Karting Coaching Compared: On Track, Remote, Sim and Data

By Alessio Lorandi, 2013 CIK-FIA World Champion, KF-Junior. Senndit is my own coaching business, so I am one of the options on this page. Nobody is ranked here.

Who should coach your kid, and in which way?

Listen, before anything else: Senndit is my own business. I sell remote onboard reviews and a six months group program, so I am one of the options you will read about. For that reason I don’t rank anybody on this page. I split karting coaching by how it is delivered and by where it is. For each way of doing it I tell you what I think, from my own experience as a driver and as a coach. For the other businesses I only write what is printed on their own websites, checked on 4 October 2026. I don’t judge their quality. You do that.

What types of karting coaching can you get today?

15 or 20 years ago there were basically no karting coaches. The two names were Terry Fullerton and Mike Wilson. I didn’t really have a coach myself. My mechanic had one line for me: “brake later, brake later.”

Today it’s different. You can get coached in five ways.

What does an on track karting coach do, and what does a day cost?

He watches all of your videos, most of the time with you. He watches the data from your logger, whether it’s a MyChron, an Alfano or a Unipro. Most of the time he comes with his own cameras. He looks at you from the side of the track, gives you signs, and sometimes stops you in the middle of a session to tell you what to fix.

And he sees what the data doesn’t. Your posture. If you lean too far out or too far in. If you grab the steering wheel wrong, if you pull instead of pushing. He can read your mood from your body language. Plus overtaking and race strategy.

What does it cost? A good coach is about 250 to 350 euros per day, and that is only the coaching. Then you pay at least 100 euros for his hotel and expenses, and 50 to 100 euros per day for travel and food. So you are north of 500 euros per day.

By the way, I prefer to leave the driver alone on track, so he learns to assess himself. At BabyRace I give the drivers access to my PC, so they can go and find their own errors in the data and in their videos before I tell them.

The hard part is where the coaches are. Most of them are in Italy and in the UK, with some in the US. The highest density is around Lake Garda: South Garda Karting, Franciacorta, Cremona. So probably the world class coach is not in your city. If you are also looking for a team, there is a page on the best go kart racing teams.

Is remote video coaching enough when no good coach is near you?

I do this myself, so take it as coming from somebody who sells it. I am able to coach a driver online even though I can’t do anything physically at the track. You send me the onboard, I send you back a video review.

Why would you choose it? Because it’s difficult to get a proper in-person coach. You don’t need just a coach, you need a very good one. So if you can’t find him near you, it’s better to rely on a remote one than on a bad one at your track.

But you need to know the limits of video. An onboard shows your lines and your turning points very well. It shows quickly if you have understeer or a snap of oversteer, because you see it from the steering input. What it doesn’t show well is your braking points. For the exact picture you need the data. That’s why at BabyRace, and when I drive myself, I download the telemetry first and then I open the onboard.

The way I see it working: you do the remote work on the off days, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Then you go to the track and you apply it.

On Senndit, my onboard reviews are 99 euros per month for video only and 249 euros per month for video plus telemetry, with the review back within 48 hours. That is the price on my page on 4 October 2026.

Are online courses and group programs worth it?

I think about it with the Pareto rule. Let’s say you drive 10 days in a month. You do 2 of them with a really good coach. The other 8 you drive by yourself and you work on the areas your coach assigned you. It’s a bit what I do at BabyRace.

So the 8 days alone are where a course or a group program does its job. You study between the track days, then you go out with one thing to work on.

And if you are tight on budget, I would rather see you do more track time, work with an experienced mechanic, or do remote and group coaching, than pay for a coach you can’t afford every weekend.

Again, I sell one of these. The Senndit six months program is 299 euros per month for 6 months, so 1,794 euros in total. It’s one live group call of 60 minutes every week, a library of more than 550 lessons, and a maximum of 25 drivers per group. KartClass and KartletiX also sell online programs. What their sites say is in the table further down.

If you are at the very beginning, start from how to start karting step by step and the beginner guides. They are free.

Can a simulator coach you for karting?

This is my opinion about the simulator as a way of learning karting. It is not about any company.

I love sim racing in general, like iRacing or Assetto Corsa Competizione. But in terms of karting I don’t like it at all right now, because the models are not ready yet. On a karting sim the grip is equal everywhere on the track. On a real track it is not, and finding where the grip is, that is one of the main skills of a kart driver. So you risk building bad habits.

What is the sim good for then? Focus and concentration. 30 minutes or one hour a day on the sim is good training for your focus. That’s my personal experience. And a formula or GT sim works on your visual skills, your reaction and your concentration.

So don’t try to recover the laps you are missing on a karting sim. The track is always the best teacher.

Can telemetry or AI replace a karting coach?

No. I think it’s going to augment the coach, not replace him. I built Purpl, my own AI karting coach, for exactly this reason, so here too I have my own interest.

Where is the data stronger than a person? On the numbers. Software goes through your data in 30 seconds, where the telemetry guy takes one hour. It tells you corner by corner where you lose the most time. It has unlimited memory. A coach has a lot of drivers and he forgets from one day to the other, but the software can still tell you what you did wrong six months ago at Lonato. And it’s unbiased. A coach may want to please you. Or the thing he notices may be only priority number four, not number one.

I mean, I look at it the same way when I coach. I don’t go corner by corner in order. I go to the biggest loss first. A lot of this you can also do by yourself in Race Studio 3.

But no data, no insight. And your posture and your hands are not trackable from the data. So the analytics side gets mainly replaced, and the coaching that comes from experience stays. The coach should use the tool like a surgeon uses his tools. And remember, the data doesn’t win the race. You still have to adapt to the conditions.

First the telemetry, then the onboard. That is the order I use.

More on reading your own data is in the telemetry guides.

Is live radio coaching a good idea?

For me it’s not a good choice at all, even though it’s growing rapidly. And I’m kind of worried about that.

Maybe it helps when the kid is very young, to give him an idea: open up the track, use more brakes, get to the apex. But it’s a short term strategy. The driver becomes a bit spoiled. He is told what to do every corner, every lap. It’s like trying to grow something with steroids.

What happens in the long term? A lack of awareness and a lack of adaptability. And in the race, where he can’t have the radio, he feels lost. Driving is one of the few moments where a kid is by himself, in his head, using his creative side to design the lines.

So I would prefer to stop the kid in the middle of the session, almost like an open pit day. Stop him, talk, go again. He gets the awareness, then he goes out and does it himself.

Which karting coaching businesses are out there, and where?

This is not a ranking and the order means nothing. The rows are grouped by delivery model. Everything in the table comes from each business’s own website on 4 October 2026, in my words. Where a site doesn’t print a price, I wrote that. I didn’t ask anybody for a quote and I didn’t guess.

And by region? If you are in the UK, Protrain Racing runs its days at Whilton Mill, and Terry Fullerton and The Karting Coach both show UK contact details. If you are in the US, Point Karting is in Colorado. If no one is near you, Blayze, KartClass, KartletiX and Senndit all work online, from wherever you are. In Italy the highest density of on track coaches is around Lake Garda, as I said above.

Want to hear from other parents and drivers before you choose? The go kart forums are a place to ask.

How do you choose a karting coach?

First, he must have been a racing driver. A coach who has never raced is like a personal trainer that has never hit the gym. So do a background check. Where did he race? What did he do?

Second, driving and coaching are two different skills. I was not that great as a coach when I started. It’s something you learn. So a big name as a driver is where you start looking, and then you look at how he works with a kid.

Third, the fit is subjective. A coach who works for one driver may not work for yours.

And why do I insist so much on this? Because you only raise to the level of the coaching you receive. Bad coaching is much worse than not being coached at all. It’s better to not learn anything new than to learn bad things from a bad coach. So if you have to, pay a little more and get a proper one.

I wrote more about this in why you need to hire a go kart coach.

How many coached days do you need?

Not every day. As I said, 2 days out of 10 with a really good coach is enough, if you use the other 8 to work on what he gave you.

Is the money coming back? It depends on the coach. If you get a coach for two or three days and you become one tenth per lap faster, everyone would take that trade.

But don’t expect to win right away. I remind the parents of this all the time. The coach points out where you have to improve. He doesn’t drive for the kid. If the kid is braking five meters earlier than everybody, he is the one who has to take the courage and brake five meters later. At the end of the day it’s the driver who has to push his limits.

And whatever kind of coaching you choose, always have your own camera. Your coach’s camera may be broken or out of battery. I like one clipped on the visor, like an Insta360 Go 3S, because you need to see the inside of the corners. A GoPro sits on the left hand side, so you can’t see the apexes of the right handers well.

Do you stop needing a coach when you become good? You need him less than at the beginning. But think about tennis. The number one in the world still has a coach.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a karting coach cost per day?

A good on track coach is about 250 to 350 euros per day for the coaching only. Add at least 100 euros for hotel and expenses and 50 to 100 euros per day for travel and food, so you are north of 500 euros per day.

Is online karting coaching worth it?

Yes, when you can’t get a very good coach in person. An onboard video shows your lines and turning points well. It doesn’t show your braking points well, so send the data too if you can.

Can AI replace a karting coach?

No. It is faster than a person on the data and it doesn’t forget, but it can’t see your posture, your hands or your racecraft. I think the combination of the human and the AI is the way forward.

Is a karting simulator good for learning to drive a kart?

In my opinion not right now, because the karting models are not ready yet and the grip is equal everywhere. A formula or GT sim is good for focus, reaction and concentration.

Is Senndit one of the coaching options on this page?

Yes. Senndit is my own business and I sell remote onboard reviews and a six months group program. That’s why this page has no ranking.