Le Mans 24 Hour

This thread is updated regularly. Please keep checking back.

Please report any problems or broken links.

For lots more info please check out the Club Arnage main site here.
or Beermountains site which is here.

The new CA download is available here

Club Arnage Guide to Le Mans




New Village Map

The map for the new village is available here.

Champagne  Bar

Known to CA's as the Shampoo Bar and scene of the traditional 9 pm on Saturday night meet.
For the location click here.

Weather Forecast

For a 15 day forcast click here.

Ticket Office Contact Information

ticket@lemans.org

Tel: 00 33 2 43 40 24 75 

                  or 

       00 33 2 43 40 24 77

TomTom Points of Interest (POI)

Read this thread. TomTom POI

Grandstand Map

For the new locations of the Grandstands click here.

Houx Camping Pitches map

Thanks to the guys at TVR Car Club for this link to the camping pitch numbering at Houx


Radio Le Mans

Don't forget when you're there to tune into Junes best radio station.

Take you mini radios and listen on 91.2 fm

Sunday Night Chat
Courtesy of www.the-t w a t s.com we can chat in their chatroom. This is on Sunday nights between 20:30 and  22:30 GMT. If there is no one ther please keep checking back as someone always turns up. This is available by clicking here and logging in.

Maps

Bus Routes

Thanks to Ferrari Spider for pointing me towards this.
The Bus Services around Le Mans are run by www.setram.fr
The excellent bus map is available from here.

Gilles Quick Map

Following numerous requests to Gilles (CA's Cultural Attache) for maps for Supermarkets etc, he put this map together .

For the map with the Supermarkets and Swimming pool as done by Gilles click here. (140kb)

Gilles Recommends

This map shows the best of Le Mans as recommended by Gilles. It is a large, but good quality download (960kb, about 5 mins on a 56k modem) but well worth it for the connoisseur of fine things. It also includes Gilles motor museum, the Tourist Office and ACO Centre Ville office, the Railway Station and also the only DIY shop in the city centre for that essential purchase.
To view click here.
Available as a zip download (378kb) of 4 sections and a legend. These will print on to A4 and can be joined together.
To download the Gilles Recommends Map-pack click here.

Viewing Areas

This is available by clicking here. (540kb)

Town Centre Driver Parade Map

This map is Produced by the association of shops and stores in the town centre. It shows the Route of the Drivers Parade (arrows) and also has the places from Gilles legend marked on. To download click here.

Bus Route Map

This is a basic map showing the SETRAm bus route from the circuit main entance to the city centre. To view click here.

Circuit Map

For a map of the whole circuit and surrounding area click here.

Campsites

For the map showing campsite locations  click here.
(Open roads whilst track is in use are in green)

Basic information is available here.

Via- Michelin Maps and Routes

Informative maps and route plans are available from the Via Michelin site .
These also include some speed camera locations.

Click here.

Maporama Maps

For more  detailed maps (courtesy of ) use the links below.

The maps will centre on to the attraction.
More will follow as information becomes available.

Supermarkets

For the massive Carrefour click  here.
309, avenue Georges Durand
(open Mon to Fri : 8h30 a 21h30, Sat : 8h30 a 21h00)

Directions to Carrefour
From Maison Blanche side of the track. Follow the road up towards the main entrance (track on right hand side). At lights outside main entrance, go straight ahead going under the dual carriageway. About 50 yds after bridge turn first right into Avenue du Panorama. Continue to end and turn left at T junction. Follow road up and Carrefour and the Centre Commercial Sud is on the righthand side.

From the Houx Annexe side. Head towards Tetre Rouge corner. Just before you go under the bridge where the track joins the N138  (Mulsanne Straight), turn right up the slip road (this is just past the entrance to the Tetre rouge viewing area). At the top (N138) turn left and follow road up and Carrefour and the Centre Commercial Sud is on the right. This way is not available during track times so to keep it easy use the Maison Blance route.

If any of the above routes are a problem, you really should ask someone else to go who's not as thick as a whale omelette.

For the Champion click  here.
1 à 11, Rue Auguste Piron
(Has market on Saturday morning)

For the Marche Plus click here.
240 rue de Laigne
(Open Sunday and Bank Holiday 9am to 1pm)

New Super 'U' at Arnage click here.

Champion Supermarket at Mulsanne Village
There is also a Champion supermarket at Mulsanne which is a lot less busier that Carrefour but a lot smaller with obviously not many hardware items. There is also a petrol station there. This is found by driving down the Mulsanne Straight to the roundabout at Mulsanne Corner. Turn left at the roundabout and its there.

Golf Courses

Golf des 24 Heures - Le Mans
Route de Tours
72230.
Mulsanne

Tel.  02 43 42 00 36
Tel.  02 43 42 00 10 (Clubhouse)
Fax.  02 43 42 21 31

Website http://golfdes24heures.free.fr/

Email.  golfdes24heures.lemans@club-internet.fr

This is a 18 hole course at the bottom of the Mulsanne Straight. Drive down Mulsanne Straight, turn right at the Mulsanne Corner roundabout and turn first right in to Golf Club. The club house is the building on the inside of Mulsanne corner.

Fuel Stations

For a list of GPL (LPG) fuel stockists in La Sarthe click  here.


Restaurant des Hunaudières

The telephone numbers for the restaurant and for the chinese next door are as follows:-

Restaurant Shanghaï des 24 Heures  33 (0)2 43 84 14 72

... and the classic one

Restaurant des Hunaudières  33 (0)2 43 84 98 14

If ringing from UK or a mobile precede numbers with 00 and drop the (0).

Taxis

For a taxi around Le Mans telephone  33 (0)2 43 24 92 92 

If ringing from UK or a mobile precede numbers with 00 and drop the (0).

Bike Hire

Available in many places, but this thread refers to one run by one of our members.

General Information

For general information about driving in France click here.

If anyone requires information or can provide useful stuff like more routes etc please feel free to email me and I'll see what I can do. You can mail me at stu.robertson@blueyonder.co.uk

N.B. Thanks to Smokie and Gilles for help and info.

OK, after 5 years Stu has asked me to demote this thread. The best place for up-to-date info is, of course, the magnificent CA Guide. Check around for links, message me if you can't find one.