Is it possible to turn up and park at LM without having a pre-bought parking ticket? If so, where (Parking Vert, Rouge etc)?

A last minute larry in our team has just decided to come along, but we have no camping tickets left, so leaving their car in a car park and walking into our campsite seems the only option.

Alternatively, is Beausejour campsite selling tickets on the gate again this year?

New team name doesn't sound very English! (But then, neither does "Jota")

Have they been sold overseas?

UK team "Team Jota" (www.teamjota.co.uk) were at LM in 2005. My employer sponsored them during that season, before moving on to bigger and more expensive things (sponsoring/supporting Williams F1).

Any news on what happened to this team?

Rover P6 3500S

(MOT pass allowing!)

Excellent! Cheers Fisherman. I've PM'd you my mobile number to make things easier.

Rob

Inability to extract digit from rectum at the right time last year means I'm LM ticketless, and counting on a good samaritan to offer me a Tertre Rouge camping ticket. Otherwise, against my better judgement, I will have to resort to buying on EBay.

Many thanks!

RobP

Having got tickets for 3 cars for Tertre Rouge for our group, someone else now wants to bring a motorbike to LM as well and squat on our campsite.

Does he need a camping site ticket to get his bike on the site, or  are they allowed on for free? (Or, if necessary, would a small cash inducement allow the bike on the campsite?)

Cheers

RobP

Only 80-odd days to go!

Posting about SpeedTribe just now http://www.clubarnage.com/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=2994 reminded me of the 2 cars entered into a race a couple of years back to get some footage for a "Michel Valliant" movie. There was a red Panoz and a blue something or other - a goodie and a baddie.

What happened to this film? I can't find much at all about it on the web - and certainly haven't seen it on DVD anywhere.

Just got hold of an excellent LM DVD called Speed Tribe. Its been out for a while (first issued in 2002), but I can't see any reference to it on the forum - maybe it was chatted about on the old forum. Whatever. I think it is worth mentioning - My first impression was bl@@dy h€ll this is amazing!

Taking TV footage of the 2001 race, the makers have compilied  a 25 minute DVD movie accompanied by ambient/psychedelic electronic music. The DVD sums up the highs, the lows, the experience of LM - even if it did bucket down that year! The sound (in 5.1 surround if you have it) is incredible. Accompanying extras include several interviews (sound only), including one with Martin Brundle (this one being hidden as an easter egg). Also included in the foldout case is a CD with an extended variation of the DVD sound track, and a password to get into the members section of the website. This has more tracks & movies etc.

From their website (www.dance.com/speedtribe)...Killer surround sound electronica on DVD+CD
SPEED TRIBE is an award-winning 2-disc DVD+CD from Dance.com, combining a sonic barrage of surround sound electronic beats with MTV-style films of the fast street and racing cars of Le Mans.

This review sums it up rather more eloquently than the above... http://www.digitallyobsessed.com/showreview.php3?ID=4062

I ordered it direct from dance.com. It came from Canada in a couple of days no problem and straight through the post office customs thing without charge. £13. Bargain.

The perfect present for a LMer, or something to watch with the lads in a pre-LM drinking /planning session!

Two of our lot got done for the same thing in a similar area - the two that ignored the headlight flashing of the locals driving the other way! Gendarmerie held one passenger hostage whilst the others went off to find a bank  

For the those that haven't left for the campsites yet...here are the timings for ITV's coverage in their Speed Sunday Le Mans Special progs.

(Note: This is for ITV London, subject to change etc etc etc)

Saturday 12th
          14:40 - 15:30 ITV1

Sunday 13th
          01:15 - 02:00 ITV1
          13:30 - 15:30 ITV1

I.e. nearly 4 hours in total (which will be more like 2 when fast forwarding through the adverts   ), but fair play to ITV for covering the race.

Can anyone help with names & locations of bars in Alencon likely to be showing the footie on Sunday?

We're either staying there or in Rouen. I've found a nice list of pubs in Rouen (including some "English" or "Irish" bars) - www.sortons.net/pubs.htm but not having much luck with Alencon. As time is tight between end of race and start of footie I'd rather have an objective to aim for rather than wandering around trying to find a place that is a) open on Sunday eve and b) showing the footie!

Although since it is France v. Eng  B) is likely if a)  is!

A couple of years ago I picked up a Michelin/MG X-Power sponsored guide pack to LM. I think it was about £10 and available from awebsite before the race. It had some useful stuff in, like a fold-up card with all the entrants details on, up-to-date map of france etc

Is anything similar on sale this year? Can't see anything on Michelin's website.

I guess it might be too late anyhows: maybe I'll wait for the Auto Sport LM special (which, I guess is out next week)

Yes, two of us did it. Once you get over the fear factor it is very easy. A bunch of us had been sat around the fire chatting all night, and by dawn it had burnt down to a mass of glowing embers - no flames but pretty damn hot (not surprising considering the number of trees we'd felled found lying on the ground and burnt!).  Perhaps it was the lack of sleep, but I decided it was do-able. Raked the coals out as flat as poss. Ponced around a bit with last minute nerves then walked straight over. Easy. No blisters / pain. HUUUGGEE feeling of euthoria!

Once was enough for me, but another lad (an impetuous enthusiatic type) did it several times, with only one small blister to show for it.

Tips if you fancy it:
Rake the coals out flat - you don't want your feet sinking 6" into them
A bit of grass dew/water on your feet definitely helps
Walk moderately fast (does anyone need telling this!?)
Don't stop / change your mind half way across
Try to avoid chucking beer bottles into the fire the night before!!! (forgot that we'd done this, but incredibly neither of us got any cuts)

Go for it & good luck!

Group name: Leyland Classics / Leyland Skunkworks

Travel plans:
Out: Thurs 10th 0600 Dover-Calais
Back: 1100 Monday

Campsite: BSJ

Features:
2 x Spitfire 1500s, an Alfa GTV 3.0, and a beefed-up Ecsort

Plans:
Back to basics this year, after things getting a bit out of hand in the past (took 3-piece suites, standard lamps and carpet 2 years running, all of which got burnt on the Sunday night; bare-foot firewalking seemed like a good idea a couple of years ago; setting fire to the fridge less so!). Beer, cars, fun. What else is needed? Plan to watch Sunday night footy either in Alencon or Rouen (Formula-1 hotels booked in both towns depending on how long to get the cars out of the campsite).