Id say keep the FTO for say the first 6 months on your P's but go out get some alone road experience and do some events like Motorkhana/skid pan days/tuning days. Get use to a car moving around on the edge before you jump into something quicker.

Motorkhanas are great value and you learn low speed car control and putting the car in "garages" and around bollards and you can do them now seeing your over 16!! I Usually rock up to them and so does Alex. Next one is on the 28th? i think.

When I was getting my l/p's I had competed on both gravel (autocross) and tarmac (motorkhana) in a 1.5l carby lancer before I got the RS. Not long after i had done 2 skid pan days in the first 2 weeks of owning the RS haha.