RE: 24 Hours of Le Mans postponed till August

RE: 24 Hours of Le Mans postponed till August

Tuesday 9th March 2021

24 Hours of Le Mans postponed till August

New dates set by the ACO with the ambition that spectators will attend in 2021



If you've been savouring the taste of warm French beer and red sausage since 2019, then you've got a little bit longer to wait as the 24 Hours of Le Mans has been knocked back by two months. But there's hope yet; the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) have moved the iconic race to August on the basis that it might yet allow them to open the gates at Circuit de la Sarthe to spectators.

This year's race will see the dawn of the new Hypercar class, specifically established to increase manufacturer participation and grow the associated fanbase. Assuming it's safe to do so and the event can be made to comply with safety guidance, the ACO is obviously keen to see the new era kick-off with a crowd in attendance. As are we.

The competitor entry list is due to be revealed later today, and we're expecting the next spectator update on the 24-hour race towards the end of April. The dates of other races at Le Mans circuit remain unchanged at the moment, with the Le Mans Classic still set to take place across 1-4 July 2021. However, we are keeping a watchful eye on this.

Our customers who've booked to stay on the PistonHeads campsite with our partner 1st Tickets are being contacted with their options. If you'd like to be the first to hear the latest details and to be one of the first to book should the event be open to the public, then you can find more details and register your interest here.



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RicM5

Original Poster:

207 posts

213 months

Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Please let this happen !!

Kenzle

154 posts

176 months

Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Only five hypercar entries is a bit disappointing. Two Toyotas, two Glickenhaus and an Alpine.

Where's the Valkyrie?

FredericRobinson

3,940 posts

239 months

Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Kenzle said:
Only five hypercar entries is a bit disappointing. Two Toyotas, two Glickenhaus and an Alpine.

Where's the Valkyrie?
Long gone, the top class is looking very good for the future though

Sandpit Steve

11,370 posts

81 months

Wednesday 10th March 2021
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Good luck to them with the revised dates, hopefully things will have changed enough in the next five months to allow a crowd to attend.

Now, how can we get Monsieur Macron to stop talking bks about vaccines not working?

ArnageWRC

2,179 posts

166 months

Wednesday 10th March 2021
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The right decision - and getting fans in is important....they've made their decision early and now hope everything falls into place for August.

//j17

4,616 posts

230 months

Wednesday 10th March 2021
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Kenzle said:
Only five hypercar entries is a bit disappointing. Two Toyotas, two Glickenhaus and an Alpine.
Actually only four hypercar entries - the Alpine is the grandfathered in Rebellion LMP1 chassis with some new stickers on it.

Kenzle said:
Where's the Valkyrie?
Having come in, made a lot of noise, and thrown their weight around to get as many of the rules they wanted in as possible, leading to some other competitors walking away, A-M then stuck up 2 fingers and went to F1 instead.

Vette_1978

3,247 posts

229 months

Wednesday 10th March 2021
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//j17 said:
Having come in, made a lot of noise, and thrown their weight around to get as many of the rules they wanted in as possible, leading to some other competitors walking away, A-M then stuck up 2 fingers and went to F1 instead.
That’s what happens when a precious F1 racer is in danger of losing his seat and tells daddy he doesn’t want to race tin tops, he wants to be in F1, so daddy buys the company and decides where they are to race.

ecsrobin

17,840 posts

172 months

Wednesday 10th March 2021
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I’ve also heard the Valkyrie is a lot slower than planned, and far too noisy for road use And a few cancelled orders because of it. Could it end up being scrapped?

//j17

4,616 posts

230 months

Thursday 11th March 2021
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Vette_1978 said:
That’s what happens when a precious F1 racer is in danger of losing his seat and tells daddy he doesn’t want to race tin tops, he wants to be in F1, so daddy buys the company and decides where they are to race.
To be fair to Lance he actually an OK F1 driver and far from the worst on the grid, so even if 'Jordan' had folded in 2018 based on ability alone he should probably have still found a seat for 2019. I mean he's made the podium twice in a 'second tier' car (helped by Ferarri building a 'tier 3' car) and I can think of 3 drivers right off the bat I'd rank lower than him.

Plus daddy bought the company that was, following the long standing A-M tradition, trying desperately to go bust and there are limits to how deep anyone's pockets are, even a $3.2 billionaire's.

Spare tyre

10,353 posts

137 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Could be nice for young lads to go hod usually be at school

If I had a lad, I’d take him out of school, you learn a tonne at lemans smile

ecsrobin

17,840 posts

172 months

Monday 12th April 2021
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Spare tyre said:
Could be nice for young lads to go hod usually be at school

If I had a lad, I’d take him out of school, you learn a tonne at lemans smile
In the Le Mans forum it isn’t looking promising for spectators in August.

Midlifecrisis4

31 posts

67 months

Sunday 18th April 2021
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I see the race itself going ahead but as for spectators being allowed in, I doubt it very much and thats because France is so behind in its vaccine programme. I'm looking forward to 2022 and plan to do the 24 and the classic all in the same year!

LawrieC

583 posts

111 months

Sunday 18th April 2021
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Spare tyre said:
Could be nice for young lads to go hod usually be at school

If I had a lad, I’d take him out of school, you learn a tonne at lemans smile
...and you're in deep sh!te if he tells his mother

It is alleged that I took my son to the practice weekend when he was still at school, and his uncle taught him how not to drink port vomit

a.christie

262 posts

283 months

Saturday 22nd May 2021
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For those of us that have paid our ACO membership for the past year and not benefitted from it. Can we be presumptuous and assume it will be valid for an extra year??

Rick101

7,015 posts

157 months

Saturday 22nd May 2021
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laughlaughlaugh

LM240

4,883 posts

225 months

Saturday 22nd May 2021
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a.christie said:
For those of us that have paid our ACO membership for the past year and not benefitted from it. Can we be presumptuous and assume it will be valid for an extra year??
Let us know how that phone call to the ACO goes!

Galand

25 posts

52 months

Sunday 23rd May 2021
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LM240 said:
Let us know how that phone call to the ACO goes!
I've already had that conversation with a lovely lady in the membership department...it didn't go at all well.😉🤣

No refunds for the year just passed and no concessions will be given to those renewing (her reply after consultation with the big boss).

LawrieC

583 posts

111 months

Sunday 23rd May 2021
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Have you considered a bad review on Tripadvisor or Google? biglaugh