First off, I too would like to say sorry to hear about your Sister Robbo, I met her at the Poo Bar and she seems to be a charming young lady.

I also witnessed the Friday night HA roundabout exploits. I have to agree that the "yob" mentality seems to be growing. I am probably going to sound like a pompous upper-class twit here, but I thought that a fair chunk of the crowd were of the type who have never worked a day in their lives and wait for the weekly state handout   and I am talking about whole families here   Is it really required viewing for toddlers and babes in prams?

Add to that the appearance of "matched pairs" of cars like the civics and the Nissan's, and we are getting to the stage of holding UK style "street cruises" with all the grief and mayhem that they entail. If these Pratt's were as good at driving as they thought they were, they would be doing it on the track 100 meters away instead! In my youth I was a rally driver (with a fair bit of auto-testing thrown in) and I believe that I am quite capable of throwing a car around in circles, but there is absolutely no chance at all that you would catch me, or I hope any other competition driver, doing these stupid stunts in such close proximity to bystanders.

I thought that the way the crowd reacted when the French truck driver got out of his cab was appalling. The guy had just been caught square in the face by a huge super-soaker as he was driving a large artic round a packed roundabout, he had every right to be upset but I thought the crowd were going to lynch him   He was on his phone pretty fast, and I am really surprised that either the Gendarmes did not turn up, or a large bunch of beefy truckers  

The van driver was insane, and how the hell it failed to roll I don't know. And as for the idiot in the Audi......... he must have nearly gone into either the crowd or another vehicle more than a dozen times.

However, hats off to the coach driver, who with a fully loaded double-decker coach got into the spirit of things and did a complete circle of the roundabout (with a fair bit of lean on) and got the biggest cheer of the night.

Personally I think that the Gendarmes are going to have to make an appearance in force next year, and I think that all water pistols are going to need to be banned. They should simply confiscate them on the spot.

It may be an idea for the ACO to consider making some sort of official event for people to enter and show off their abilities, or in the case of the civics some head to head drag style racing. I guess there is two sides to this possibility, one the kudos of winning an official Le Mans event may help attract the idiots, or two the fact that it is official will mean they are not interested and they will find somewhere else to try and kill somebody. If the ACO or local Gendarmes wish to stop this, then it would be quite simple with the addition of UK style speed bumps, even the temporary rubber rumble strips should bugger up circuits of the roundabout.

OK, rant over. Now I would like to congratulate the relevant authorities on the cleanup job they did on the roundabout   despite the amount of crap left the night before, I thought it was pretty clear when I next passed through.

Couldn't agree more with a lot of this. I've been coming to Le Mans for 7 years and this was the first time I've seen people squaring up to one another. There just seemed to be more aggro and more dickheads this time round.

I was watching at Houx Annexe roundabout - most of it was pretty good, but one Elise got it wrong and hit the kerb - another couple of feet and he'd have wiped out a fair number of people.

It'll only take a couple of accidents and we'll end up with a situation like you get in the UK - with cars banned from the campsites, coppers everywhere and fun pretty much banned. And at the moment the locals seem to tolerate us pretty well, but if we give them grief that won't last either.

I love the outrageous side of Le Mans - but the dickgheads could spoil it for everyone.

Rotty and Pitbull are available for weddings, christenings, funerals, bar mitzvahs and parties biut they seem to be otherwise occupied with Tropicoma, DBR9's and TVR's during Le Mans  

Andy, whilst I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment of your post, surely if push came to shove and the penalty was enforced, that would make us as bad or worse than the original offender.

Perhaps it would be better for the site in general (by this I mean CA) to approach the ACO and possibly come to some arrangement whereby we could "visually police" the campsites and play areas, as long as there was some method of us contacting the ACO and receiving official assistance to deal with the problems.

If we were to simply unload with the heavy stuff, I get to thinking the Gendarmes will be involved, but for the wrong reasons. It will also cause resentment and further trouble, which I feel is entirely what we need to stop.

Just my opinion anyway.

Tony.

One minor fly in the ointment could be the combination of booze and bravado when being egged on by your mates.

In the cold light of day whilst sober it is easy to appreciate, having read a leaflet, the potential dangers of burnouts / water soakers / scooters etc.

However, when some of these placid individuals have had a few brews, they turn into the Incredible Hulk and have an immense problem seeing sense and reason.

Arh yes, but the stuff that goes on at the HA roundabout and outside Bleu ain't motorsport!

At least it's safe to say that the SPS will just keep to wrecking each others cars again next year!!