Club Arnage

http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h/update/The_80th_Le_Mans_24_Hours_will_take_place_on_16%E2%88%9217_June_2012_4789.html (http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h/update/The_80th_Le_Mans_24_Hours_will_take_place_on_16%E2%88%9217_June_2012_4789.html)

Thats good news on 2012 dates, thanks

Now just need to keep an eye on the ferry for offers   :)
 

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

So no clash with the Canadian GP.

Will we see Martin Brundle racing?

crickey that was quick.what other circuits would we like for the other race series?oh anyone planing a family plan your headaches give or take a week or two.2nd week in june here we come.

Bugger, that complicates things, I was hoping it was going to be the weekend before.

Early wedding anni party?

Am I brave enough to miss my silver wedding?  :o

Anni is Tuesday isn't it?

Oh, hang on..... Leap year, so it's a Weds?

You'd better bring Jo (-;

I don't think I am - mine is on the 16th

June is getting crowded  ;D

4th : Le Mans testday
8th-11th : 24h Nürburgring (provisional date, hope they'll move it to somewhere in May or end of July)
12h-18th : Le Mans race

Already suggested, how romantic, celebrating at LM >:D
Few logistical probS though, involving child and work.
Might have to bomb down on the Thursday. :(

Perfect for me - Got the dates I was hoping for!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

The week before is Bank Holiday week AND half term, so a lot of people had already booked it off


WOOOHOOOOO

Isn't half term usually the last week of May, and since when is there a bank holiday in June. :o

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8441972.stm
 :P :P :P

There are actually 2 bank holidays NEXT JUNE!
 ;D

I guess then that it will also make sense for the authorities to move the half-term to what is effectively already a 3 day working  week...........

I Surmise - but I got the weekend I needed, so what the heck

Its only an Anniversary, and not a wedding itself, so be at Le Mans, you know you want to be. You could always claim that you forgot it. LOL !

I haven't spent an anniversary with Mr T for nearly 30 years since it clashes with a festival I always go to.  It doesn't seem to have resulted in divorce yet.  Go for it, chaps - you can celebrate the anni any time but the cars only come here once a year. >:D

Can't belive I'm saying this, but brundle has tweeted that he thinks its possible.

LM has also landed right in the middle of the Euro 2012 with games on all week! (that's football by the way or soccer if your american!)

He has stated publicly - on more than one occasion - that he wants to drive at LM again, and to do it with his son.

He [they?] will also be free for the practice day on June 3rd as Monte Carlo is being run on May 27th next year.

Every year the speculation starts about when the race will be, and I've won a few bets this year on the exact date. But of course living here I'm in the know, but then you should all be too. If you ask the ACO they'll tell you - it's always the 24th weekend of the year, which is logical. But being French it is always the 24th weekend of the year, except when it isn't.    ::)

Attempted to book our ferry today, they wont take bookings until November >:(

can you keep us updated on bookings and offers - thanks

incase I forget  ::)

Negotiations completed, see you all there as usual.  :)

Advice on marrital affairs from a single man? Hhhmmm.

Read here :: http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=258960

I am off the hook for a year, as 'er indoors birthday in on the 11th, and I always miss it. 

Bugger, I will have to buy her something this year...... :o

Hi Dottore,
               Those dates make it possible for me to fianlly see Nurburgring. well if I can find the money that is.
 Phil

Damm and bugger it.  I booked the weekend before off.....now I'm going to have to shuffle it. 

And keep it in my pants as well - I'd figured that if the missus fell preganant about now, it wouldn't matter as nature suggests that the baby would come either 2 weeks before or 2 weeks after - now it'll fall spot on....

I'd keep your pants on till Xmas if I were you, don't believe this 40 weeks tosh, the little buggers can appear weeks before that, one of ours was 5 weeks early, and a friends 8.

Phil, I will be in touch with you regarding Nurburgring, but will wait for confirmation of the date first, as I have also seen May 17-20 given elsewhere, but June date was mentioned during silverstone broadcast last weekend.

Fixed date should be known around January, hope they'll get it sooner.  Can't take any hotel bookings yet, they're all waiting on the date to be announced.  

Was thinking about dropping the Ring from my schedule next year and head on to Goodwood & LM Classic instead ... (unless someone needs a guide over at the Nordschleife  ;D)

I was 11 weeks early, keep it in the clingfilm until LM time at least.

Yippee only 270 more sleeps to lift off. ;)

Its impossible to calulate the number of sleeps till lift off. Are you counting the falling asleep on the couch, waking up mid morning and then crawling into bed for another hour, or counting falling asleep in the car on journeys (hopefully not whilst driving, been there done that and not recommended) or catching up with a bit of sleep on the bog at work.

See its just not something you can calculate. ;D

Only sleep once each 24 hours and that's at night when I go to bed, so my calculation is spot on thanks.

Hi Bobby,
             \You are not playing hard enough if you aren't sleeping at work  ;D ;D ;D like Chris >:D
Phil

Looking at the ACO 'pre-entry' list this morning, I noticed a significant line...

"Please note that all teams entered in the FIA World Endurance Championship are automatically qualified for the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours."

I wonder how that might affect the decision of private teams considering the WEC...

I have all my tickets again.  8)

And I've landed a brace of Arnage tickets, courtesy of the ACO

Oh dear.

Yep, there goes the neighbourhood.

God help them

Tickets booked...
Blue Nord for the first time, normally I'm on Tertre Rouge...
Countdown clock has started. ;D ;D ;D ;D

slumming it this year then

Sometimes you have to suffer for your passions... ;D

On the subject of dates announced has scrutineering been announced yet dates and times ? Usually sunday and monday but nothing on LeMans.Org yet ?

Sunday 14.00 - 18.00
Monday all day

Read that somewhere, but can't exactly remember where (getting old I guess  ;D)

All day monday, nice ! Just need to get a wobbly 6 foot ladder like everybody else seemed to have last year.  ;D