Trackside Hospitality maybe
Trackside Hospitality maybe
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rossfitz

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Saturday 17th August 2013
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Having not been to Le Mans for a few years and staying at a mates house 2 hours south of Le Mans for next years race, I fancy spending some money on hospitality for the first time. Ideally it should be located with good views of track, food from Saturday morning onwards and a comfortable chill out area. I guess parking and shuttle bus would be a bonus.

Any recommendations with price expectations?

DS240

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gt6

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214 months

Saturday 17th August 2013
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£4k and that does not include travel or anywhere to stay, I suspect the total budget of teams ninety years ago was less than that.

rossfitz

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Saturday 17th August 2013
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£4K a bit steep for me. Will be driving a Porsche, so Aston Martin might not be suitable.

Seems to be a few options around the £1K mark.

5potTurbo

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197 months

Sunday 18th August 2013
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Rossfitz: look at Michelin's hospitality package. IIRC, it's about £800 pp. it's still a stload of £££ though.

A couple of chaps I know blagged AM hospitality last year, and another 2, following a chance meeting at Sebring this year, got LM hospitality with Rebellion. smile

DS240

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Sunday 18th August 2013
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I'm not saying it makes it a bargain, but the aston stuff would be just under 2k per person. That price is for a pair of people.

Some michelin PR staff did say the aston hospitality was first class. They were less complimentary about the Oreca package. They didn't mention their own stuff though, but they were visiting from australia, rather than working.

I suppose if you are a serial le man goer, trying it for one year wouldn't hurt. If it doesn't add much to the experience then just go back the to normal routine.

I worry that I'd feel like i've got to spend all my time in the hospitality to get value from the package and therefore miss out on all the atmosphere of the event and in the end have a lesser weekend. You would need to plan your race around maximising the usage of the hospitality.

And if you were there for the race aswell, you'd have to think about the usual scruffs for going about the track and then some smarter gear for the hospitality bit.

rossfitz

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Saturday 14th September 2013
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Booked Saturday hospitality for £300 giving trackside at Maison Blanche, access to bar and chill out lounge all day with evening meal. in the world of event hospitality this seems reasonable. Lets hope its good as havent been for a few years.

DS240

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Sunday 15th September 2013
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Who was it with?

rossfitz

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Thursday 19th September 2013
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ONESITE-EVENTS.COM

rossfitz

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Friday 20th September 2013
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rossfitz

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Wednesday 18th December 2013
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just need to make sure that i can watch the match now at midnight.