This was posted on another forum.................not good

Have just got back from WSR in Le mans and have to report the circuit has gone "cashless" a la Nurburgring. Have to pay for (1 euro) and charge up a card from various cash cabins set up around the place and then use that to buy all your drinks and food etc. Plan is that at the end of the day you line up and get refunded anything not used over 1 euro but you can imagine the queues at the end of the day so most don't bother.
No displays on the tills either so difficult to know how much balance you have left. This was a much smaller event that the 24 hours and cannot imagine it working too well once 1/4 million people are using it.
It all looks permanent as well so guessing it will be in place for the 24h in 2016.

A double photo-bomb as the two Davids from DSC are enjoying some Audi hospitality............

I will see if there are any others.

Pirates??? As found on the Drivers' Parade near the bunch of lost Crusaders?

Yes, the useless bureaucrats and their conniving political masters will bring chaos to the ferries. Exactly what benefit they are trying to achieve for the amount of disruption that will be caused is unclear.....but who cares about the taxpayer.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/11474312/Drivers-face-five-mile-queues-for-ferries.html

Not sure what crime I committed in an earlier life to be classified with Mike...........must have been something bad. 

David Lord did not start shooting Le Mans till 2001, I was working Suttons in 1990 so they have the archive material, I'll see what I can do.

John Brooks

Folks

a little bit of Christmas Cheer from Greaves Motorsport.

http://goo.gl/Ltuncm

Compliments of the Season to you and yours.

See you in June

If you went out of the track at Les Combes, there was a chippy van parked up just beyond the gates doing a roaring trade, and at about half the price of the paddock equivalent.

Unfortunately the stake in Bruichladdich was sold to Remy Cointreau last year, now we have an precision engineering company instead.............

http://www.greaves3dengineering.com/

So perhaps I can interest you in a widget.............

Greaves Motorsport does read here, have to keep an eye on what the good folks of CA are up to 

Also this is the source of the finest guide to the world's greatest race.

Ken Breslauer, the Sage of Sebring brings us an update on the IDP situation in Florida

Statement from DHSMV on International Driving Permits

During the 2012 legislative session, the Florida Legislature amended section 322.04, Florida Statutes, to require visitors from outside the United States to have an International Driving Permit in order to drive lawfully in Florida. This change took effect Jan. 1, 2013.

It has come to the Department’s attention that this requirement may violate the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (1949), an international treaty to which the United States is a signatory. Treaties to which the United States is a party preempt state laws in conflict with them.

Therefore, the Florida Highway Patrol will defer enforcement of violations of the amended statutory section until a final determination of the alignment of the amendment with the treaty can be made. Non-resident visitors to Florida who wish to drive while here will be required to have in their immediate possession a valid driver license issued in his or her name from another state or territory of the U.S. or from their country of residence. However, the FHP will not take enforcement action based solely on the lack of an International Driving Permit.

This popped up on FaceBook this morning, another pointless expense. However given the approach of law enforcement to those going to Sebring is not always positive, particularly if you are caught speeding, ignoring this new requirement could prove expensive, at best.

http://www.flhsmv.gov/ddl/idp.html

USA (Florida) compulsory IDP – 1 January 2013
A law introduced in Florida, USA, on 1 January 2013 requires all persons who hold a licence issued outside of the US to carry an International Driving Permit along with their national driving licence.

Without an IDP, a driver is therefore driving without a valid licence. If stopped, law enforcement has the options of:

Arresting the driver and taking them to jail
Or giving the driver a citation with a mandatory court appearance

This may be of interest to those of you in London next week.


OFFICIAL PHOTOCALL AND INTERVIEWS WITH FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVERS IN LONDON

The Home of British Motor Racing is gearing up to host the ‘6 Hours of Silverstone’ round of the FIA World Endurance Championship on 24 – 26 August. With prolific endurance drivers battling for the top spots in the Championship, Silverstone is expecting another bumper crowd.

An official pre-event photocall with cars and drivers will take place on Tuesday 21 August at 11:00hrs in the grounds of the iconic EDF Energy London Eye.

The photocall will be followed by one-to-one interview opportunities for broadcast media and press interviews in one of the EDF Energy London Eye capsules.

The following are confirmed for 21 August photocall:

FIA World Endurance Championship Cars

- STRAKKA RACING – Honda HPD ARX 03a

- GREAVES MOTORSPORT – Nissan Zytek Z11SN

- ASTON MARTIN RACING – Aston Martin Vantage V8



FIA World Endurance Championship Drivers

- ALLAN McNISH – Audi Sport Team Joest

- MARTIN BRUNDLE – Greaves Motorsport

- ALEX BRUNDLE- Greaves Motorsport

- KARUN CHANDHOK – JRM

- DARREN TURNER – Aston Martin Racing

- NICK LEVENTIS – Strakka Racing

Some positive news just announced.

A second Greaves Motorsport Zytek Nissan LM P2 has been entered for the Silverstone round in August. It will see the return of the #42 Le Mans crew, Alex Brundle, Martin Brundle and Lucas Ordonez.

Apologies for incorrect email address: should be info@bruichladdich.com

Looks like it has been tasting day again at the office