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15 May 2018, 15:25 (Ref:3822618) | #126 | |
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Hey guys, I am visiting France for the first time ever and will be attending the race this year.
I am wondering if accommodation is even required if I am going to go watch a 24 hr race at LeMans only for the race weekend. Thoughts? |
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If you're coming in for race day then try to find somewhere decent to fully rest up the night before. Enjoy the race! |
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I've never been with no accommodation at all, but I am one of those who have stayed up all night for something like the last 30 Le Mans races. If the weather is good, you should be able to find plenty of places to kip down, say with a sleeping bag, however Simmi's suggestion of a grandstand seat is a good one. It gives you somewhere to have a bit of a rest. Back in the days when I used to wander the circuit alone during the night, I had a seat in T34, the pits grandstand, which by about 3 am I shared with about 4-5 other people..... |
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16 May 2018, 09:46 (Ref:3822796) | #129 | ||
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I'm sure plenty of people have a snooze in their cars in the public carpark.
Others also pitch small tents on the grass verges outside the circuit. |
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16 May 2018, 09:54 (Ref:3822801) | #130 | ||
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But all of this presupposes that you should want to sleep at the expected time - something which I consider madness during the night at Le Mans. You're better off having a couple of hours kip once the sun has come up. As I've said tediously over many years, you just can't miss the magic of the night at Le Mans....
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16 May 2018, 11:24 (Ref:3822834) | #131 | ||
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All depends on your plans, if you get a few hours sleep a some point you will be ok to travel sunday,
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16 May 2018, 12:06 (Ref:3822839) | #132 | ||
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As I usually come at the circuit by car, I follow three rules :
If the weather is cold at night (yes, it can happen, it can happen) : thick clothes with hood. |
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17 May 2018, 19:34 (Ref:3823100) | #133 | ||
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Just wondered if any local folk have any update on the trains Le Mans weekend. My wife will be flying into Paris on Sunday afternoon and is hoping to get the TGV to Le Mans but there was talk of strikes that day. Thanks in advance.
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17 May 2018, 20:17 (Ref:3823110) | #134 | ||
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If you mean scrutineering Sunday, then that day should be fine. Sunday as in race day... different story. Strikes around LM time are expected on 12-13 (Tue-Wed) and 17-18 (Sun-Mon) June.
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17 May 2018, 20:23 (Ref:3823111) | #135 | ||
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Race Sunday, I'm afraid.
You may recall we met over dinner at Bathurst a couple of years back. Enjoy Indy ! |
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18 May 2018, 06:08 (Ref:3823163) | #136 | ||
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That was a pretty awesome weekend. Hopefully Indy will be an equally great adventure, and I hope I don't manage to get everyone bored talking about it before Le Mans over a few beers in the campsites.
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18 May 2018, 10:26 (Ref:3823204) | #137 | |
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You're going to the Indy 500 this year Victor!??! You hadn't mentioned it
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18 May 2018, 10:46 (Ref:3823208) | #138 | ||
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No! First I've heard of it too!
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24 May 2018, 22:39 (Ref:3824471) | #139 | ||
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Yes'we'll be 'there and back again' 😃
Probably with some 20 Dutch and Germans. Our British contingent has done a Las Vegas trip (?) this year... Houx annexe again. Lots of newbees. Gonna be great fun again! |
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25 May 2018, 08:10 (Ref:3824511) | #140 | |
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Heading over Friday on a day ferry from Portsmouth and usually stop an hour outside Le Mans at a hotel Friday to be at the circuit in time for morning warm up, works quite well but I do miss camping and experiencing the whole week
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25 May 2018, 17:46 (Ref:3824596) | #141 | ||
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I confess having done the long weekend only for 24 years, I couldn't go back to that now. In fact, the period between arriving in LM on Sunday and the race has become almost more important to me than the race itself!
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25 May 2018, 18:08 (Ref:3824607) | #144 | ||
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Yes i always have that feeling to, as the race starts you have that feeling that when it ends we will be jumping in the car and on our way home,
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25 May 2018, 20:18 (Ref:3824633) | #145 | ||
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OK, enough depressing doom and gloom! In two weeks (tomorrow), I'll be on my way.......
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25 May 2018, 20:33 (Ref:3824640) | #147 | ||
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Not quite Pascal. It tends to start about halfway through the ferry journey home..... I just enjoy the build up to the race during the week more and more these days.
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26 May 2018, 10:31 (Ref:3824733) | #148 | |
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You do get quite a buzz however when you've been watching practice and qualy on tv at home Wednesday and Thursday night and you arrive at Arnage 10 minutes before warm up Saturday morning
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26 May 2018, 10:46 (Ref:3824734) | #149 | ||
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You get a buzz turning up at Le Mans full stop - whatever time you manage to get there!
Bizarrely, I get a huge buzz when I step out onto the tribunes on Tuesday, when there are about 3-4 other people about, just looking across to the garages. Last year, James and I sat up in the pits grandstand, and all you could hear was the sounds of the birds..... |
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