LM24 Le Mans 2021 21/22 August - Who Is Going? - Page 49

Simmi · 19 Jul 2021, 09:37 (Ref:4062039)

Thank you James, bella, Geoff. Great information.
Also gutted to hear that about attending JM. Although there's a big chance many of us will still be joining you on those Morrisons Mergz.

I think as bella says, taking a kit and testing yourself at the earliest possible opportunity for departure is the move here.

I'd agree with Anyopenroad too - some key info being shared in here. Not the place for post padding.

Kpy · 19 Jul 2021, 10:01 (Ref:4062043)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bentley03

I know we're an 'International' forum, but I'm going to post a few links for Brits who intend to go:

Red, amber and green list rules for entering England

UK government France travel advice

London French Consulate advice for travel between the UK and France

Now, the big question for me is where in Le Mans can I get the necessary Covid test for returning to the UK, and what is the procedure. I'm hoping the pharmacy in the local village to where we stay may be able to provide a suitable test with immediate result (antigen?) early on the Monday morning after the race...we usually leave our accommodation late morning.

I'm wondering if Bella (most likely), Eric, Pascal, Gerard, Christopher or anyone else can advise?

Thank you!

Your best bet seems to be Pharmacie Flotté-Couilleaux Avenue de Bonen, 72230 Mulsanne. You can book your test with them on line using this link: https://www.doctolib.fr/pharmacie/mu...tte-couilleaux
You'll need to set up a doctolib account I think.
Have fun at the race by the way!

kdr · 19 Jul 2021, 10:36 (Ref:4062048)

Question for myself, which you never know might be helpful to clear up things for others. I might wish to travel down on Wednesday by train, from London to Le Mans, then return Monday the same way. I am double vaxxed a long time ago. Does anyone know the current rulings on what i need to do to get out of UK and into France, and then back from France to UK?

Kpy · 19 Jul 2021, 10:55 (Ref:4062063)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kdr

Question for myself, which you never know might be helpful to clear up things for others. I might wish to travel down on Wednesday by train, from London to Le Mans, then return Monday the same way. I am double vaxxed a long time ago. Does anyone know the current rulings on what i need to do to get out of UK and into France, and then back from France to UK?

All the info you need is in the links in post #1194

**bella** · 19 Jul 2021, 11:16 (Ref:4062069)

so, in summary, as it stands:

if you're double vaccinated and british at the moment you will need:
- your vaccination paperwork to get into france
- POTENTIALLY a covid test if the uk certificates aren't accepted on their own as a substitute for the pass sanitaire to collect your tickets or passes. the event has stated there will be test facilities there, the cost for non-french people is as yet unclear. standby for further details on that one.
- an antigen/pcr covid test dated within 72 hrs of the start of your crossing/eurostar departure/flight for the return journey.
- you'll need to isolate on your return to the uk for 10 days, do a day 2 and 8 test.

if you aren't vaccinated you will need:
- a valid reason to get into france that isn't tourism.
- a pcr/antigen test dated within 24 hours of your departure for france.
- you must isolate for 7 days on arrival

french source: https://www.gouvernement.fr/info-cor...ces-a-partager
english source: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/france

if you've got any questions no matter how big or small please feel free to ask them. i've done a bit of this backwards and forwards with short and longer duration trips, and you also have several french residents here who can advise further too.

**Bentley03** · 19 Jul 2021, 13:10 (Ref:4062110)

Wow, fantastic info everyone, great team effort, thank you very much!

If there is going to be a circuit test facility which will issue an official written/printed certificate of proof of a negative (hopefully

) test result, that's probably going to be most convenient, done at some point on Saturday between the end of the Masters Endurance Legends race and the beginning of the start procedure for the race proper. Otherwise, if it were possible to book an appointment for a test at the pharmacy in Saint-Saturnin on the Monday morning, that would be ideal...the Mulsanne one, Christopher, is obviously south of Le Mans and our digs are north of Le Mans. We'll check out the Saint-Saturnin one on arrival in Le Mans, it's just next door to the bar we frequent.

Excellent summary, Bella, thank you very much!

**Bentley03** · 19 Jul 2021, 13:31 (Ref:4062122)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kpy

Your best bet seems to be Pharmacie Flotté-Couilleaux Avenue de Bonen, 72230 Mulsanne. You can book your test with them on line using this link: https://www.doctolib.fr/pharmacie/mu...tte-couilleaux
You'll need to set up a doctolib account I think.
Have fun at the race by the way!

Success, Christopher, I think, as it appears our pharmacy in Saint-Saturnin also offers antigen testing by appointment.

https://www.pharmacie-saint-saturnin.fr/

Kpy · 19 Jul 2021, 15:24 (Ref:4062149)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bentley03

Success, Christopher, I think, as it appears our pharmacy in Saint-Saturnin also offers antigen testing by appointment.

https://www.pharmacie-saint-saturnin.fr/

That's great!
I'd forgotten that you'd be north of le Mans, but you've found what we were looking for, so result!

**bella** · 19 Jul 2021, 16:17 (Ref:4062165)

for what it’s worth, elms and wec organise at circuit testing for the paddock every event. at monza it was being looked after by eurofins who are pretty massive, so i suspect there will be some sort of scaled up facility for spectators who need it.

this is what tenths is good at

Anyopenroad · 19 Jul 2021, 16:47 (Ref:4062172)

/offtopic

Has the 2022 date been confirmed as 11-12 June?

/sorry

**bjohnsonsmith** · 19 Jul 2021, 16:50 (Ref:4062173)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anyopenroad

/offtopic

Has the 2022 date been confirmed as 11-12 June?

/sorry

Yes. https://lemansrace.com/motorsport-ev...mans-24-hours/

**Aysedasi** · 19 Jul 2021, 16:57 (Ref:4062175)

Yep. Ferry re-booked already.

**Bentley03** · 19 Jul 2021, 17:05 (Ref:4062177)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Yep. Ferry re-booked already.

Erm...are you sure the dates have actually been confirmed? I thought those were just the assumed/predicted dates...?

**Peter Mallett** · 19 Jul 2021, 17:05 (Ref:4062178)

Waiting for Travel Destinations to confirm but I'm booked.

**Aysedasi** · 19 Jul 2021, 18:00 (Ref:4062189)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bentley03

Erm...are you sure the dates have actually been confirmed? I thought those were just the assumed/predicted dates...?

No, I'm sure they've been confirmed. They're certainly all over the internet. In any event, I needed to make the change or lose them!

GT6 · 19 Jul 2021, 18:50 (Ref:4062201)

Thanks to everyone who has posted info about the technicalities of covid testing, we will need to know exactly what to do in 4 weeks if all goes to plan. slowly getting excited especially after the great race at monza.

JoeW04 · 19 Jul 2021, 21:08 (Ref:4062227)

Supposed to be doing the fun cup support race, each government seems to be chucking every hurdle in front of us atm

kdr · 19 Jul 2021, 21:15 (Ref:4062230)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bella

for what it’s worth, elms and wec organise at circuit testing for the paddock every event. at monza it was being looked after by eurofins who are pretty massive, so i suspect there will be some sort of scaled up facility for spectators who need it.

this is what tenths is good at

Seems we have an account with Eurofins, thank you so much for that info.

**bella** · 19 Jul 2021, 22:02 (Ref:4062238)

that might be a misdirect, it may be that the circuit organises the testing rather than the event organisers - paddock testing was done by a local lab at ricard for example. but they're certainly one of the companies who are best prepared to run a larger scale event testing programme.

in this kind of situation where things are changing all the time it feels like a good idea to have as many data points as possible so that it's easier to figure it out when they do finally decide.

AstonGeoff · 20 Jul 2021, 11:15 (Ref:4062327)

Slightly off topic, but for those not going Brian at 1st tickets appears to have a nice solution for those wanting the camping experience!
https://1st-tickets.co.uk/event/stay-mans-2021

Kpy · 20 Jul 2021, 13:12 (Ref:4062341)

Quote:

Originally Posted by AstonGeoff

Slightly off topic, but for those not going Brian at 1st tickets appears to have a nice solution for those wanting the camping experience!
https://1st-tickets.co.uk/event/stay-mans-2021

I think Vince posted that link in post #1180 and there was some discussion about the price

S griffin · 20 Jul 2021, 13:19 (Ref:4062345)

It seems there will be a decent crowd at least and there are reasons to believe next year will see a return to the previous capacity crowds or at least close to

**Aysedasi** · 20 Jul 2021, 13:33 (Ref:4062355)

Quote:

Originally Posted by S griffin

It seems there will be a decent crowd at least and there are reasons to believe next year will see a return to the previous capacity crowds or at least close to

As long as it's +1 next year, I'll be content.

Gerard C · 20 Jul 2021, 19:45 (Ref:4062437)

Wise Man…

**Aysedasi** · 20 Jul 2021, 19:46 (Ref:4062439)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Wise Man…

There are times right now when I need convincing of that......

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