Le Mans

[Spudders]

Anyone been to the Le Mans 24 race before? I'm off to France on Thursday for a long weekend and to watch some of the racing.

[gaz]

Its on my list of things to do, a few mates are leaving tomorrow and driving down. I'll be listening to Radio Le Mans in the meantiime whenever its not being broadcast on Motors TV.

[Spudders]

I hear there's a lot of french police lurking about on the route down there, to keep an eye on all the british drivers who like to rag it down the motorways!

[swannymere]

Don't even bother breaking the speed limit on the way down, the French police are parked up every 5km or by the nearest cashpoint just waiting to relieve you of your hard earned or your car. The fines can be huge by the way, a friend of friend had to pay €1000 in cash last year for a speeding fine or face having his car confiscated!

[Saint in Paradise]

IF you have a radar detector either don't use it or leave it at home. If you see a cop hide it very quickly.

 

 

 

 

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[JackFrost]

Allan McNish has already had a massive crash

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Nb0Ienv6k

[SO16_Saint]

Allan McNish has already had a massive crash

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Nb0Ienv6k

 

Could have been so so much worse!

 

One foot higher, the car would have been over the barrier and into 10 or so spectators, and a concrete wall.

[Baj]

Stupid over take, even if he hadn't connected with the ferrari, he was still carrying way too much speed into the corner and would have gone off.

[Baj]

"riesen unfall.........(scheisee)"

[DrZuess1979 the 2nd]

Stupid over take, even if he hadn't connected with the ferrari, he was still carrying way too much speed into the corner and would have gone off.

 

 

He must have had a fault, like you said, if he`d some how missed the ferrari, he would have plowed into the next 2!!!

[bungle]

Mike Rockefeller has had a huge crash in one of the other Audi's, also being clipped by a slower car, but this one really did look the fault of the car he was lapping.

 

Another hour or so under the safety car.

[John Boy Saint]

Here we go 2hrs on the M25 or Perepheric on a Friday night, and they are about to be let off the leash with chilly tyres.

 

Planned to go twice, and twice something has scuppered the adventure to Le Mans.

[PaulSaint]

That first picture is incredible.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2002561/Pictures-Allan-McNish-crash-Le-Mans-24-hour-race.html?ITO=1490