2006 help for American newbies

[Canada Phil]

I kinda figured they'd be like women anywhere, a whole mix of all looks, styles and attitudes....

Well wait and see ... you might be suprised.
Canada Phil

[chrisbeatty]

You have to understand that it's a race meeting, albeit with elements of partying. However as such it's pretty weighted towards the malke of the species and therefore probably not the best place in France to go trawling for ladies...

On our way back this year we stopped at a Hypermarche to get some fresh pizza for the drive home. I happened to notice a flyer for a local nightclub in Le Mans. I seem to recall there was a good offer on drinks 
I've got the flyer somewhere, so we'll be heading into town one evening next year to see what the local Le Mans talent is like

[smokie]

My travelling colleague was interested to visit such a location a couple of years back - not so much as nightclub as - well - a brothel   .

Suffice to say, Gilles knew where these places were. 

However, they seemed to be closed for the week... 

[Bob U]

Surely there was no need to close for the week.

Where there's a will there's a way.

As this young lady demonstrates.

[Andy Zarse]

She doesn't look very french to me Bob!

[amazing 1]

rotflmao!

[Jonnyspa27]

Not to change the subject but I am.  ;)I was wanting to know if I was to camp in Karting Nord, Beausejour or Technopark, where is the nearest way to get across the track? I'm going to try to get Maison but if not I'm just seeing what I'm up against.

[smokie]

There is a map of the campsites here http://www.swr2002.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/avatars/plan.jpg. The track is the black road but the map doesn't include it all.

I've marked up this map with crossing points (below, green rings). If I've missed any, I'm sure someone will advise. There aren't any crossing points with spectator areas which aren't shown - i.e. you can go to the Mulsanne or Arnage corners, but the viewing area is the outside of the corner only.

There are some changes taking place at the track for 2006 but I would imagine there will be no change to these.

[Gilles]

My travelling colleague was interested to visit such a location a couple of years back - not so much as nightclub as - well - a brothel   .

Suffice to say, Gilles knew where these places were. 

However, they seemed to be closed for the week... 

Sorry but there's no brothel in France so no brothel in Le Mans, but you will find a few hostess' bars .. 

[Bob U]

There is also a pedestrian tunnel just before Tetre Rouge, unless it will disappear when they reprofile the corner

[Jonnyspa27]

Ugh that ACO likes to make things difficult don't they? I sent them an e-mail saying 'ok here is what I want..'

'I would like to see if I can get Maison Blanche tickets for camping and
Wimille tickets for the grandstands. Am I right in saying that the
general admission may be purchased upon arriving in Le Mans and does
not require being purchased at this time? Thanks for your assistance.'

To which I get this reply:

Dear Sir,

Yes, you can. We are accepting booking since the Test Day (05/06/05),
therefore you should write several choices for the campsite.

Kind Regards,

They can't just tell me what is available? Besides them being French am I missing something? 

[Truckosaurus]

They can't just tell me what is available? Besides them being French am I missing something? 

They've not yet allocated tickets yet, so officially everything is still available, even though they will have enough unprocessed orders to sell out most campsites and stands.

IMHO the ticket lottery just adds to the charm of the event.

[Lorry]

I'm not convinced the confusion is a French thing, more to do with that great evil - the computer!  I recently tried to book seats in the local theatre, and the website fell over about 5 times, so I couldn't book the seats I actually wanted as the computer thought I already had them.

Do you have this sort of problem in the states?

[Jonnyspa27]

We don't usually have the problem here, I know for Knoxville and for the USGP they know what they have available as opposed to a lottery. But c'est la vie, I'll place my application like the rest of us and let the chips fall.

[Piglet]

Just relax and repeat after me...."it's just the way it is, it's the ACO"

Fill the form it, fax it back to them, they'll send you an email confirming that they've got the form and then at somepoint (around Christmas?) you'll get an email telling you you've got Beausejour tickets (lets fact it that's all you're likely to get in October!). 

You can then say whether you want the tickets or not or whether you want to go onto the wait list for the ones you really want.

As a note of caution if you opt for the waitlist option they don't send you anything if what you're waiting for doesn't come up (that's our experience anyway) - I don't know if anyone has ever got what they wanted by being on the wait list? 

If you want to guarantee grandstand tickets at this stage you probably need to book through one of the tour operators as I would think you're chances are low of getting anything via the ACO.

I know it's all a pain but it is quaint and for me it's part of the experience!!  Just go with the flow!