Le Mans 2026
Le Mans 2026
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RL17

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1,490 posts

113 months

Monday 15th September
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Pretty much all booked now, well deposit and ticket/grandstand requests all done.

Ferry booked last week and a good time for landing in France with EES coming soon. Lots of ferry slots already booked.

Anyone else going (or not going) next year?

Vsix and Vtec

1,194 posts

38 months

Monday 15th September
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Im coming again, this will be year 5! I usually drive over via Le Shuttle though. Im still not sure if its me by myself next year, my partner was fairly adamant this year was her last as she just doesn't enjoy the race. I'll have to see when the tickets are about to drop, give her a chance to change her mind.

JamesW

230 posts

252 months

Monday 15th September
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We're going - booked it last years, staying in the Pistonheads site

athomp04

176 posts

188 months

Monday 15th September
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Yep all booked and taking an old friend who is a newbie

Stellartois

196 posts

139 months

Friday 19th September
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8 of us going next year, finally managed to convince the rest to rent somewhere rather than camp and we've managed to get an AirBnB house just past the entrance to the old Bleu Nord campsite. So looking forward to a decent bed for the first time since i started going in 2004 😆

delta0

2,456 posts

126 months

Sunday 21st September
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Going to try out the new Classic next year

Red9zero

9,949 posts

77 months

Monday 22nd September
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Anyone know when the ACO tickets are on sale ? Not seen any emails from them for a while.

//j17

4,857 posts

243 months

Monday 22nd September
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Red9zero said:
Anyone know when the ACO tickets are on sale ? Not seen any emails from them for a while.
Tickets usually go on sale to ACO members at the start of November, with general public a week or two later.

Red9zero

9,949 posts

77 months

Monday 22nd September
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//j17 said:
Red9zero said:
Anyone know when the ACO tickets are on sale ? Not seen any emails from them for a while.
Tickets usually go on sale to ACO members at the start of November, with general public a week or two later.
I thought it was about then. Thanks !

Burrow01

1,975 posts

212 months

Friday 3rd October
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For anyone trying to book via the ACO web site, currently they have an issue with the Card Payment system, and so it crashes during the payment process, should be fixed next week apparently

Red9zero

9,949 posts

77 months

Friday 3rd October
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Burrow01 said:
For anyone trying to book via the ACO web site, currently they have an issue with the Card Payment system, and so it crashes during the payment process, should be fixed next week apparently
What tickets can you get at the moment ?

sahajesh

441 posts

173 months

Friday 3rd October
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Red9zero said:
Burrow01 said:
For anyone trying to book via the ACO web site, currently they have an issue with the Card Payment system, and so it crashes during the payment process, should be fixed next week apparently
What tickets can you get at the moment ?
I just bought Club access for me +1, website said payment failed but it went through fine.

Red9zero

9,949 posts

77 months

Friday 3rd October
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sahajesh said:
I just bought Club access for me +1, website said payment failed but it went through fine.
Just tried and got the same. Tickets showing in my ACO account but had payment failed. Banking app not showing it yet. Just called and payment went through OK.

Edited by Red9zero on Friday 3rd October 12:20

Burrow01

1,975 posts

212 months

Friday 3rd October
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Red9zero said:
Burrow01 said:
For anyone trying to book via the ACO web site, currently they have an issue with the Card Payment system, and so it crashes during the payment process, should be fixed next week apparently
What tickets can you get at the moment ?
Club access has just been released

MiniMan64

18,627 posts

210 months

Tuesday 7th October
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Porsche drop out?

Burrow01

1,975 posts

212 months

Tuesday 7th October
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MiniMan64 said:
Porsche drop out?
Yes :-(

https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/porsche-pulls-o...

Marcelinho

25 posts

23 months

Thursday 9th October
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I dont think they will skip LeMans as they are still in IMSA and probably will get an ACO inv.

Northcote67

213 posts

65 months

Thursday 9th October
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I might be wrong but for Penske to be invited to LM next year it requires two 963's to be running in the whole of the WEC 2026 season already, That would mean Proton Competition increasing their team to two cars from one which I hope they would do but financially is unlikely I gather.

As a big Porsche fan, I am to blame for this, I paid Team Langoustines 2026 LM deposit the day before the announcement of Porsche's pull out from WEC. Not sure who I will root for now.



FredericRobinson

4,538 posts

252 months

Thursday 9th October
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Northcote67 said:
I might be wrong but for Penske to be invited to LM next year it requires two 963's to be running in the whole of the WEC 2026 season already, That would mean Proton Competition increasing their team to two cars from one which I hope they would do but financially is unlikely I gather.

As a big Porsche fan, I am to blame for this, I paid Team Langoustines 2026 LM deposit the day before the announcement of Porsche's pull out from WEC. Not sure who I will root for now.
Yes, as things stand a manufacturer needs to be in WEC to run at Le Mans, finishing in a qualifying position in one of the other championships isn’t enough, and it’s a minuu to of 2 cars per manufacturer for a WEC entry

Vsix and Vtec

1,194 posts

38 months

Thursday 9th October
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Northcote67 said:
. Not sure who I will root for now.


The obvious answer is the Aston Martins! That V12 sounds wonderful