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Old 6 Jun 2007, 11:12 (Ref:1930125)   #201
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looking at the youtube footage horndawg has linked to on the test day thread one suspects tertre rouge will become an even more popular viewing spot than ever. how long till someone tries to take it without lifting?!
Andy Wallace suggested (in a quote on DSC) that by the end of the Test Day, some would be doing just that!
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Old 6 Jun 2007, 13:49 (Ref:1930295)   #202
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was looking around youtube for this clip (didn't find it yet) but found this clip of an onboard lap of Hawthorne in '56 in his Jag before the race, describing the turns etc, very fascinating.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OqgfLlM9nXI

what d'ya think mods, how about a thread with LM links to online clips? There is so much online, it might be neat as a pre-LM thing for us all to get peeks at past and present LM, and have it all together in one thread.

back to looking for the test day footage of Tetre rouge...
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Old 7 Jun 2007, 19:49 (Ref:1931646)   #203
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Une cabine de jardin............?
that's quite right ; better : une cabane de jardin

or une remise
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Old 7 Jun 2007, 20:08 (Ref:1931666)   #204
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djb: some shameless self-promotion here, but i started a topic with many le mans vids from youtube on another forum (which i wont mention here since i dont know the rules concerning links and such to other forum topics)

I could copy the lot and paste it in a topic on ten-tenths if you like?

PS that mike hawthorn vid is indeed great, driving among traffic in a racing jag!

PPS if tertre rouge becomes flat out i'm definitely a fan, that'd be pretty hairy but awesome to see...
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Old 7 Jun 2007, 22:58 (Ref:1931793)   #205
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copy and paste away, I started a thread for clip links so feel free.
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Old 11 Jun 2007, 21:56 (Ref:1934442)   #206
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The Tertre Rouge corner can now be taken flat-out, right?
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Old 12 Jun 2007, 08:09 (Ref:1934744)   #207
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Well, apparently Andy Wallace reckons theyy could well be doing so in qually.....
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Old 12 Jun 2007, 09:28 (Ref:1934832)   #208
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Are there any trees left there??
I'll certainly be having a look!
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Old 12 Jun 2007, 18:11 (Ref:1935297)   #209
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no more trees, when you're at Tertre rouge inside the corner, you can see the cars under the Dunlop, and all the tertre rouge corner and then you see them at Antarès on the Hunaudières
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Old 20 Jun 2007, 18:29 (Ref:1942775)   #210
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Major dissapointment, for the first time since my first visit in 1991 we were not able to go to the team hospitality units this year even though we had tribune 34 ( pits ) tickets. For a decent snack we had to wal for ages.
It shows that it will be more and more complicated to get you autographs during the weekend.
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Old 20 Jun 2007, 18:49 (Ref:1942786)   #211
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^about that... i feel there's a definite negative influence by audi in this department... wherever you go, there are Audi areas that cant be accessed, guarded by (sometimes pretty grim-looking) Audi security staff, Audi A8s driving Audi VIPs around, taking shortcuts while others stay in traffic jams... one of the charms of le mans to me is the feeling that every1 is there with the same goal, to enjoy a great motoring event with loads of tradition... but i get the feeling there's a bigger and bigger gap between corporate audi turning Le Mans into 1 big PR / corporate pampering event, and the regular fans...

ps i still loved le mans 07 and i really like some of the things the ACO has done for those ordinary fans, like (almost) proper toilet facilities and the big screens
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Old 20 Jun 2007, 19:50 (Ref:1942832)   #212
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You're right for that, and you forget the safety cars and an audi a8, perhaps a personal one, often staying on the aco's grandstand park, but we must accept that to survive, especially in mechanical sports, you can't forget strong financial supports. I think so.
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Old 20 Jun 2007, 20:34 (Ref:1942858)   #213
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The tunnel at the start-finish line is pretty small. How old is it?
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Old 20 Jun 2007, 20:43 (Ref:1942863)   #214
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... and the big screens
well, the one in the (in)famous Audi Tower in the village is a real shame
in facts, it's not a big screen, as some of us have such size at home...
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The tunnel at the start-finish line is pretty small. How old is it?
Not very old, a few years only, the old tunnel was much smaller and smelt like the toilet drains which ran along it were leaking. the old one was always busy and you tried to hold your breath as long as possible.
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Not very old, a few years only, the old tunnel was much smaller and smelt like the toilet drains which ran along it were leaking. the old one was always busy and you tried to hold your breath as long as possible.
I dont believe it has changed for some time and the toilet drains are still there about eyelevel on the right hand wall as you walk to the inside of the track - hopefully better sealed than they used to be!!
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Old 21 Jun 2007, 09:04 (Ref:1943184)   #217
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well, the one in the (in)famous Audi Tower in the village is a real shame
in facts, it's not a big screen, as some of us have such size at home...
true, and it was also often very badly visible because of the reflection of light on it... i was mainly talking about the proper big screens along the track... that audi tower is basically just audi claiming le mans for the long term (lol soon i'll begin an anti-capitalism hippie rant )
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Old 11 Jul 2007, 23:20 (Ref:1961147)   #218
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By my reckoning, the ACO completed all scheduled track/building works (apart from the new 'Welcome Centre') in time for this year's race.

Mmm......how will we ever survive the next 12 months with nothing to moan about?
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Old 12 Jul 2007, 12:54 (Ref:1961550)   #219
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What was that big silver Audi spire meant to be?
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Was it not some sort of "celebration" of their acheivements at Le Mans? Looked like something else to me, though.....!
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Old 12 Jul 2007, 18:44 (Ref:1961835)   #221
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Works are not finsished at Le MANS, they have to built the new "Welcome"...
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Was it not some sort of "celebration" of their acheivements at Le Mans? Looked like something else to me, though.....!
Oh I'll say it then.... Insert punchline here!!!!!
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Works are not finsished at Le MANS, they have to built the new "Welcome"...
I bet they won't put my Welcome building back......
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Well done dear!

I think the tower has (unsurprisingly) received quite a slating elsewhere on the forum. I had high hopes that it would be (first and foremost) a much needed leader tower with a LARGE timing screen at the base. How wrong could I be, it's utterly useless in that respect........

Apart from the excellent (IMO) new spectator enclosure at Tertre Rouge, the best additions to the trackside experience this year were the screens which were placed at Arnage and Mulsanne corners. The unique atmosphere these mythical enclosures generate remains, but with the screens, the experience has been taken to a different level.
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