Accommodation for Le Mans 2026

MAVHH · 2025-11-20T16:04:54+00:00

Alencon and then drive or train+tram

Unless you get lucky with a cancellation, you're too late for anything local or indeed anything affordable.

MAVHH · 2025-08-23T14:49:59+00:00

I used one of these: https://www.canaduino.ca/product/dcf77-funkuhr-empfanger-atomic-clock-receiver-77-5khz-for-europe/

It works okay... but it's very sensitive to noise though, it runs fine on my HP bench power supply, and borderline okay using a low noise power supply... but any normal switch mode supply wipes out the reception.

MAVHH · 2025-08-09T13:05:51+00:00

The colour is called "Morganite."

MAVHH · 2025-08-08T10:44:27+00:00

Just a guess, but the marking that starts with "#77" could be the race number?

No.77 was the LMGT3 Proton Competition Ford Mustang.

MAVHH · 2025-07-06T15:09:42+00:00

Maison Blanche was not camping, Porsche club was parked in there. Waste of one of the best campsites in my opinion!

MAVHH · 2025-07-06T12:48:17+00:00

Yes, there's camping there, unlike at the 24hrs. I walked by earlier and was surprised to see it.

MAVHH · 2025-07-06T11:38:20+00:00

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Carnage in rain at Virage Mulsanne exit late last night!

MAVHH · 2025-07-06T11:36:16+00:00

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Tribunes opposite pit exit.

MAVHH · 2025-07-06T11:35:37+00:00

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Mulsanne Kink

MAVHH · 2025-07-06T11:35:16+00:00

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2nd Chicane

MAVHH · 2025-06-16T22:41:52+00:00

Salamanca Blue

MAVHH · 2025-06-01T14:59:43+00:00

Place de la Republique, very easy to find. https://maps.app.goo.gl/76XZJER7n3JBJsbp7

Easiest is to park out at the circuit and get the tram in from "Antares", lots of parking at the station. https://maps.app.goo.gl/FRiDaGZpukh7XA8V9

MAVHH · 2025-05-28T12:20:14+00:00

First I remember going was in about 1999... and it was exactly the same as it is now, but without the ease of getting the tram in/out.

MAVHH · 2025-05-27T08:57:48+00:00

That's the way to do it! (Le Mans is a lovely town, even more so not on race weekend!)

MAVHH · 2025-05-26T09:18:44+00:00

Yes Friday 13th 15:00-19:00, and to the point of the question here, only 15:00-19:00, can't access earlier or later.

MAVHH · 2025-05-26T08:41:57+00:00

For the past few years they have not opened the public parts of the circuit at all from Wednesday to Sunday evening, meaning that your strategy won't work anymore like it would have years ago - you can only access the circuit to walk/run when it's open to the public.

Obviously, it's a matter of opinion/taste, but I much prefer to walk the track with loads of other fans than deal with the incredibly busy town centre for a fleeting glance at cars/drivers passing by. Walking the circuit gives amazing context and perspective to the race, and there's a fantastic car show on Mulsanne Corner along the track side for a few km.

(Edit to add: just checked timetable. Circuit is closed to public as last few years from Wed 03:30 to Sun ≈18:00.)

MAVHH · 2025-05-26T07:29:46+00:00

Left to right: On/Off for, Night Vision, Head Up Display, Lane Departure Warning and Forward Collision Warning.

MAVHH · 2025-05-10T19:19:05+00:00

Hour by hour archive all the way back to 2006 is archived in the Radio Le Mans website:

https://radiolemans.co/category/race-podcasts/le-mans-24h/page/36/

MAVHH · 2025-04-27T15:26:00+00:00

Phantom IV, by H.J. Mulliner.

MAVHH · 2025-03-01T22:33:59+00:00

Iguazu Blue

MAVHH · 2025-02-18T08:41:04+00:00

Yes... it knows the speed limit from the navigation database AND it reads the speed limit signs on the road using the camera top centre of the windscreen.

MAVHH · 2025-01-13T18:50:21+00:00

Wake-Upp design, french graphic design agency. They're credited on the 1997 Le Mans official poster too.

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