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General Discussion / Re: Tips for First-Time Visitors to the 24 Hours of Le Mans
« Last post by Kev_mk3 on July 28, 2025, 02:00:11 pm »Soon? It was a month ago 
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General Discussion / Tips for First-Time Visitors to the 24 Hours of Le Mans
« Last post by tristanbailly83 on July 26, 2025, 03:02:56 am »Hello everyone,
With the 24 Hours of Le Mans coming up soon, I’m curious — what are your top tips for first-time visitors to make the most out of the race weekend?
Do you have any recommendations on the best spots to watch the race, how to get around the circuit, or must-see events? I also found this official site that provides a lot of useful information to discover the circuit and its surroundings:
https://www.lemans-tourisme.com/en/discover/the-circuit.html
Are there any new features or changes planned for this year’s edition that we should know about?
Thanks in advance for your advice!
With the 24 Hours of Le Mans coming up soon, I’m curious — what are your top tips for first-time visitors to make the most out of the race weekend?
Do you have any recommendations on the best spots to watch the race, how to get around the circuit, or must-see events? I also found this official site that provides a lot of useful information to discover the circuit and its surroundings:
https://www.lemans-tourisme.com/en/discover/the-circuit.html
Are there any new features or changes planned for this year’s edition that we should know about?
Thanks in advance for your advice!
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General Discussion / Re: Brittany Ferries Booking
« Last post by geoffd on July 25, 2025, 02:29:42 pm »Well done, booked ours on the 10th July when they went on sale 
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General Discussion / Re: WEC back to Silverstone.
« Last post by Peaky on July 25, 2025, 01:10:28 pm »Well spotted Bob.
A return to the UK for WEC is way overdue, even though I am not a fan of Silverstone.
A return to the UK for WEC is way overdue, even though I am not a fan of Silverstone.
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General Discussion / Brittany Ferries Booking
« Last post by Kev_mk3 on July 25, 2025, 11:35:47 am »Is now open for 2026 Le Mans!
I've booked my ferry already - Nice to be organised for once
I've booked my ferry already - Nice to be organised for once
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General Discussion / Re: WEC back to Silverstone.
« Last post by Landy_Jon on July 16, 2025, 09:44:07 am »QuotePrincipally, the WEC’s management team requires confidence that the cost of travelling across the English Channel for a race would be offset, at least in part, via gate receipts.
Which is code for "The BRDC have not agreed to pay us our 'think-of-a-number and double it' hosting fee otherwise they'd be running the event at a loss" - the cost of a channel crossing pales into insignificance compared to sea/air freighting the paddock around the globe.
Quite!
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General Discussion / Re: WEC back to Silverstone.
« Last post by JDS on July 14, 2025, 05:02:17 pm »Quote
Principally, the WEC’s management team requires confidence that the cost of travelling across the English Channel for a race would be offset, at least in part, via gate receipts.
Which is code for "The BRDC have not agreed to pay us our 'think-of-a-number and double it' hosting fee otherwise they'd be running the event at a loss" - the cost of a channel crossing pales into insignificance compared to sea/air freighting the paddock around the globe.
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General Discussion / Re: 2025 Experience
« Last post by JDS on July 14, 2025, 04:56:45 pm »Our third year on BSJ after being evicted from Epi and MB before that - we're now calling it our new home as it's just too much of a faff to get tickets for the other sites.
Arrived early enough to camp at Porsche Curves - a game-changer compared with the rest of the site as it's so much easier to get in/out
New big screen opp PC means little need to even leave the site now if one is feeling properly lazy.
Not enough bogs across BSJ, but especially at PC - it would cost a few grand for the ACO to double the allocation and the goodwill it buys is priceless.
Missed the karting circuit (no more pissed-up racing, the last bastion of the good (bad) old days now gone), but the fan zone they pun on it was pretty good, big enough bar, live music, new viewing ares etc.
Digital ticketing app worked a treat (who knew we'd ever praise the ACO for any technology?), even managed to immediately donate a spare GE to a friend waiting at Entree Sud on Tuesday suddenly realising they had brought a weekend only ticket !!
Navettes from BSJ entry mean it's now easier to get from there to just about anywhere than almost all of the other campsites (again, who knew we'd ever say BSJ was easy to get to anywhere from?!?)
Overall, as good as could be expected (but the fireworks and drone show was rubbish!)
Arrived early enough to camp at Porsche Curves - a game-changer compared with the rest of the site as it's so much easier to get in/out
New big screen opp PC means little need to even leave the site now if one is feeling properly lazy.
Not enough bogs across BSJ, but especially at PC - it would cost a few grand for the ACO to double the allocation and the goodwill it buys is priceless.
Missed the karting circuit (no more pissed-up racing, the last bastion of the good (bad) old days now gone), but the fan zone they pun on it was pretty good, big enough bar, live music, new viewing ares etc.
Digital ticketing app worked a treat (who knew we'd ever praise the ACO for any technology?), even managed to immediately donate a spare GE to a friend waiting at Entree Sud on Tuesday suddenly realising they had brought a weekend only ticket !!
Navettes from BSJ entry mean it's now easier to get from there to just about anywhere than almost all of the other campsites (again, who knew we'd ever say BSJ was easy to get to anywhere from?!?)
Overall, as good as could be expected (but the fireworks and drone show was rubbish!)
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General Discussion / Re: 2025 Experience
« Last post by Rhino on July 13, 2025, 11:36:54 pm »After losing Terte Rouge campsite we moved to the inside of Terte Rouge to Team Langoustine. Great campsite and food provided.we were with Team Langoustine at Tetre Rouge too after many years on Houx Annexe and Blue Nord. We all really enjoyed it and will be back next year. The food was great especially the Nepalese curry. It was nice to have decent bogs and showers with no queues. Highly recommend staying with the shrimp guys.
Definitely. Really good experience.
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General Discussion / Re: 2025 Experience
« Last post by Bob U on July 13, 2025, 03:54:12 pm »After losing Terte Rouge campsite we moved to the inside of Terte Rouge to Team Langoustine. Great campsite and food provided.we were with Team Langoustine at Tetre Rouge too after many years on Houx Annexe and Blue Nord. We all really enjoyed it and will be back next year. The food was great especially the Nepalese curry. It was nice to have decent bogs and showers with no queues. Highly recommend staying with the shrimp guys.
