Prequal - 31st May - on or off?

[lowdrag]

Even here at Le Mans no one seems to know if there will be or, like last year, not be a prequal session two weeks before the event. If anyone hears before me please post. Ta.

[Nick M]

I'm actually hoping they do what they did in 2009 and have the 6 hour session on the Wednesday evening. Made qualifying on the Thursday a bit more important and meant all the teams spent time on track trying to refine a set up which might otherwise have been sorted a week or two before the event.

[bodysnatcher]

According to the marshals' paperwork, the sessions on Wednesday and Thursday will start at 4pm - would tend to support no pre qually weekend and just longer sessions. Will have to go back and check when the (rearranged ) sessions started in 09, but it does look like us marshals musy be on post 1/2 an hour earlier this coming year.

went and looked up last year
Mercredi 10 juin
16h30 / 17h30 : Essais Libres Formula Le Mans Cup
18h:00 / 24h00 : Essais Libres 24 Heures du Mans ®

Edited by bodysnatcher on Sunday 3rd January 22:37

argues more for more running wed/thurs

Edited by bodysnatcher on Sunday 3rd January 22:37

[bodysnatcher]

thanks to my pal Steve Tarrant for sending me this


PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE/TIMETABLE
The ACO have released the provisional schedule/timetable for Le Mans week 2010. It reveals further changes and breaks with tradition.............


Scrutineering moves from the car park behind the (now demolished) theatre to the Place du Jet d’Eau (the area on the North side of Place des Jacobins in front of the steps which come down from the cathedral).

And, instead of the straightforward 6 hours of continuous free practice on the Wednesday (as in 2009), there will be 4 hours of free practice from 16:00 to 20:00, a 2 hour break and then a 2 hour qualifying practice from 22:00 until midnight.

PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE

Monday 7 June
14:00 (Place du Jet d’Eau - Jacobins) Stewards’meeting
14:30 - 18:00 (Place du Jet d’Eau - Jacobins) Sporting Checks and Scrutineering

Tuesday 8 June
08:30 – 17:00 (Place du Jet d’Eau - Jacobins) Sporting Checks and Scrutineering

Wednesday 9 June
10:00 Team Managers’ briefing
11:00 Drivers’ briefing
16:00 – 20 :00 Free practice sessions 24 Heures du Mans
22 :00 – 24 :00 Qualifying practice sessions 24 Heures du Mans

Thursday 10 June
19:00 – 21:00 Qualifying practice sessions 24 Heures du Mans
22:00 – 24:00 Qualifying practice sessions 24 Heures du Mans

Friday 11 June
10:00 – 20:00 Pit Walk
18:00 – 19:00 Drivers' parade (City centre)

Saturday 12 June
09.00 - 09:45 Warm-Up 24 Heures du Mans
14:22 Beginning of starting procedure
15:00 Start of the 78th race of the 24 Heures du Mans

[lowdrag]

Well, thanks for that. Gives me a free weekend to do a track day