Thanks for all the advice and feedback everyone!
I've since spoken with volkswizard and the producer of the company creating the film (anyone who's even remotely interested in cars and watches car related Youtube videos can pretty much guess who it is
), and been fully assured that everything is as it's been mentioned.
Been assured that the track will be swept and no 'nose to tail' driving will be taking place, so that did put my mind at ease a little.
But hey, I didn't get myself behind the wheel of a GTi just to plod along on my 60 mile a day commute everyday. So if I do get the odd chip, at least I know I had a bloomin' fun time getting it!
So tomorrow the tank is getting brimmed with a full tank of V-Power, and I'm going to try and figure out how this launch control works now the cars past it's break in mileage!