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Learned that the Club Arnage Guide will be released on Friday 10th of June.
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Since I cannot directly comment on the LM Predictions thread, may I say that I very much miss the opportunity to predict putting Risi Competizione (on behalf of Matteo Crashy Malucelli) as the first retirement of the race!
Even though that is actually the single car I have real want for somehow winning LMGTE, due past glory of the team. |
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https://twitter.com/FIAWEC/status/737552927900864516
I feel like there are a bit too many possible hashtags for Le Mans to know that this is the right one. Even that tweet is using multiple versions of it. |
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I might be imagining this, but didn't they have #24LM and #LM24 on the go last year. This was presumably the French and English versions
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Not that you can get decent internet during the race. It's like any big event the bandwidth gets sapped by the thousands of people. |
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Spirit of Le Mans
Spirit of Le Mans, a new magazine about endurance and Le Mans. Four issues per year, il will be available in English too !
I will subscribe ASAP. PS : the French magazine "Le Mans Racing" has disappeared for a while now. |
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I did however notice at Silverstone WEC there were quite a few temporary cellphone masts around, and one likes to think that some of the French operators might see commercial reason / be persuaded to install a few for the week. Equally struck that you don't have to go far to get onto another much less congested node (generally about half way to the big Carrefour) and then you get all the 4G bandwidth you could wish for... |
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I saw this video at the 24 HR website and found it
quite interesting. The subject is how the Ford GT drivers physically prepare themselves for the race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVCquV3FriA |
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Just to say, there are still a few nice people out there!
I've just received an e-mail from the landlady of the gîte I've rented this and last year in the vicinity of the Spa circuit, telling me there were some people interested in renting the gîte the first weekend of may 2017. Landlady: 'Monsieur S., isn't this your weekend for the 6 Hours?' Me: 'Yes it is! Please put my name down for that weekend!' Thank you very much, Mme B.! |
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Get in early Vince, if you end up with spare places might even join you if you will have me
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I had no issues last year - uploaded videos and pictures to instagram at both the Esses at the start and Arnage in the small hours. And I took a snapchat at the warm-up on the pit-straight.
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I just have read that there will be more people than last year, lot of controls at the entrances so it could be difficult to bring some delicious brewerages and then cashless cards will be needed at the food shops. Take care of your change when you will get the card back at the end of the event!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I thought they had dumped the use of the cashless cards Eric?????
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Eric where did you get that info on the cashless cards from, i get emails from the ACO almost weekly and no mention of it on any of them
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I read elsewhere (on FB) that they tried them previously (at the Truck race?) and it was such a disaster that they gave up on them. With the crowd we expect for the 24 Hours, we could all starve queuing to get cards.....
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If they were intending to do it surely they would have told people by now
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I read it on facebook in a thread on facebook. To be verified. On Saturday I'll verify on the circuit.
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Testing cashless cards in the bussiest weekend ever On LM circuit, typical Frence
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There were some half-hearted bag searches last year at the gate between Houx and the circuit proper so it sounds like they are just ramping them up for this year.
I'm sure the cashless cards will come along sometime in the future as they are a massive benefit to the organisers - no need for each stand to deal with money, no staff pocketing the odd note, and best of all they earn thousands of Pounds/Euros/Dollars at similar events from the small amounts left over on cards at the end of the event that people can't be bothered to queue up and get refunded. |
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