Le Mans 2026 Weather Thread

[JN14]

Am I the only one who's already looking at the long range forecasts yet? Getting a bit excited.

[ballast]

Edited by ballast on Wednesday 6th May 12:58

[RobbyJ]

ballast said:

Sold, I'll take that over rain!

[ballast]

Sun all the way....

[lowdrag]

I shan't post a forecast yet even though I live at le Mans. Yesterday the weather forecast for this weekend (moto GP) WAS thunder and lightning for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Now Friday is sunny but storms for all the weekend. I got it wrong last year for the 24 Hours so will wait until nearer the time this year. In the meantime, after all the rain we have had recently, I would imagine that some camping sites are very wet. But perhaps that will change too.

[RL17]

JN14 said:

Am I the only one who's already looking at the long range forecasts yet? Getting a bit excited.

More concerned with drizzle and minimal visibility driving into Francorchamps at moment and cold too - at least it’ll be 20 degrees plus in LM

[LM240]

Anything but rain is all I’m after. Everything is miserable when it’s raining.

And with the likelihood they’ll just throw a safety car now when it is wet is an added reason.

[ThirstyMonk]

LM240 said:

And with the likelihood they ll just throw a safety car now when it is wet is an added reason.

I've gotta agree.. and its a shame they do it so quickly now..
I was at the '95 race which was raining throughout, but the weather was a factor in allowing McLaren to win (as well as JJ Lehto's skill through the night)
Nowadays it seems that if it is raining the race is neutralised until it clears up again

[Lovey1]

ThirstyMonk said:

LM240 said:

And with the likelihood they ll just throw a safety car now when it is wet is an added reason.

I've gotta agree.. and its a shame they do it so quickly now..
I was at the '95 race which was raining throughout, but the weather was a factor in allowing McLaren to win (as well as JJ Lehto's skill through the night)
Nowadays it seems that if it is raining the race is neutralised until it clears up again

Whilst i agree that there's far too many safety cars for all reasons not just the rain, it still mixes things up at times!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFXpQowR30g

However...it's going to be a scorcher

[Potatoes]

Lovey1 said:

...it's going to be a scorcher

That'll do me nicely, thank you

[//j17]

ThirstyMonk said:

Nowadays it seems that if it is raining the race is neutralised until it clears up again

To be fair it's not often WEC races get neutralised because it's "a little damp", not in the way US races seem to. When they do bring the SC out for rain it's not for "rain" but very much for "RAIN". I was there in 2024 when I think a lot of the night was run behind the SC - but when I woke up at 3AM for some night racing the sound of the rain on my tent put me off even going outside for a pee, let alone to head trackside! Wetter than an Otter's pocket.