Spectator announcement
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old'uns said:
May only be 4 people on 'le tour" but as one of them is Race Director Christian Prudhomme and the Prime Minister was in the same car at the w/e.......
Still time to go tits up
F me, didn't realise it was that serious. Unreal. Must surely be too late to cancel - I hope so. I bet nothing big will happen after Le Mans for the rest of the year.Still time to go tits up
wsn03 said:
F me, didn't realise it was that serious. Unreal. Must surely be too late to cancel - I hope so. I bet nothing big will happen after Le Mans for the rest of the year.
We still have 24 Hours of Trucks to see. And if you are worried about the incidence of the disease in France, you can follow the statistics here:-https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/...
At Le Mans, our daily life hasn't really changed that much except for wearing masks.
lowdrag said:
wsn03 said:
F me, didn't realise it was that serious. Unreal. Must surely be too late to cancel - I hope so. I bet nothing big will happen after Le Mans for the rest of the year.
We still have 24 Hours of Trucks to see. And if you are worried about the incidence of the disease in France, you can follow the statistics here:-https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/...
At Le Mans, our daily life hasn't really changed that much except for wearing masks.
1. What happens in France will repeat in the UK
2. The threat of Le Mans not happening.
I didn't realise the truck event was still due- that's very much a spectator show / event from everything I have seen
from todays Guardian "French government to announce new Covid measures
France’s government will announce new Covid-19 measures tomorrow, we have learned, after Emmanuel Macron hosts a defence council meeting, writes Kim Willsher, the Guardian’s Paris correspondent.
Ministers are saying nothing is excluded, but we know the president and prime minister are opposed to a national lockdown, which they say would be catastrophic for the economy.
France’s government will announce new Covid-19 measures tomorrow, we have learned, after Emmanuel Macron hosts a defence council meeting, writes Kim Willsher, the Guardian’s Paris correspondent.
Ministers are saying nothing is excluded, but we know the president and prime minister are opposed to a national lockdown, which they say would be catastrophic for the economy.
wsn03 said:
LawrieC said:
Looking at "Worldometers", the latest daily figure for France is 8,500.
I thought we had it bad
Its higher than the first wave peak in May...that's the scary part. Im going to be licking windows again by October...ffsI thought we had it bad
df76 said:
wsn03 said:
LawrieC said:
Looking at "Worldometers", the latest daily figure for France is 8,500.
I thought we had it bad
Its higher than the first wave peak in May...that's the scary part. Im going to be licking windows again by October...ffsI thought we had it bad
No news from France yet.
Motorsport UK's current view is "This brings us to the revised protocols announced earlier this week by Government. Thankfully, organised sport can continue to operate, when there is clear evidence of a thorough plan and consistent execution. Motorsport qualifies on that count."
I know that very many cases are asymptomatic and never recorded, but you have to deal with the information available, and as the accuracy of this, however low, won't vary by much, week by week, we can draw conclusions from it, like R is over 1 and has been for weeks. Otherwise the numbers wouldn't go up.
Our scientists have seen the French second peak and are trying to stops ours. If the French 2nd peak continues, then they're back to lockdown.
Motorsport UK's current view is "This brings us to the revised protocols announced earlier this week by Government. Thankfully, organised sport can continue to operate, when there is clear evidence of a thorough plan and consistent execution. Motorsport qualifies on that count."
I know that very many cases are asymptomatic and never recorded, but you have to deal with the information available, and as the accuracy of this, however low, won't vary by much, week by week, we can draw conclusions from it, like R is over 1 and has been for weeks. Otherwise the numbers wouldn't go up.
Our scientists have seen the French second peak and are trying to stops ours. If the French 2nd peak continues, then they're back to lockdown.
The cherrypickers were out yesterday with their satellite dishes fifty feet up ready for the cameras to be installed. The Mulsanne is a wall of fencing but no green sheeting to stop the locals watching this year. The weather forecast is strange for this time of year with 36C forecast tomorrow, and slowly decreasing but still not really seasonal with 17C at night and 28C during the day. Showers from Thursday on and supposedly getting slightly worse for the weekend, cloudy and showers but still15/27C. Could be interesting racing. I reckon that instead of improving the Mulsanne bend they have made it more dangerous. Here's a photo of the rumble strip they have installed on the inside:-
I drove over it slowly to park and one could still feel the vibrations. At speed this could possibly cause punctures or suspension failure.
COVID; 40 departments now are classified red zones, including the Sarthe. Nearly 10,000 new cases two days running and the death rate doubling to 38. 800 new cases this week in the Sarthe. Police chief here considering closing bars and restaurants once more.
I drove over it slowly to park and one could still feel the vibrations. At speed this could possibly cause punctures or suspension failure.
COVID; 40 departments now are classified red zones, including the Sarthe. Nearly 10,000 new cases two days running and the death rate doubling to 38. 800 new cases this week in the Sarthe. Police chief here considering closing bars and restaurants once more.
Edited by lowdrag on Saturday 12th September 07:00
lowdrag said:
COVID; 40 departments now are classified red zones, including the Sarthe. Nearly 10,000 new cases two days running and the death rate doubling to 38. 800 new cases this week in the Sarthe. Police chief here considering closing bars and restaurants once more.
Geezus!Edited by lowdrag on Saturday 12th September 07:00
Thanks for the continuing updates Lowdrag
Red Firecracker said:
Rumble kerb looks to be standard 'FIA Spec', exactly as used at Eau Rouge for example and most other FIA and other circuits, so should be fine.
Shows just how out of date I am I suppose. I had never seen one (nor driven on one) so sharp and deep. And it is very unlike any other on the Le Mans circuit fro memory. Between Mulsanne and Arnage they have tarmacked outside the rumble strips so drivers can cut the kink a bit but those are far more benign. Just as well I content myself with touring and not circuits nowadays.From memory, all the non public road corners should now be rumble kerb, certainly from Porsche right round to the L'Arche (or whoever they've sold the naming rights to nowadays!)
I'd advocate making them even sharper. Would give more wheel skip airtime for interesting pictures and also enforce track measures a bit more
I'd advocate making them even sharper. Would give more wheel skip airtime for interesting pictures and also enforce track measures a bit more
That could be, but there is no access to the private sector of the track from the Porsche Curves to Tertre Rouge, but this particular rumble strip is on a public road. Or perhaps not depending on how you see it. There are two entrances to Mulsanne corner and one is shut off when it is the public road so you are probably right.
lowdrag said:
The cherrypickers were out yesterday with their satellite dishes fifty feet up ready for the cameras to be installed. The Mulsanne is a wall of fencing but no green sheeting to stop the locals watching this year. The weather forecast is strange for this time of year with 36C forecast tomorrow, and slowly decreasing but still not really seasonal with 17C at night and 28C during the day. Showers from Thursday on and supposedly getting slightly worse for the weekend, cloudy and showers but still15/27C. Could be interesting racing. I reckon that instead of improving the Mulsanne bend they have made it more dangerous. Here's a photo of the rumble strip they have installed on the inside:-
I drove over it slowly to park and one could still feel the vibrations. At speed this could possibly cause punctures or suspension failure.
COVID; 40 departments now are classified red zones, including the Sarthe. Nearly 10,000 new cases two days running and the death rate doubling to 38. 800 new cases this week in the Sarthe. Police chief here considering closing bars and restaurants once more.
Although you need to drive over it at speed and then hopefully that side of the car is unweighted, so possibly less of an impact than you feel. The drivers will work out how much to take when they drive it in free practice.I drove over it slowly to park and one could still feel the vibrations. At speed this could possibly cause punctures or suspension failure.
COVID; 40 departments now are classified red zones, including the Sarthe. Nearly 10,000 new cases two days running and the death rate doubling to 38. 800 new cases this week in the Sarthe. Police chief here considering closing bars and restaurants once more.
Edited by lowdrag on Saturday 12th September 07:00
lowdrag said:
I drove over it slowly to park and one could still feel the vibrations. At speed this could possibly cause punctures or suspension failure.
Edited by lowdrag on Saturday 12th September 07:00
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