Le Mans 2017 newbie - help needed with plans
Discussion
I'm going to Le Mans in 2017 - it will be my first time and there are 2 of us going. I've just bought an R8, so it will be extra special. Apart from going by ferry from Portsmouth I don't quite know where to start - there is so much info and so many ways to do it, so looking for some decisive advice!
1. Ferry - which day and is a day or night crossing best (for each direction)? (I want to be amongst everybody else getting there)
2. Accommodation - I'm open to camping or glamping but don't have much luggage space. Otherwise a cheap hotel or B&B. I assume that staying some distance away and driving in and/or getting a shuttle bus is the best option?
3. "Watching hours" - what's the best way to plan the time? Watch from the start until midnight, go back to the accommodation and return in the morning, or stay at the circuit all night and into the next day fuelled by coffee?
4. Aside from entrance tickets, accommodation and ferry, what else needs to be prebooked?
1. Ferry - which day and is a day or night crossing best (for each direction)? (I want to be amongst everybody else getting there)
2. Accommodation - I'm open to camping or glamping but don't have much luggage space. Otherwise a cheap hotel or B&B. I assume that staying some distance away and driving in and/or getting a shuttle bus is the best option?
3. "Watching hours" - what's the best way to plan the time? Watch from the start until midnight, go back to the accommodation and return in the morning, or stay at the circuit all night and into the next day fuelled by coffee?
4. Aside from entrance tickets, accommodation and ferry, what else needs to be prebooked?
Thank you all - we now have a plan!
Ferries - Portsmouth to Caen Thu morning and return Mon morning (it was an extra 450 miles to go via the tunnel)
Thu night - hotel 30 miles from Le Mans
Fri and Sat night - airbnb flat in Le Mans centre - take tram to/from the circuit (runs 530am-1am)
Sun night - hotel by the ferry
general entry tickets purchased - we're not going to get grandstand tickets so we can be mobile and see the race from as many vantage points as possible.
Now we have a framework, we can work on the detail. We may or may not go through the night - we have the option, but expect we will walk the entire circuit over the 24 hours.
Ferries - Portsmouth to Caen Thu morning and return Mon morning (it was an extra 450 miles to go via the tunnel)
Thu night - hotel 30 miles from Le Mans
Fri and Sat night - airbnb flat in Le Mans centre - take tram to/from the circuit (runs 530am-1am)
Sun night - hotel by the ferry
general entry tickets purchased - we're not going to get grandstand tickets so we can be mobile and see the race from as many vantage points as possible.
Now we have a framework, we can work on the detail. We may or may not go through the night - we have the option, but expect we will walk the entire circuit over the 24 hours.
Hammond1073 said:
For Friday you need to head to The Great British Welcome at St Saturnin. Also worth a drive up the Mulsanne Last year Ford put on a car show at the top of the straight. Personally I would ignore the drivers parade unless you get there really early.
Thanks for the tip about The Great British Welcome at St Saturnin - Friday is already looking full with this, the opportunity to walk up and down the pit lane and potentially the Drivers Parade. Are you saying you can drive up the Mulsanne on the Friday i.e. drive part of the circuit?
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