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Good man.
I'm going to wait until the work is all finished before drawing too many conclusions. It's quite hard right now when the place is a building site. |
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Can the TenTenths LM section give some info on the building work of the Porsche centre at/near the MB campsite?
As a regular MB camper I am a bit curious as to how things are developing over there. |
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I think that's one for Eric, our Le Mans reporter!
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Quote from an email somebody over at Pistonheads received from the ACO today:
"We will lose a certain number of places in Maison Blanche due to the future Porsche building but we don’t know yet exactly." Like mr. CB over at PH said, sounds very encouraging. Not. |
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It's amazing how much that area has been developed in the past 20 years or so.
There used to be a house right by the Ford Chicane which was demolished, presumably after the ACO bought it. Then for quite a few years that whole area was just sort of marshy land with a few trees. On that side now you have all those semi-permanent corporate hospitality places and the karting circuit. And now on the other side of the circuit there'll be the Porsche centre. It's funny, with all the changes we've seen at the circuit which have been described as "sacrilege" and "sanitising", the development of the Ford Chicane/Masion Blanche area very rarely gets a mention, despite it arguably seeing the most developed in recent years. It's quite clever from the ACO - it's an area which doesn't get a lot of love anyway, and most now surely be one of its greatest revenue generators. |
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Mulsanne to porsche curve works update.
Sunny saturday good for a BMW tour from Mulsanne curve to Porsche curve :https://plus.google.com/u/0/11767562...22742228712026 and back : https://plus.google.com/u/0/11767562...22742228712026 The porsche academy : https://plus.google.com/u/0/11767562...22742228712026 A new campsite will open behind the Houx probably on the other side of the "Chemin aux Boeufs" Last edited by batmobile; 19 Oct 2014 at 21:03. |
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Thanks.
Didn't realize they were asphaltizing the small bit between Indy and Arnage as well. No more paying price for being too greedy there But at least the gravel trap is still in the corner. |
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I really don't know wether I can accept the changes (which I ultimately have to), or is troubled with some of the grass going away. What I think is bothering me the most is that the "narrow" road is getting wide now, that the road was so narrow had a certain atmosphere to it. |
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As I said before, as awful all of this is, they better move the white racing line beyond to those new asphalt extensions rather than retain the current boundaries. At least then everybody will be using the extra bits, not only those ones violating them to gain better lap time and/or to pass people in places they shouldn't (and not getting any penalties due to race control being too soft)
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Good video tour Eric although it took a little while to realise you were going the wrong way round
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Chiana, the position of the white lines is irrelevant. The drivers will use the new asphalt wherever it gives an advantage. The new sections don't look wide enough to put four wheels over so they will get away with it until they smack the barrier. I really don't understand this change.
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The difference is that if the white line is moved, everybody will be doing it, but if not, only most of them will be abusing them without fear of penalty. Anyway none of these used to be a problem, but with the ever continuing sanitation in ten years time it will all be asphalt everywhere outside the white line. |
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I take your point, but I am guessing there is some safety justification for these changes so they surely won't move the white lines out to the edge of the new tarmac because then they would lose their pretty new run off areas.
We both agree that this is a horrible change, and it might make the track more dangerous by allowing cars to run closer to the barriers at higher speeds. That's what I don't understand. |
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Their pretty little run off areas will be pointless regardless due to the violations, but yes I see what you're saying. Such sad state of affairs
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Not sure if posted, but heres some more http://guimbarde-et-circuit.eklablog...014-a112941572
This one in particular |
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I'm still confused is it supposed to be primarily race track improvement or public road improvement? Since those do look like pretty normal asphalt shoulders seen on roads everywhere.
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No because the Indy-Arnage between area is about to be removed from the public road map, yet it's getting the exact same asphalt treatment as the rest of this so-called improvement
To think that this was only few years ago http://www.panoramio.com/photo_explo...c&user=1337264 Anyway after relatively slow turn of Indianapolis, I wonder what possible safety excuse can be given for this. Nobody would touch that left side unless they were making catastrophic mistakes in traffic or just be plain greedy |
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