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Absolutely agree, the LMS (ACO) has got one of the best products in motorsport and don't promote it properly. Live reliable streaming on the net would be a priority (and should be, for most series administrators). Get your product out there to the masses! Even a shortened highlights package would be better than nothing. The bloke who runs V8 supercars (Tony Cochrane) polarises a lot of people in Australia, but the V8's are one of the best promoted sports in the country. The ACO (and the ALMS) must get somebody on board to do something similar.
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it is very clear that something is wrong with the PR of the LeMans Series .
But then in the Group C days it was no different,remember a race at the Nurburgring when almost no spectators. It was not much better with ELMS and todays races . You just have to fork out a niche apart from F1 I guess ,this is marketing pure and just because of this the amateurish attempts in Sportscars just donĀ“t get naticed. Of course there is LEMANS,but why does it work? Globally it works because of the Manufacturers want it to apear in the media ,but it is a real icon of motorsport and as such the guys from GreatBritain come over and all the other motorsport fanatics from all over the world. I feel today ,the leMans series should come to the fans,and as such it should distinguish itself from F1 in the form of a good quality Stream on the net. High Tech ,lots of Drama ,incredible close racing,strategy,bif name drivers ,spectacular cars...all incredients are there but try to watch the race .... if its not lemans you may get a few snippets on youtube or on payTV but not live.... |
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the entire promotion of the Le Mans Series is...ZERO, a very bad coverage on Eurosport, while in recent years we have a full coverage on MotorsTV with the whole 1000kms Live ! now they are showing us only start/finish, and to 80% the LMP1 class only...the attendence too is very poor ! only Silverstone is doing really well, the others...! when I see the high popularity of the WTCC and DTM, with full grandstands, I am sure that Patrick Peter (not Philip) is doing nothing !
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I think the LMS should have more rounds, and rather than it being a 1000km race every round, most rounds they should have an AsiLMS style two-races-per-weekend format, which would make the races easier to get into for people who can't be bothered to watch a 6 hour event. It has to be said, sports car fans as we are, how many of us have sat in a grandstand/on a sofa for 6 hours and watched from start to finish?
The 1000km races could be the more important races, perhaps with a bit more hype added and they can pull more ad revenues and spectators. Perhaps Spa, Silverstone and the Algarve night race deserve this status. |
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There are many forms of racing and Endurance racing is the one I choose to watch, it should be about the ability of both man and machine to run consistantly as fast as possible for a period of time either 24 hours, 12 hours or 6 hours. If I want to watch sprint races the options are numerous and well catered for. 6 hour races are I think the shortest but happy to accept 1,000km, they might not make great live TV but most interesting motorsport is usually highlights so rather than showing the full race. TV companies can compress the race to 30 minutes of non stop action for the modern generation who have attention spans that rarely makes it past that point.
I would rather have a lower number of decent races than more races that prove nothing, also my budget can usually only run to attending 3 races a year. |
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Looks like the 2010 calendar is sort of out, courtesy of EI.
http://bit.ly/2qaqXS Surprises include a race at Paul Ricard, two TBA tracks, and a finale in November. Last edited by isynge; 27 Oct 2009 at 13:44. Reason: spelling typo fixed |
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I'm guessing the November date to be Abu Dhabi..
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Barcelona? could the first Paul Ricard revert to Spain? I do hope so as i was planning to go in 2010.
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2010 provisional calendar
The 2010 season is taking shape. As of today, we can announce three dates and three circuits: ▪ 9, 10 and 11 April on the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit ▪ 7, 8 and 9 May on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit ▪10, 11 and 12 September on the Silverstone circuit Two additional races will be announced shortly. Excepting last minute changes, the dates of these races will be as follows: ▪ 16, 17 and 18 July ▪ 19, 20 and 21 November The corresponding circuits will be confirmed soon. An official testing session will be held on the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit on 7 and 8 March 2010 and will officially start the seventh season of the series. L.P. |
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Yes, Yas Marina. They are targeting at least six major events next year. They already have F1, FIA GT1 and Aussie V8's, the LMES makes sense.
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I am hoping for Zandvoort in 2010.
they deserve an LMS race. Having said that, i do think that the eurosport coverage was very bad this year... Even online... I paid good money to sometimes see nothing of the race (except for silverstone) |
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One reason I go to longer races is because I can see the whole circuit... FIA GT and LMS usually involve at least 2 laps a day! Sometimes I ain't clever enough to stay in the Press Office...
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I assume the other TBA will be Algarve.
I don't really understand running Paul Ricard though. Sure it's open to the public now, but there's still only one grandstand and not a lot of other areas you can access. How will this help attendence? |
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Algarve is a bad choice, the circuit is cool but nobody will go to see the race....
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