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15 Jan 2007, 13:55 (Ref:1815723) | #51 | |
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Believe tram is not up and running until the end of this year, ie will not be running for Le Mans itself.
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15 Jan 2007, 15:31 (Ref:1815776) | #52 | |
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thanks for the update, guess I'll be in the car crawling along with everyone else trying to get in/out of the circuit then....
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15 Jan 2007, 15:34 (Ref:1815777) | #53 | ||
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@Bonedome,
Dunno when you'll be arriving but we allways arrive wednesday evening or thursdaymorning which leaves ample time to do your shopping. There are many big supermarkets situated in and around LM and Arnage. Friday is by far the worst day to go in your car and to the supermarkets,since everybody does that and you've also got the majority of the french coming on Friday.(if you still go,don't be surprised to spend 4 hours away from the track/campsite) We mostly go to the supermarkets once on thursday and once on the saturday,about two hours after the start of the race. Hope you can use this info. |
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15 Jan 2007, 16:00 (Ref:1815791) | #54 | |
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Nice one GT4
Plan to arrive early on Thursday, so will follow your advice and stock up on provisions then cheers |
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15 Jan 2007, 16:17 (Ref:1815804) | #55 | ||
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I'm glad I visited this track before this unpersonal area after the Dunlop bridge. I've also had the good fortune to stand very close to the entrance of Indianapolis. Sigh...
IMHO the ACO is allways doing the wrong thing for the spectators but the right thing for their wallets....slowly robbing the place of it's uniqueness. |
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24 Jan 2007, 15:14 (Ref:1824771) | #56 | |
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They've uncovered another bomb at Le Mans, this time in the paddock!
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28 Jan 2007, 14:34 (Ref:1827855) | #57 | |
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Makes you wonder how many more are lurking beneath our feet every June!!
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28 Jan 2007, 18:36 (Ref:1828010) | #58 | ||
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Maybe Audi have one discretely under the Peugeot Garage !!!
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28 Jan 2007, 18:39 (Ref:1828011) | #59 | ||
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If the bomb had been found at a uk circuit there'd be a 3-mile exclusion zone, but in France they put a bit of tape around the hole and allow some random bloke to pose for photos next to it.
As an historic aside, were the bombs from a raid on the neighbouring airfield or were there military targets in the area? |
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Were they ours, the German's or both? I know that the one they just found was American, but there has to be American, German, and British aircraft bombs scattered all over the place(Germany bombed the area in 1940 when the Nazis invaded, and the USAAF and RAF bombed the area after D Day in 1944 during the liberation of western Europe from the Nazis).
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29 Jan 2007, 11:21 (Ref:1828458) | #64 | ||
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I see, he quitted smoking pipe and dropped some kilos along the way... LOL
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1 Feb 2007, 14:47 (Ref:1831097) | #65 | |
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Those four stand alone pit garages have finally been demolished...........
21 new photos of the trackworks from lemans.org. |
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I'm saddened to see so many trees have been removed in the Esses / Tertre Rouge area
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I see they are laying fresh tarmac behind the main grandstands too.
Also, as part of the Tertre Rouge works, is there now more of a public enclosure on the outside of the corner or is it just improved access for the exit to the outside world that is located there? |
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28 Feb 2007, 12:59 (Ref:1853758) | #71 | |
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That new Tertre Rouge section is beginning to look bonkers fast, but when you can probably see it from the Dunlop Bridge theres something slightly wrong...someone send the ACO some tree saplings...and quick!
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I can't see all this work being finished in time for June as seems to be the plan.
The track will be finished no problem but some of the other paddock related stuff won't be ready IMO. |
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4 Mar 2007, 19:48 (Ref:1858163) | #74 | |
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In this image it looks like they have moved the track over to the right of the existing circuit. I hope that the new tarmac is just a new access road because the narrowness of tertre rouge and the esses combined with the spectators proximity to the track makes it one of the most exhilarating places to watch from. |
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4 Mar 2007, 20:21 (Ref:1858217) | #75 | ||
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That's definately the access road. The rumble strips you see are the exit of the Esses which will still be in the same place.
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