Le Mans track/pits construction work for 2007 race and beyond....... - Page 6

**Aysedasi** · 27 Apr 2007, 12:02 (Ref:1901614)

I guess we all have to have our take on Le Mans. Change can be good, I accept that, but change for the sake of it (or for the sake of bikes) doesn't come into that category for me. Obviously we won't agree about the track after Dunlop (any more than I could agree with anyone that the chicanes on the Mulsanne or the chicane before Dunlop were good.....). It's all a case of 'in my opinion.....'

Suze · 27 Apr 2007, 14:29 (Ref:1901684)

Some great pics there Ayse....!

**Aysedasi** · 27 Apr 2007, 15:06 (Ref:1901704)

Just bringing back the memories.......

djb · 27 Apr 2007, 16:17 (Ref:1901730)

thanks though, nice to see that Dunlop view again...

Purist · 27 Apr 2007, 16:20 (Ref:1901731)

Well, you don't have any piece of the track with a view like that anymore. They flattened the hump before Mulsanne, and then they added those extra esses, not that the track doesn't have enough already with the Porsche Curves. I'll bet that run down the hill straight into the Esse was pretty intimidating for the drivers, and obviously it was a great photo spot. Another big thing about it is the proximity of the walls. With the walls closer in like they were, it didn't looked like some road winding through the desert or something. Heck, there are actually spectators and GREENERY close enough in to the track be seen in the shot Ayse just posted.

kdr · 27 Apr 2007, 17:10 (Ref:1901769)

i used to like how the cars popped over the brow, i don't suppose its actually that different now...it just seems different.

Justin Moran · 27 Apr 2007, 17:33 (Ref:1901781)

They had to flatten the Mulsanne hump after the Mercedes went flying! Too dangerous in the wrong conditions! But I'll concede the drop after the dunlop bridge was much better if only to see who bottled it into the corner! Also bring back the Mulsanne straight with modern technology in braking it surely cant be that dangerous?

kdr · 27 Apr 2007, 20:21 (Ref:1901857)

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Originally Posted by C9/89

They had to flatten the Mulsanne hump after the Mercedes went flying! Too dangerous in the wrong conditions! But I'll concede the drop after the dunlop bridge was much better if only to see who bottled it into the corner! Also bring back the Mulsanne straight with modern technology in braking it surely cant be that dangerous?

yes they obliterated history because of a manufacturer who then promptly disappeared...and its most famous "flight" wasn't even at the hump. its enough to give you the errrr...hump.

chernaudi · 28 Apr 2007, 01:36 (Ref:1902004)

I have a love/hate relationship with the post 1990 changes. Yes, it seems more fun to drive through the Mulsanne chicanes, and the run down after the Dunlop Bridge as it is now. Yes, its more fun to go through fast corners and have something to break up the monotony, and those sections are fun to go through on Gran Turismo 4, but the nostalgia just isn't there as much.

Erw · 28 Apr 2007, 08:04 (Ref:1902076)

Does any one have a pic of the Dunlop Chicane from the stand?

**Aysedasi** · 28 Apr 2007, 09:14 (Ref:1902098)

No, because I've never been in the stands nearer to Dunlop to do it.

GT6 · 1 May 2007, 16:13 (Ref:1904335)

Got tertre rouge tickets today, they seem very different to last year, but I was wondering if all the work on the track has had any effect on the usual entry to the campsite from the main road (from Carrefore onto the Mulsanne). Has anyone been down there? the tickets do indicate that the access is still open but I thought the track widening might have some effect.

Mike_Wooshy · 1 May 2007, 20:37 (Ref:1904517)

dont know if anyone seen "road to le mans" on motors-TV they had 1988 it was so nice to see no chicanes but how little run off !!

**Aysedasi** · 2 May 2007, 13:12 (Ref:1904976)

I remember 88 pretty well anyway - I've watched the RLM Video so often I wore out my first copy and had to buy another.......

Suze · 2 May 2007, 13:31 (Ref:1904989)

I watched some of it last night, unfortunately some of us weren't born so can't remember the event itself

The cars were gorgeous...

Mirage M6 · 2 May 2007, 15:10 (Ref:1905041)

I got in love with endurance racing in 1989, when I was 5 years and I watched a TV summary of Le Mans 88 edition; I was fascinated those cars that had been fought for the victory for 24 hours

brielga · 2 May 2007, 17:05 (Ref:1905138)

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Originally Posted by Mirage M6

I got in love with endurance racing in 1989, when I was 5 years and I watched a TV summary of Le Mans 88 edition; I was fascinated those cars that had been fought for the victory for 24 hours

Then get the DVD of 1969 (La Ronde Infernale) I was 5 then and 7 when my dad took me to the cinema to see "Las 24 Horas de Le Mans" ;-)

Mirage M6 · 2 May 2007, 18:12 (Ref:1905192)

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Originally Posted by brielga

[...] when my dad took me to the cinema to see "Las 24 Horas de Le Mans" ;-)

Le Mans...I've seen this film hundreds of times

Justin Moran · 2 May 2007, 19:13 (Ref:1905242)

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Originally Posted by Suze

I watched some of it last night, unfortunately some of us weren't born so can't remember the event itself

The cars were gorgeous...

Dear lord that makes me feel old!

I was 20 and looking forward to small career in the Royal Navy about then! Really miss the WSPC days. Group C were certainly a sight and sound (AMR1 and C9/88-C9/89 needless to say!) to behold!

kdr · 2 May 2007, 19:34 (Ref:1905272)

try and keep on thread folks, every time i see someone has posted on this topic i think i'm going see some new pictures of tertre rouge!

Erw · 2 May 2007, 20:22 (Ref:1905321)

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Originally Posted by kdr

try and keep on thread folks, every time i see someone has posted on this topic i think i'm going see some new pictures of tertre rouge!

we need new pics !

djb · 2 May 2007, 20:59 (Ref:1905371)

not a photo, but thought I'd mention (don't think I did already) that a week and a half ago I talked to friends of mine who live about an hour from Le Mans to chat about the first part of the election, and it was 32c at their place!!...who knows, but it may be a real hot bugger for the enclosed cars this year (look out Astons!) and any more lack of trees will be surely missed.

**Aysedasi** · 2 May 2007, 22:07 (Ref:1905411)

May be a 'real hot bugger' for the fans too!

Pilgrimage · 3 May 2007, 15:12 (Ref:1905848)

Yeah, the trees at the end of Indianapolis were a god send last year. I don't think the ACO think about this fact when chopping them down at the likes of TR

**Aysedasi** · 3 May 2007, 16:43 (Ref:1905916)

As was said earlier, it's not just a case of losing the shade, is it? Stripping the circuit of foliage, trees and other pleasant sights makes it all the more like any other circuit. We need to stand up and be counted! No more change for the sake of it!!

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