Le Mans 24 hours 2019 edition, in two weeks time the winner will be known

Our annual pilgrimage to Le Sarthe is fast coming along. Our advance party leaves on Saturday 8th to set up our presence at the track on Sunday 9th. The advance party have hired a proper motorhome this year, via the motorhome AirBnB equivalent website. Next member of the team arrives on Wednesday 12th. I think we will be seven strong this year.

I’m travelling down via our usual night pitstop on Wednesday 12th at Montreuil sur Mer (near to Le Touquet) home of British Army in WW1, having taken Eurotunnel over earlier in the day.. We will arrive on Thursday 13th for our first beer at Place de Jacobins around 5pm made famous by Steve McQueen at the start of his Le Mans film.

We will then have an early meal and then make our way out to he track for final qualifying which starts at 9pm to midnight I recall, and the night driving. We use the excellent tram system. No need to drive any more.

Some nine years ago when the TVR Car Club wound down its activities that we had enjoyed since 1999 we found lovely house in the centre of town to use as our base. We take the top floor on a B&B basis. It’s very well located and has secure off the road parking.

This will be my 20th visit. I first went in 1983….and since 1999 missed just twice. We have one Le Mans virgin with us this year. Photo is from the ACO members area near to Dunlop Bridge where you get one of the best views of the track. Most of us are member of the ACO. It’s around Euro 100 a year and well worth the investment to get the most out of the circuit. This means we get to sit in the Grandstand (Tribune) typically where Audi 1,2,3 cars used to camp out.

I see my web provider now does an app to enable on-the-go update. I see if I can use this for when we are at the track.