The safety car has corrupted the results in F1 all too often in recent years, as cars run to different pit stop and tyre strategies but can win a free pit stop.  LM is a little simpler, and the old system was about as good as you'll get, but the merge and pass around mean you don't just gain a 20 pitstop, but you can gain up to a whole lap.  I suspect this comes from the Nascar principle of bunching the cars up to create more overtaking, but the whole concept is unfair.  Next clever idea will be having a raffle, and if you win you gain a free lap

The agents allocations have been changed yet again, god alone knows why.  So the agents have the problem of telling some customers the bad news.

I get the feeling that (for this and other reasons) the French are starting to hate foreigners.  I look forward to Frexit

The delays are only to give us a chance of rejoining the European Union 

I'm confused (no change there then)  We use an agency, as the ACO never had much for sale.  We now want to change campsite to one nearer the Tribunes.  If we can, probably 3 of our geriatrics will want to come, so we'll need more pitches, which we probably won't be able to get.

This has been a nightmare for 30 years 

Does anyone understand the logic of this?

Is it just to devalue ACO membership?

Sadly, its the way of the world.  I gave up with the Grand Prix, because the best places had gone to hospitality, so you didn't get to see much and it was expensive. It was far better on the television - you saw all the good bits, with replays!

Le Mans seems to be going the same way, and I now watch much of it on the TV, as I did at home during covid.  OK I'm getting old, but even our younger generation watch it on their phones, if they can get some bandwidth, and then want to cast it to my TV!

I find club level motorsport more interesting - you can take a good look at the cars, and talk to the drivers etc.  One of the old gits has resorted to the Sotheby's London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.  Oh dear, looks like hospitality could be ruining that too

They were good to suspend my ferry for the 2 main years of covid, but asked for a chunk on top, and were even more expensive this year, so, yes the price has doubled 

This is what we expect from the ACO.  France has loads of space, but they seem to get it wrong and this is a good example

Ferry prices seem to have doubled since pre-covid times, which hurts when you're towing a caravan!  Mind you, hasn't everything

I've got it! They were reserved for ACO members weds and thurs, but the others are free

Were T17/T18 free?

Will this apply to test day?   

Won't the stands be a bit empty, or will they sell day tickets, and can you go to other stands?

I've picked up a message on another forum a few weeks back that Jannine has finally retired.  There's confusion about who's bought it.  We assume the ACO, but this is denied.  As its on the other side of the bypass it has little use, other than a bar, but I bet it'll be trashed

Had this message been on FB, I'd never have found it again.

Anyone know any more

They check everything.  The long walk is just a bonus.  I should have said "plus a very long dry walk"

Firstly, thanks for all the interest in this forum.  Its like 20 years ago.

As for beer free entrance, From Epinettes, if you go through the Houx entrance, you get done over with a very long walk