Also any general tips would be welcome, I've downloaded the 2013 guide so I'm going to read that through, all 122 pages, before we leave.
Be warned, Le Mans can be addictive. While many CA-ers have been to more races than I have, my late wife (former member here) and I liked it so much we moved here on retirement a decade ago.
One part that doesn't seem to have been mentioned is the start. The field - 56 cars, that is, which is a lot - is brought round the full 8.5 mile circuit behind the pace-car. In the grandstands area they play stirring music, and as 3 p.m. approaches the pace car pulls off, the starter (Fernando Alonso this year, I think) drops the flag and the fastest sportscars in the world go ape. "Impressive" doesn't cover those few seconds.......
