Three- and four-year-olds from Springles Day Nursery in West Kingsdown and Springfield Lodge Day Nursery in Dartford, Kent, took part in tests on electric ride-on cars at Brands Hatch racetrack.
The experiment was the idea of the makers of children's TV programme 'Roary the Racing Car', who worked with Brands Hatch motoring experts and child psychologist Donna Dawson.
FIA Formula Two championship driver Jack Clarke and Brands Hatch senior driving instructor Alan Wilshire gave children marks out of ten for concentration, spatial awareness, dexterity, control and speed, as they drove in a straight line, reversed, and manoeuvred around cones.
The boys proved 34 per cent better at concentrating and demonstrating visual-spatial skills while driving in a straight line.
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