Le Mans Classic: (Le Mans): 6 Jul 2012 06:00 - 16:00

[gt917]

The highs ......

turning up and being parked next to fellow 10/10ther Steve(Biltel) and Terry. Funniest and most enjoyable company possible. Thankyou.

Seeing so many friends, including John and Claire.

Great help and enthusiasm from the guys from the Porsche Museum for my 917 clone.

That fantastic Elva of Gareth Burnetts and how he made that thing go. Little did i think when it was first out at the 360 support race last year that it would turn up at LeMans and show such a clean pair of heels to so many of the big boys.

The racing in general .... well done everyone.

The lows ......

All three 917s failing.

Appalling lack of regard to yellow flags and overtaking, mainly by German and French drivers. Expected to see many strung up by CoC outside race control.

Abysmal lack of control over the parade laps in the early evening. I,ve never seen such bad behaviour, lack of track etiquette and knowledge by people with their Ferraris, GT40s, Aston, etc, etc. It is a miracle that nobody was seriously hurt, but vehicles were damaged.

The weather.

Overall ......

FANTASTIC.

GT.

[johngee]

It was really good to see you and Terry. I think you're right about the parade lap behaviour. How long before somebody gets hurt?
Lack of respect for yellow flags is a product of there being so few marshals there to report it.....and there isn't the same camera coverage as the main 24 hour race.
However, there's nowhere like Le Mans, is there?

[henk4]

for those who were not there (and for those who were...)

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/event...s-Classic.html

[gary396]

Some photos from Plateau 5 (1966-71):

[gary396]

Few more from Plateau 5:

[gary396]

Final few from Plateau 5:

[Al Weyman]

All joking aside, does that 41 car honestly look safe to you? The driver looks somehow too big for the car and with the piddly roll cage looks very vulnerable, rather him than me!

[johngee]

Al. French Controle Technique (Scrutineering) is a law unto itself! I expect they made sure that the driver had FIA approved socks though!

[gary396]

And I think his surname is Schumacher - maybe they thought it was Michael?

[retrognome]

Originally Posted by gary396

Final few from Plateau 5:

Blimey Gary, you must have worn your camera out.

[gary396]

Originally Posted by retrognome

Blimey Gary, you must have worn your camera out.

I did get a bit carried away Peter! Thought I would process them asap whilst indoors due to rain (again). Just doing a few of Plateau 6 at the moment and then that will do it for me.

[gary396]

Last few batches from me to follow, this time Plateau 6 (1972-79):

[gary396]

Next batch from Plateau 6:

[gary396]

Another batch from Plateau 6, one more to follow:

[gary396]

Final batch from Plateau 6 below. Might post a few 'odds and sods' later, as and when I get chance.

Gary