Viewing on the Mulsanne Straight !

[rev-erend]

Well - title says it all.

Has anyone ever managed to view on the Mulsanne Straight !

I've tried going through the forest - North of Houx camp site but got turned back .. they patrol the fields and have huge flashlights..

Has anyone been successful else where ?

[Mark B]

Cafe Des Hunadieres.... They have recently restricted viewing, but about 10 years ago I remembered standing on the armco watching Lehto blast by in the Macca F1..

[Tripps]

rev-erend said:

Has anyone ever managed to view on the Mulsanne Straight ! I've tried going through the forest - North of Houx camp site but got turned back .. they patrol the fields and have huge flashlights..

Looking to see it from the final this year, which thankfully is allowed.

I'd imagine viewing it from the outfield might be easier as that would be more difficult to patrol, alternative don an SOS camoflage outfit and do it commando style!

[GCerbera]

In the late 80's, my brother & I spent the night in a tree which looked down on the Mulsanne.

Awesome to see the cars scream past at around 240mph.

We had to use our best covert operation tactics to get there, but it was well worth it.

[NormanD]

Other years I have managed it comming in from the OUTSIDE.
Done ask how I managed to get through, purely 30+ years at it.

[baron bashoneov]

We have managed a couple of times over the last decade but the last couple of years they seem to have put more marshalls and police along the Mulsane
We are going to have a go at 3.00am this year

>> Edited by baron bashoneov on Friday 10th June 09:42

>> Edited by baron bashoneov on Friday 10th June 09:44

[RossC]

Tripps said:

Looking to see it from the final this year, which thankfully is allowed.

You've lost me mate, where do you mean by 'the final' ?

Ross

[Tripps]

RossC said:

Tripps said: Looking to see it from the final this year, which thankfully is allowed. You've lost me mate, where do you mean by 'the final' ? Ross

Err, the final Mulsanne Corner I meant - doh!

[rev-erend]

I went to view the night race from the end mulsanne corner - I was disapointed.

You only see them braking from very high speed and don't actually get to see them doing 200+

And the journey back by road was a real night mare..

So many roads closed.. it seemed to take hours.

[RossC]

I still think the Arnage corner is the best viewing at night, closely followed by TR. Its just about walkable, though usually more of a stumble.

Small hip flask and a cohiba, sitting on the banking at Arnage about 0200, petrolhead heaven.

Enjoy.

[Tripps]

rev-erend said:

And the journey back by road was a real night mare.. So many roads closed.. it seemed to take hours.

Our plan is to walk over after visiting Arnage, then grab some Chinese on the way back

Only problem is finding places to cross the track, which are so badly marked out on most maps it seems.

[lazyitus]

Tripps said:

Only problem is finding places to cross the track, which are so badly marked out on most maps it seems.

Surely we just dart in between the oncoming headlights, Rob ?

[Tripps]

lazyitus said:

Tripps said: Only problem is finding places to cross the track, which are so badly marked out on most maps it seems. Surely we just dart in between the oncoming headlights, Rob ?

Only after we send you out as scout first

[Paul.B]

Got up against the armco the last two years. Oh, and at the classics last year. About 2-300 yds before the Chinese. Still way before the braking area for the chicane. I managed to get some video footage on my little digi-cam. Came out better than expected. Not easy to find and even harder to describe! Makes your ears rattle though. The classics were fanbleedingtastic.

Paul.B

[72twink]

Only way back in the late 80's and early 90's at the Cafe Des Hunadieres when the Silk Cats were running and pre chicanes, they would come past flat chat from one horizon to the other. At night you had no visual clue what was going past and would do it on noise alone ..... Multi rotor Mazdas, Sauber Mercs, Aston AMR1 and of course V12 Jags ....... Good memories.

[rev-erend]

Paul.B said:

Got up against the armco the last two years. Oh, and at the classics last year. About 2-300 yds before the Chinese. Still way before the braking area for the chicane. I managed to get some video footage on my little digi-cam. Came out better than expected. Not easy to find and even harder to describe! Makes your ears rattle though. The classics were fanbleedingtastic. Paul.B

Come on spill the beans - email me off the record !

[patrick]

In '94 managed to find our way to the inside of the straight just after the kink past Tetre Rouge...fantastic place to watch, uninteruppted view as they went down to the first chicance -- We went at about 20:00 and would've been ok until one of the party decided to take a few photos...but he used the flash, so very quickly we had the marshalls, police et al bearing down on us....

[chocolatemonk]

Just read 24 things to do at lemans in Autosport pull out 'sneek to the mulsanne at nite' i dont think anyone will notice 10,000 english clambering through the woods at midnite :smile:

[tomopenshaw]

Managed to get right on to the straight last year, just continually tried for an hour at dusk, we didn't have a torch with us so would have been harder to spot. A marshall walked right infront of us but couldn't see us hiding in the trees!!

[911 habit]

Ah, back in '89 me a 3 mates managed to sneak thru the woods to take a pics (mostly tarmac and pink'n blue blurs) got chased off by the plod.

Most amazing thing, a Mazda racer, blew his turbos down the Mulsane (in those days it was a 2 mile straight) his brakes had gone, so to slow himself down he was grinding into the armco before the bend. Blazing on fire right pass us - amazing sight! The next day we saw the remains in the pits, total burnt out.