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Slaloming effortlessly around cones on a race track in a highly-tuned Ford Focus ST, you could have forgiven me for thinking I had suddenly transformed into a professional touring car driver.
That was until I pulled back into the pits, where our guide informed me I had completed the circuit a full second slower than the two other average Joes trying out the souped-up version of some of Ford s most well-recognised models. A second is a lot of time in racing, one of the other drivers reminded me.
I soon learned driving to the shops and navigating a professional circuit in a car capable of cruising at speeds of more than 200km/h are worlds apart.