A few thing to think about;
1.most people don't sit close enough.Position yourself so you can dangle you wrists over the steering wheel.
2.hand position should be 9&3 or 10&2.Don't clench the wheel ,RELAX AND BREATH
THE BASICS;
1.Vision.This means look where you want to go,once you see your breaking point ,than look for the apex,than look for your track out ,than look down the straight for your next braking point .Keep looking far ahead .This is how you develop your sense of speed.ie when your on the highway looking right over the hood at the road it seems much faster than if you look farther ahead .Don't tilt your head,all your balance is in your ears.
2. Soothness. do everything smoothly, steering ,breaking applying the throttle .Squesse and ease is the idea.
3. drive the line. In order to get around the track quickly and safely,you must drive the line.remember once you hit the apex the turn is over and that is when you start to SMOOTHLY unwind the wheel.If you feel that you are running out of track at the exit,that tells you that you turned in to early and therefore apexed to early.next time turn in later.Use reference points for braking ,apex and exit.
4.FOCUS;It is important to stay focused.If you make a mistake don't linger on it,focus on whats ahead of you.Its like spilled milk ,it behind you now.
Remember you are just learnig so you have to go slow, to get fast.Just like any other sport it takes practice to get good.
5. RELAX,RELAX,RELAX... BREATH,BREATH...
HAVE FUN !!! ITS BETTER THAN SEX!!!!!
Hope this helps you,best of luck.Ron