changes character from fast-and-flowing to country-lane. This is a tight, climbing left followed by a tighter, flat right. On the exit the road climbs very steeply over a crest. On a bike this almost certainly results in a wheelie, and most cars break traction here.

Hall Bends need to be treated with respect - a right-left-right switchback with kerbs which vary from nonexistent to vicious. There is little run-off here, and the surface stays wet and slippery under the trees for a long time after the rest of the circuit has dried out.

Just when you breathe a sigh of relief after negotiating these bends, the road suddenly dips and vanishes past your right elbow - it's the Hairpin. Very tight and slow, with zero run-off, this is another place to be careful and patient - it pays to be smooth rather than aggressive.

Barn corner comes after a short squirt out of the Hairpin. Although the track has been reprofiled, the Armco is perilously close here, so caution is required - concentrate on getting drive onto the long, fast start-finish straight.