TeamSport Birmingham

It’s like Mario Kart, but without the power ups — although I do think my friends (who kept lapping me) had smuggled some sort of turbo in with them!
Once we’d filled in the online registration form absolving them of any blame if we injure ourselves, we suited up in our racing suits and headed upstairs to watch the safety video.
After learning that a green light meant go, which pedal was the accelerator, and that any shenanigans would be greeted with a black flag and ‘re-​education’, we jumped into our karts.
The course takes just under a minute to get around, (or 48 seconds if you are my speedy friends) and involves a good mixture of hairpins, a bridge and some long, sweeping foot-​to-​the-​floor corners.
The only negative I’d say is how keen the marshals are to wave their flags. We spent probably 4 of our first 15 minutes going slowly as yellow flags waved. The second race had a delay when a kart ran out of petrol but we didn’t get any extra time to race.
Overall, a bloody good laugh and something I can’t wait to do again. Maybe I’ll be a bit quicker next time :)