Driving longer - Any help ppreciated

nah, wont happen for a few reasons
the club head is catching up with your hands, so your hands are still moving, your arms/hands/club will move as one through the ball and up into your follow through (where they will break)
The speed of the clubhead compared to your hands at/just after impact is not enough to cause a breakdown of the wrists, also the actual impact of the ball will slow down the clubhead.
You will be amazed at how lightly you can grip the club and how far the ball will go, you always think holding it lightly cannot work, but it does, the force is all at the club head, not your hands.

I know what you mean. I can still recall that one or two sessions where I really used such a light grip, and hitting the ball felt really good... Why for the subsequent sessions I have been gripping the club much tighter, I have no idea. I guess it's just one of those things which I have to constantly remind myself everytime, or else I will forget to do it.

Can't wait to get down to the range again :P

Is it really very different between using a 1 or 3 wood, and a driver? Besides my M4 hybrid and my 4 wood, I also have a 1 wood (as it's labelled), but I've been told that it's considered a "driver". Should I even try giving it a go? I thought it might be good for me to feel the swing of the whole range of clubs, but I've heard so many people advise not to touch the driver specifically...

I find gripping it tightly gives a (false) sense of power and control.
It can be difficult to trust a light grip.

A 1 wood is a driver.
It all depends on what skill level you are at, you will get more satisfaction from hitting perfect 7 irons than whacking away at a driver and topping it or massive slices.
You will also score better.

Heheh I hope I don't sound complacent, but I did get to the stage where I was hitting my 7 iron very consistently and it got kinda boring. However I am only able to hit it 100m (about 110yd?) and I thought trying other clubs might open me up to some new possibilities. Nowadays what happens is that I go to the range, start hitting with my 7 iron until I am hitting practically every shot to the same place, and then move on to my 5 iron and hit that until practically every shot lands at the same place too. By then I probably would have hit about 50 balls, and I thought it's time I tried the other clubs in my bag. I also know I need to get a bit more distance (say 20 yds) to all my clubs generally, but am not quite sure what changes to make to gain that extra 20 yds.

what age/height/handicap are you?

Heheh here comes the embarassing part :P I only started golf 10 weeks ago. I'm 33 this year, but I guess a relatively small sized asian standing at about 165cm and weighing at around 60kg. I think that's about 5'6" and about 132lbs? I have never been on the course before, and have completed 8 out of my 10 beginner's lessons. Lesson 9 and 10 will be my first experience on a 4 hole course. I'm what we call an "on the ball" golfer - have been to the driving range on average 3 times a week in the past 10 weeks since I first touched a golf club Our lessons have basically covered the short game quite well, including putting, chipping and pitching. All that were mainly covered with the PW, and at the range I have restricted myself to using the 7-iron to ensure I build the foundation of developing a proper golf swing. I was very careful not to get ahead of myself, so have only in the recent 2-3 weeks considered moving on to the other clubs when I was hitting the 7-iron pretty consistently.